4th Grade - The word of the day was Scrutinize. Scrutinize means to look very carefully; to examine and sounds like Screw Eyes. Our pilgrim today was Thomas Alva Edison. Mr. Edison took out 1,093 patents during his eighty-fours on this planet. It took him 8,001 attempts to find a material that could hold an electric charge in order to develop a storage battery. Edison proved that success comes to those who never quit. The puzzle of the day was a Quotation Quizzler. If you would like to practice on some more, please go to the following link: http://www.quotepuzzles.com/index.jsp. Our affective lesson had us focusing on behaviors that may turn people away from us and how we can change our behaviors. After a quick review of our SOS project, students spent the rest of the morning revising the directions to their alien. They have now been sent to the other schools. Next week we get to start building them.
5th Grade - The word of the day was Scamper. Scamper means to run; to go hastily or lightly and sounds like Hamper. The pilgrim of the day was Conrad Hubert. As a Russian immigrant, Conrad had come to America to seek his fortune, but usually had empty pockets. Mr. Hubert had a good friend who had the idea of a flower pot that lit up by batteries. When the friend abandoned the idea, Conrad Hubert began working with the idea until he developed the "hand torch" and the Ever Ready Battery Company. These students also completed the Quotation Quizzler puzzle. They were challenged in their affective lesson today to think of situations where they might have to lie-what would they do? The mayor of Edmond stopped by to visit with the 5th grade today. Once the students returned to class, these students developed the future technology of their invention and shared their ideas with the rest of the class and thought about the consequences of their products. Due to the lateness of their return, they will be a little behind next week and will have to work hard to catch up. Our deadline for getting the ExploraVision project completed is February 1st.
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