Thursday, September 5, 2013

5th Grade - Today's vocabulary word was Admonish which means a mild, cautionary rebuke or warning. Their Ponderer was Archimedes who discovered the idea of water displacement while taking a bath. The warm up activity was a creative activity. Students drew their initials on a sheet of paper then disguised them among other shapes and lines. We worked together to develop a class code of conduct to follow. Pretests were taken over the topics we will be wondering about this year. Since our theme of "Wisdom begins in wonder" is a Socrates quote, we discovered a little bit about this philosopher.