4th Grade - The word of the day was Magnate. Magnate means a rich powerful, or successful business person and sounds like Magnet. Martha Graham was our pilgrim of the day. She saw Ruth St. Denis perform in Los Angeles and Martha decided that she wanted to be a dancer. However, she wanted to design her own style of dance. President Ford called her a "national treasure." Our affective lesson centered on setting goals. We spent some time researching items about or under the ocean. Students wrote a Haiku poem about the item and drew a picture. They then spent time repairing their aliens.
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 fireworks one 4th of July, Robert began to wonder if a bigger explosion would send a rocket into the air. He spent the rest of his life building rockets and is known as the "Father of Modern Rocketry." Unfortunately, he didn't live long enough to see a rocket reach the moon. The affective lesson had students understanding that in order to argue their position they must know the facts. Our Exploration lesson had us researching the ocean. Students looked up six facts about a particular ocean item/person. They then drew a picture of the item and wrote a Haiku poem about it. Students spent the remainder of the afternoon making posters to display their ExploraVision project.
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