4th Grade - Today's vocabulary word was Pulchritude which means beauty. Time was spent completing brochures for the Munracks. Then students wrote directions for building their robots. These directions will be sent to another school where groups there will try to build our robots. Class was shortened due to the holiday activities.
5th Grade - These students came to Enrichment on Thursday because of the holiday parties this afternoon.
Friday, December 19, 2014
Thursday, December 18, 2014
Thursday, December 18, 2014
3rd Grade - Students learned that Prospect means the possibility that something that will happen in the future and Demand means the ability and need or desire to buy goods and services. Students learned that James Earl Jones, a well known actor, stuttered as a child. A logic elimination puzzle was solved for the warm up activity. The affective lesson focused on historical gifts we have in the United States in particular The Star Spangled Banner. Students then completed math problems about the flag. In Crystal Pond Woods, students were given the opportunity to use divergent thinking to solve the problem of the Great Paper Tower Building contest. Each team was given three 9 x 12 sheets of construction paper and approximately 36 inches of tape from which they had to construct a structure that would hold a set of encyclopedias.
5th Grade - Today's vocabulary word was Soporific which means sleep inducing. Their explorer, Thomas Alva Edison, not only invented the electric light bulb but several other useful items as well. These students also completed the What in the World puzzle for the warm up activity. The affective lesson focused on how students would react in different situations. The final activities were to finish up the E.coli presentations and continue developing their Exploravision projects.
5th Grade - Today's vocabulary word was Soporific which means sleep inducing. Their explorer, Thomas Alva Edison, not only invented the electric light bulb but several other useful items as well. These students also completed the What in the World puzzle for the warm up activity. The affective lesson focused on how students would react in different situations. The final activities were to finish up the E.coli presentations and continue developing their Exploravision projects.
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
3rd Grade - Students learned that Prospect means the possibility that something that will happen in the future. The explorer for today was Michael Jordan, who didn't make his high school basketball team at first but later became an NBA star. Students completed a What in the World puzzle for the warm up activity. We learned a little bit more about our national treasures and how we need to protect them. The final activity was learning how to brainstorm using a web.
5th Grade - Today's vocabulary word was Soporific which means sleep inducing. Their explorer, Thomas Alva Edison, not only invented the electric light bulb but several other useful items as well. These students also completed the What in the World puzzle for the warm up activity. The affective lesson focused on how students would react in different situations. The final activities were to finish up the E.coli presentations and continue developing their Exploravision projects.
5th Grade - Today's vocabulary word was Soporific which means sleep inducing. Their explorer, Thomas Alva Edison, not only invented the electric light bulb but several other useful items as well. These students also completed the What in the World puzzle for the warm up activity. The affective lesson focused on how students would react in different situations. The final activities were to finish up the E.coli presentations and continue developing their Exploravision projects.
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
4th Grade - Today's vocabulary word was Pulchritude which means beauty. The explorer, Frederick Douglass, was taught by his master's wife to read which led to his desire for freedom and the freedom of other slaves. Students completed the What in the World puzzle for the warm up activity. Time was spent completing brochures for the Munracks. Then students wrote directions for building their robots. These directions will be sent to another school where groups there will try to build our robots. The final activity was to finish up the E.coli Prezis.
Monday, December 15, 2014
Mrs. Rains was gone today, but Mrs. Hart was available to teach Enrichment today. Here are some things that happened.
1st Grade - Students learned that Calamity Jane (Martha Jane Canary), risked her life to save others. She was the explorer for today. A What in the World puzzle was the warm up activity. In Crystal Pond Woods, students learned about attributes. The final activity was to look for patterns in literature and around the room.
2nd Grade - The vocabulary word for today was Appearance which means the way that someone or something looks. The explorer was James Monroe, who gave so much to his country that when he retired his daughter had to support him. These students also completed the What in the World puzzle for the warm up activity. Students learned that successful people are creative. They were given some materials and told to create a creature. Once the creature was built, students had to write a story about it.
1st Grade - Students learned that Calamity Jane (Martha Jane Canary), risked her life to save others. She was the explorer for today. A What in the World puzzle was the warm up activity. In Crystal Pond Woods, students learned about attributes. The final activity was to look for patterns in literature and around the room.
2nd Grade - The vocabulary word for today was Appearance which means the way that someone or something looks. The explorer was James Monroe, who gave so much to his country that when he retired his daughter had to support him. These students also completed the What in the World puzzle for the warm up activity. Students learned that successful people are creative. They were given some materials and told to create a creature. Once the creature was built, students had to write a story about it.
Friday, December 12, 2014
Friday, December 12, 2014
4th Grade - Today, students learned that Gloat means people who gloat are happy about other people's failure. The explorer was Walt Disney who believed in himself when other people said it wouldn't work. Students completed a logic elimination puzzle for the warm up activity. In order to prepare for the construction of the robots, students completed a See, Run, Do poster where they couldn't see the finished product as they worked. After the activity we discussed their frustrations with the project and how that information could help us as we write the directions for the robots. The final activity was to construct the robots and begin writing the directions for construction.
5th Grade - These students learned that Ligature means bonds used to tie or bind. They also learned that James Smith purchased the idea of cough candy for a meal and $5. A logic elimination puzzle was solved for the warm up activity. Students spent the rest of the day researching and beginning essays for the Exploravision contest.
5th Grade - These students learned that Ligature means bonds used to tie or bind. They also learned that James Smith purchased the idea of cough candy for a meal and $5. A logic elimination puzzle was solved for the warm up activity. Students spent the rest of the day researching and beginning essays for the Exploravision contest.
Thursday, December 11, 2014
Thursday, December 11, 2014
3rd Grade - Mrs. Rains had to cover for another teacher this morning so this class was canceled.
5th Grade - These students learned that Ligature means bonds used to tie or bind. They also learned that James Smith purchased the idea of cough candy for a meal and $5. A logic elimination puzzle was solved for the warm up activity. Students spent the rest of the day researching and beginning essays for the Exploravision contest.
5th Grade - These students learned that Ligature means bonds used to tie or bind. They also learned that James Smith purchased the idea of cough candy for a meal and $5. A logic elimination puzzle was solved for the warm up activity. Students spent the rest of the day researching and beginning essays for the Exploravision contest.
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
3rd Grade - Students learned that Demand means the ability and need or desire to buy goods and services. James Earl Jones, a well known actor, stuttered as a child. A logic elimination puzzle was solved for the warm up activity. The affective lesson focused on historical gifts we have in the United States in particular The Star Spangled Banner. Students then completed math problems about the flag. In Crystal Pond Woods, students were given the opportunity to use divergent thinking to solve the problem of the Great Paper Tower Building contest. Each team was given three 9 x 12 sheets of construction paper and approximately 36 inches of tape from which they had to construct a structure that would hold a set of encyclopedias.
5th Grade - These students learned that Ligature means bonds used to tie or bind. They also learned that James Smith purchased the idea of cough candy for a meal and $5. A logic elimination puzzle was solved for the warm up activity. Students spent the rest of the day researching and beginning essays for the Exploravision contest.
5th Grade - These students learned that Ligature means bonds used to tie or bind. They also learned that James Smith purchased the idea of cough candy for a meal and $5. A logic elimination puzzle was solved for the warm up activity. Students spent the rest of the day researching and beginning essays for the Exploravision contest.
Tuesday, December 10, 2014
4th Grade - Today, students learned that Gloat means people who gloat are happy about other people's failure. The explorer was Walt Disney who believed in himself when other people said it wouldn't work. Students completed a logic elimination puzzle for the warm up activity. In order to prepare for the construction of the robots, students completed a See, Run, Do poster where they couldn't see the finished product as they worked. After the activity we discussed their frustrations with the project and how that information could help us as we write the directions for the robots. The final activity was to construct the robots.
Monday, December 8, 2014
Monday, December 8, 2014
1st Grade - Students started off today's class by learning that a young lady (we called her Miss X) saved her school during the Civil War by waving her petticoat in surrender. A logic elimination problem was presented and solved for the warm up activity. More logic problems and detective work was used in completing projects in Crystal Pond Woods with our friend Dudley the Detective.
2nd Grade - Today, students learned that Predict means to say that (something) will or might happen in the future. They discovered that Sybil Luddington rode her horse for 40 miles one night to warn the colonists in her area that the British were burning the town.Students completed a logic elimination grid puzzle for the warm up activity. In Crystal Pond Woods, Yolanda the Yarnspinner encouraged students to use colorful words to write stories. We were then able to borrow the school iPads and transfer our stories onto these wonderful tools.
2nd Grade - Today, students learned that Predict means to say that (something) will or might happen in the future. They discovered that Sybil Luddington rode her horse for 40 miles one night to warn the colonists in her area that the British were burning the town.Students completed a logic elimination grid puzzle for the warm up activity. In Crystal Pond Woods, Yolanda the Yarnspinner encouraged students to use colorful words to write stories. We were then able to borrow the school iPads and transfer our stories onto these wonderful tools.
Friday, December 5, 2014
Friday, December 5, 2014
4th Grade - Today, students learned that Aversion means a strong dislike toward something. Roberto Clemente, today's explorer, was a humanitarian as well as a great baseball player.Students solved the Stories with Holes warm up activity. The affective lesson had students reviewing at a project they had completed in the past and determining how to use the success of that project to plan for future success. Students had an opportunity to create a Prezi about E.coli for younger students.Clips from the video Apollo 13 were used to help students think about the robots they will be building next week and brochures were made for the Munracks.
5th Grade - These students added Sedulous, which means industrious, to their vocabulary today. The explorer was Samuel Colt who invented the revolver. They solved the Stories with Holes puzzle for the warm up activity. Their affective lesson focused on making plans to combat peer pressure in the future by setting goals. The afternoon was spent creating Prezi presentations about E.coli. Students also researched the history of their topic for the Exploravision project.
5th Grade - These students added Sedulous, which means industrious, to their vocabulary today. The explorer was Samuel Colt who invented the revolver. They solved the Stories with Holes puzzle for the warm up activity. Their affective lesson focused on making plans to combat peer pressure in the future by setting goals. The afternoon was spent creating Prezi presentations about E.coli. Students also researched the history of their topic for the Exploravision project.
Thursday, December 4, 2014
Thursday, December 4, 2014
3rd Grade - Today's learning began by adding the word Aghast to our vocabulary. Aghast means shocked; frightened; terrified; taken back. The explorer was George Gershwin who hated music as a child but became a world famous composer. Students had difficulty solving the Stories with Holes problem for the warm up activity. King Tut's gifts were the focus of the affective lesson. After reading a story about the gifts Tutankhamen gave his people when he became king, students wrote what they would give people if they were king. Students were challenged in Crystal Pond Woods to come up with a question that matched a given answer. During the Discovery segment, students explored crayons.
5th Grade - These students added Sedulous, which means industrious, to their vocabulary today. The explorer was Samuel Colt who invented the revolver. They solved the Stories with Holes puzzle for the warm up activity. Their affective lesson focused on making plans to combat peer pressure in the future by setting goals. The afternoon was spent creating Prezi presentations about E.coli. Students also researched the history of their topic for the Exploravision project.
5th Grade - These students added Sedulous, which means industrious, to their vocabulary today. The explorer was Samuel Colt who invented the revolver. They solved the Stories with Holes puzzle for the warm up activity. Their affective lesson focused on making plans to combat peer pressure in the future by setting goals. The afternoon was spent creating Prezi presentations about E.coli. Students also researched the history of their topic for the Exploravision project.
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
3rd Grade - Today's learning began by adding the word Aghast to our vocabulary. Aghast means shocked; frightened; terrified; taken back. The explorer was George Gershwin who hated music as a child but became a world famous composer. Students had difficulty solving the Stories with Holes problem for the warm up activity. King Tut's gifts were the focus of the affective lesson. After reading a story about the gifts Tutankhamen gave his people when he became king, students wrote what they would give people if they were king. Students were challenged in Crystal Pond Woods to come up with a question that matched a given answer. During the Discovery segment, students explored crayons.
5th Grade - These students added Sedulous, which means industrious, to their vocabulary today. The explorer was Samuel Colt who invented the revolver. They solved the Stories with Holes puzzle for the warm up activity. Their affective lesson focused on making plans to combat peer pressure in the future by setting goals. The afternoon was spent creating Prezi presentations about E.coli. Students also researched the history of their topic for the Exploravision project.
5th Grade - These students added Sedulous, which means industrious, to their vocabulary today. The explorer was Samuel Colt who invented the revolver. They solved the Stories with Holes puzzle for the warm up activity. Their affective lesson focused on making plans to combat peer pressure in the future by setting goals. The afternoon was spent creating Prezi presentations about E.coli. Students also researched the history of their topic for the Exploravision project.
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
4th Grade - Today, students learned that Aversion means a strong dislike toward something. Roberto Clemente, today's explorer, was a humanitarian as well as a great baseball player.Students solved the Stories with Holes warm up activity. The affective lesson had students reviewing at a project they had completed in the past and determining how to use the success of that project to plan for future success. Clips from the video Apollo 13 were used to help students think about the robots they will be building next week. After the clips, students drew the blueprint for the robot. They then had an opportunity to create a Prezi about E.coli for younger students.
Monday, December 1, 2014
Monday, December 1, 2014
Welcome back after a great break. Here are the things we did in Enrichment today:
1st Grade - We learned that Ulysses S. Grant, our eighteenth president didn't want to be a soldier but his father got him into West Point. The Stories with Holes problem was solved after some detective work. Speaking of detectives, Dudley the Detective started teaching students to look for clues in order to solve a problem. We also learned that we want to think about the problem for a while and not to jump to conclusions. A pretest was taken to discover what we already know about patterns.
2nd Grade - This afternoon, students learned that Character means on of the attributes or features that make up and distinguish an individual. Our fourth president, James Madison was so small he didn't enlist in the Continental Army. These students completed some Plexer puzzles for their warm up activity. We started studying the five characteristics of successful people for the affective lessons. In Crystal Pond Woods, students began working on divergent thinking and brainstorming.
1st Grade - We learned that Ulysses S. Grant, our eighteenth president didn't want to be a soldier but his father got him into West Point. The Stories with Holes problem was solved after some detective work. Speaking of detectives, Dudley the Detective started teaching students to look for clues in order to solve a problem. We also learned that we want to think about the problem for a while and not to jump to conclusions. A pretest was taken to discover what we already know about patterns.
2nd Grade - This afternoon, students learned that Character means on of the attributes or features that make up and distinguish an individual. Our fourth president, James Madison was so small he didn't enlist in the Continental Army. These students completed some Plexer puzzles for their warm up activity. We started studying the five characteristics of successful people for the affective lessons. In Crystal Pond Woods, students began working on divergent thinking and brainstorming.
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