4th Grade - The word of the day was Despite. Despite means inspite of, notwithstanding and sounds like Write. Our pilgrim of the day was Matthew Henson. Matthew Henson set out to sea at the age of 12 to escape a difficult childhood. An explorer by the name of Robert Peary was so impressed by Mr. Henson, that he asked Mr. Henson to join his team. After three failed attempts these two men along with 4 Inuit guides reached the North Pole on April 6, 1909. They were the first to do so. The warm-up activity was a Quizzles puzzle. For more puzzles like the one we did today, go to http://puzzles.com/Projects/LogicProblemsArchive.html. Our affective thinking had us focusing on the fact that successful people exhibit the trait of creativity. Students were given a variety of materials. As a team they had to make an animal and write a story about the animal. We then studied water density based on the salinity of the water as part of the SOS project.
5th Grade - The word of the day was Catamaran. Catamaran means a boat with two parallel hulls; a raft of logs tied together. We had two pilgrims today: Richard Knerr and Arthur Melvin. These men were making sling shots from their garage, but weren't making much money. Someone told them about the bamboo hoops that Australian children played with. At the same time Phillips Petroleum was trying to develop a new plastic, but no one wanted it. Mr. Knerr and Mr. Melvin asked if the plastics plant wanted to make the hoops for them. In the next seven years Richard and Melvin sold over a million hula hoops. The warm-up activity of the day was a Quizzles puzzle. For more puzzles like the one we did today in class, go to http://puzzles.com/Projects/LogicProblemsArchive.html. Our affective lesson had us focusing on codes of behavior whether written or implied. We shared facts about the ocean project we completed last week. We then experimented with density and salinity of water.
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