1st and 2nd Grade - The word of the day was Plausible. Something that is plausible seems reasonably true but may not be. Our pilgrim of the day was Belle Boyd. The Civil War started when Belle was just 17 years old. She became a master pickpocket by lifting messages from Northern officer's pockets. She was arrested 8 times. Six of those time her pretty smile was enough to get her released. Twice she was sent to prison, but she didn't stay long. After contacting typhoid fever, she went to Europe for her health. On the way back to the U.S. her ship was captured. She fell in love with the master of the capturing ship and her days of spying came to an end. 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.
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.
No comments:
Post a Comment