Monday, May 16, 2011

4th Grade - The vocabulary word of the day was Harsh. Harsh means unpleasant to the senses; unpleasant conditions and sounds like Marsh. Abraham Lincoln was today's pilgrim. We have all heard many stories about President Lincoln however, here is one you may not have heard. During the 1860 campaign for the presidency, a little girl wrote a letter to Mr. Lincoln suggesting he grow a beard. Every picture of him after the campaign shows him with a beard. The warm-up activity was the Plexer puzzles. These are common words or phrases put into picture form that the students have to decipher. The students took an inventory to discover their particular learning style. Those will go home with students next week. Students also took a post test covering the SOS and Explorations units. The rest of the morning was spent developing the presentations to make to the G.E.T.U. team in order to rescue the missing families.