Monday, January 24, 2011

4th Grade - The word of the day was Petulant. Petulant means ill humor, irritable, cranky and sounds like Pet Lent. The pilgrim of the day was Benjamin Franklin. Mr. Franklin was a busy man. He wrote wise, witty saying (Poor Richard's Almanac), founded the first public library, first postal system, the first volunteer fire department, the first hospital, the first college in Philadelphia, the first police department, bifocals, lightning rod, Franklin stove and is the only person to have signed four of the most important documents of our country's history. The affective lesson centered around the idea that being gifted means different things to different people. The rest of the morning was spent deciphering directions to build a robot sent by other schools. These will be available on display for Open House, February 10.