3rd Grade - The word of the day was Vociferous. Vociferous means loud and vehement. Winston Churchill was the pilgrim today. While he was not a very good student, the world remembers Mr. Churchill as a gifted Prime Minister who led Great Britain through its darkest hours in World War II. The warm-up activity was Surprise in the Middle. Given verbal directions, students are to follow those instructions hoping to create the instructors desired picture. Due to the book club parties, this class was shorter today.
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. The afternoon was spent giving SOS project presentations trying to convince the G.E.T.U. to send a rescue ship.
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