1st and 2nd Grade - These students worked on visual thinking this morning. Each students was given a set of dominoes that had a shape on each end instead of dots. They were to match the shapes to make a long train of dominoes. We then reviewed the end of Abel's Island and discussed inferencing about Gower the frog.
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. We spent some more time studying the Gold Rush by simulating a gold dig (digging in chocolate chip cookies).
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 for Open House tomorrow night.
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