3rd Grade - A schedule change brought students from all five third grade classes to Enrich ment today. Their first activity was to learn the vocabulary word of the day which was Contaminate. Contaminate means to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association. Dr. Seuss, whose first book was reject 27 times, was today's explorer. Students completed several Plexer (or visual word) puzzles for the warm up activity. The affective focused on creativity. Students were given a sheet of white paper along with a black circle and had to create something from them. In Crystal Pond Woods, students learned a new version of the game Master Mind where you have to analyze the clues in order to deduce the correct answer. The Discoveries study had students quickly learning about hurricanes and completing an experiment.
5th Grade - Their learning began with a new vocabulary word also. The word was Pugnacious which means quarrelsome. Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, was today's explorer. Respect was the focus of the affective lesson. In the case of Marco Polo vs. the Citystate of Venice, the defense presented their case. Students then reviewed interviews of the people involved in our mystery disease along with new information that the doctor presented to them.
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