1st and 2nd Grade - The word of the day was Idyllic. Idyllic describes something that's pleasant and peaceful. The second graders were taking the COGAT test today, so the first graders worked on Max the Magician puzzles. The first puzzle was to match shapes on dominoes to make a long train. The second puzzle was the Tangram puzzle.

5th Grade - The word of the day was Passive. Passive means inactive; acted upon but not acting in return and sounds like Massive. The pilgrim of the day was Robert Goddard. While watching fire crackers one summer, Robert Goddard began wondering: if given enough fuel, would a rocket make it to the moon. People laughed at him, so he moved to New Mexico where there was lots of space to test his rockets and few people. When World War II loomed on the horizon, Mr. Goddard tried to convince the army that rockets could do a lot of damage to an enemy. They did not listen, but German scientists, who stole Robert's ideas built rockets that blasted England. The warm-up activity of the day was called, "What In the World." Students were given 8 close up pictures of items found in a refrigerator. The only clues they had were the pictures and a word search puzzle. These students were ahead of other classes in the affective lessons, so we discussed a philosophical question: Are impossible things ever possible?
Students then made posters of their ExploraVision projects. The final activity was a hands-on problem solving situation. Students were given 24 straws and were told to produce a structure as tall as possible that would stand unaided for two minutes. They had no tools, mechanical devices or tape of any kind. The tallest structure to stand for two minutes was 11 inches tall.