3rd Grade - The word of the day was Machinate. Machinate means to plot or scheme. The pilgrim of the day was Sylvester Stallone. Mr. Stallone was born with some nerve damage to his face which caused fellow elementary students to make fun of him. He became a fighter and was expelled from 10 different schools. After high school he attended the American College in Switzerland studying acting. When he auditioned on Broadway, he was turned down. He decided to write his own movie script with himself as the main character. That movie was called Rocky.
The students then worked on visual analogies with our friends from Crystal Pond Woods. The discovery lesson had us studying the Gold Rush and simulating a gold dig (digging in chocolate chip cookies for chocolate chips).
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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