3rd Grade - The word of the day was Modicum. Modicum means a moderate amount. The pilgrim of the day was Michael Jordan. Michael Jordan tried out but did not make the basketball team as a sophomore in high school. Through hard work, determination and dignity, he would become one of the greatest basketball players of all times. The puzzle of day was a Quotation Quizzler. If you would like to do more puzzles like the ones we did in class today, go to http://www.quotepuzzles.com/index.jsp. Our visit to Crystal Pond Woods had student solving a visual mathematical puzzle. Max the Magician and Sybil the Scientist were trying to determine if they could color a map of Crystal Pond Woods with just four colors. The problem was that a space of one color, could not touch another space of the same color. According to Jordan the Judge, this is a famous mathematical puzzle and it can be done as these students proved. Our discovery lesson had us begin a study on crayons. We will do more with the crayon next week.
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? After a brief review of the SOS test we took last week, these students developed the future technology of their invention, wrote up bibliographies, shared their ideas with the rest of the class and thought about the consequences of their products.
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