3rd Grade - This group has missed a couple of weeks of class due to testing and the Land Run activities, so today was spent trying to catch up. There were two vocabulary words: schlep means a stupid or clumsy person, and pernicious means dangerous or deadly. The Wright brothers were our pilgrims. A gift of a toy helicopter that ran on rubber bands started the two boys on their quest to build a flying machine for men. That dream was fulfilled on December 17, 1903, near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Quotation Quizzlers were the warm-up activity. For more puzzles to practice at home go to http://www.quotepuzzles.com/index.jsp. Some students needed to finish up the potato chip evaluation activity, then everyone evaluated themselves as to how well they can think like our friends from Crystal Pond Woods. We then listened to the story Rare Treasure by Don Brown. This book helped us understand that discoveries may impact the behavior of people and influence history. Students then got to dig in containers of dirt to look for artifacts which would determine if they were archaeologists or paleontologists.
5th Grade - The word of the day was Prototype. Prototype means an early or original example upon which later examples are based and sounds like Toe Type. Alfred Nobel was the pilgrim of the day. While many people associate him with the Nobel Peace Prize, many do not know that he is also the inventor of dynamite. Mr. Nobel had developed dynamite as a safe way to build bridges and roads through mountains. He never intended it to be used against people. The warm-up activity was a Stories with Holes problem. Students quickly determined the situation. The affective lesson had students discussing the question, "If many people believe that something is true, is it true?" The afternoon was spent developing presentations to convince the G.E.T.U. to rescue the family from our researched locations.
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