4th Grade - Qualm was the word of the day. It means a feeling of illness; a disturbing feeling and sounds like Calm. Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and Sacajawea aka The Corp of Discovery were the pilgrims today. After purchasing the Louisiana Territory from the French, President Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark to explore it. Sacajawea was a pregnant teen when the explorers hired her French-born husband to help guide the expedition. Their venture into the West opened new chapters in our nation's history. The warm-up activity was called Surprise in the Middle. This is a following directions and creativity lesson. Given simple directions, students are to draw what they hear from the verbal instructions. Students then took a post test to determine what they learned from the SOS project and from Explorations. The rest of the morning was spent developing the presentation for the G.E.T.U. so they can send a rescue ship to save our families.
5th Grade - Abound was the 5th grade word of the week. Abound means very numerous and sounds like Around. The pilgrim of the day was Andre Garnerin, the inventor of the parachute. While stuck in prison, Andre Garnerin invented the idea of the parachute as a way to escape. He was released before the parachute was developed. Once out of prison, he actually built the parachute and would put on demonstrations. It was 100 years later, with the invention of the airplane that the parachute became a lifesaver. The warm-up activity was a Surprise in the Middle drawing. This is an activity in following directions as well as creativity lesson. Given some directions, the students are expected to draw the picture without erasing or hearing the directions more than once. Students then took a post test to determine what they learned from the SOS project and from Explorations. During the few minutes they had before recess, students were to draw an escape proof prison.
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