5th Grade - Learning today began with the vocabulary word Rapacious which means Raptor-like, preying on others. In 1843 our explorer for the day, Ada Lovelace, created a computer program and she envisioned a machine that would compose, play music, draw pictures, and calculate numbers. Students completed a What In The World puzzle for the warm up activity. The social/emotional lesson focused on the many different hats people wear. The rest of the morning was spent deciding what project they wanted to invent or recreate for the Exploravision contest and researching its history and current technology.
4th Grade - Today's vocabulary word was Aversion which means a strong dislike toward something. Their explorer was Roberto Clemente who was a Hall of Fame baseball player and humanitarian. Students had to solve a What in the World puzzle for the warm up activity. For the affective lesson, students had to reflect on a previous project, analyze what worked and what did not work, then determine how that information could help them with future projects. They put that information to work immediately by setting up a calendar for the Exploravision project. Students then had to follow the directions of another student, who had received instructions from a third student to put together an unseen poster. This is preparation to help them as they design, build, and write the instructions for a robot that will be shared with another school in Edmond.
2nd Grade - This class took their weekly trip to Crystal Pond Woods where Isabel the Inventor taught students how to SCAMPER an old product into something new.
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
Tuesday, November 29, 2016
Tuesday, November 29, 2016
4th Grade - Today's vocabulary word was Aversion which means a strong dislike toward something. Their explorer was Roberto Clemente who was a Hall of Fame baseball player and humanitarian. Students had to solve a What in the World puzzle for the warm up activity. For the affective lesson, students had to reflect on a previous project, analyze what worked and what did not work, then determine how that information could help them with future projects. They put that information to work immediately by setting up a calendar for the Exploravision project. Students then had to follow the directions of another student, who had received instructions from a third student to put together an unseen poster. This is preparation to help them as they design, build, and write the instructions for a robot that will be shared with another school in Edmond.
2nd Grade - Today's affective lesson focused on meeting adults. The reminder project for "putting their best foot forward" was to make a sandal.
2nd Grade - Today's affective lesson focused on meeting adults. The reminder project for "putting their best foot forward" was to make a sandal.
Monday, November 28, 2016
Monday, November 29, 2016
5th Grade - Learning today began with the vocabulary word Rapacious which means Raptor-like, preying on others. In 1843 our explorer for the day, Ada Lovelace, created a computer program and she envisioned a machine that would compose, play music, draw pictures, and calculate numbers. Students completed a What In The World puzzle for the warm up activity. The social/emotional lesson focused on the many different hats people wear. The rest of the morning was spent deciding what project they wanted to invent or recreate for the Exploravision contest and researching its history and current technology.
2nd Graders - They learned the word Nugget means a solid lump of a valuable metal (such as gold). President John Quincy Adams was once caught by a reporter swimming in the Potomac River without his clothes. Students worked together to decipher the What in the World warm-up puzzle.
2nd Graders - They learned the word Nugget means a solid lump of a valuable metal (such as gold). President John Quincy Adams was once caught by a reporter swimming in the Potomac River without his clothes. Students worked together to decipher the What in the World warm-up puzzle.
Tuesday, November 22, 2016
Tuesday, November 22, 2016
Students enjoyed classroom activities while Dr. Rains worked with individual students and attended meetings.
Monday, November 21, 2016
Monday, November 21, 2016
Students enjoyed regular class activities while Dr. Rains attended a professional development opportunity.
Friday, November 18, 2016
Friday, November 18, 2016
3rd Grade - This class learned that the degree of intensity is the definition of Depth. The explorer, Clint Eastwood, was fired by Universal Studios because they said he couldn't act. We had our final lesson of the Take Five series today. Students reflected on what they learned and how it can help them in the future. In Crystal Pond Woods students were introduced to Divergent thinking and brainstorming. Our final activity was to compare the difference in Abel (from Abel's Island) from before and after being stranded on the island.
5th Grade - Today students learned that Opprobrious means shameful, infamous. The weekly explorer was John Pemberton who developed the original Coca-Cola recipe and sold it as a brain tonic. Students worked to solve a logic problem for the warm up activity. Learning things the hard way was the focus of today's affective lesson. As we get ready to begin the Exploravision project. students watched a video of a product students at Stanford University created from a problem and which is being used around the world. We also created a goals page to help us finish the contest before the deadline. For the Explorations lesson, students had just a few minutes to read about space exploration.
2nd Grade - These students compared the difference in Abel from before the hurricane to his behavior after being stranded on an island for a long time. The also had the opportunity to learn more about hurricanes from the Perfect Storm website where students could interact with the activity.
5th Grade - Today students learned that Opprobrious means shameful, infamous. The weekly explorer was John Pemberton who developed the original Coca-Cola recipe and sold it as a brain tonic. Students worked to solve a logic problem for the warm up activity. Learning things the hard way was the focus of today's affective lesson. As we get ready to begin the Exploravision project. students watched a video of a product students at Stanford University created from a problem and which is being used around the world. We also created a goals page to help us finish the contest before the deadline. For the Explorations lesson, students had just a few minutes to read about space exploration.
2nd Grade - These students compared the difference in Abel from before the hurricane to his behavior after being stranded on an island for a long time. The also had the opportunity to learn more about hurricanes from the Perfect Storm website where students could interact with the activity.
Thursday, November 17, 2016
Thursday, November 18, 2016
Small groups of students around Washington Irving received Enrichment lessons today.
Wednesday, November 16, 2016
Wednesday, November 16, 2016
5th Grade - Today students learned that Opprobrious means shameful, infamous. The weekly explorer was John Pemberton who developed the original Coca-Cola recipe and sold it as a brain tonic. Students worked to solve a logic problem for the warm up activity. Learning things the hard way was the focus of today's affective lesson. As we get ready to begin the Exploravision project. students watched a video of a product students at Stanford University created from a problem and which is being used around the world. We also created a goals page to help us finish the contest before the deadline. For the Explorations lesson, students had just a few minutes to read about space exploration.
4th Grade - These students learned the word Predilection means a preference for something. The explorer was George Washington also know as the "Father of Our Country." Students worked together to solve a logic elimination grid puzzle for the warm up activity. For the affective lesson, students reflected on past projects they had completed and determined how the past experiences can help them be successful in the future. Students watched a video of an invention students from Stanford University developed to help premature babies in third world countries survive premature births. For homework, students are to ask two adults questions regarding ideas that could be used to help them invent something for the contest. The final lesson centered around Space Exploration. A Surprise in the Middle drawing helped students understand the concept of listening to directions when a photo or drawing of the product was not available.
2nd Grade - The weekly trip to Crystal Pond Woods had students learning about Divergent Thinking. Isabel the Inventor and Yolanda the Yarnspinner encouraged students to write more vivid stories by adding creative, descriptive words that will help readers see what the author is trying to say through their writing.
4th Grade - These students learned the word Predilection means a preference for something. The explorer was George Washington also know as the "Father of Our Country." Students worked together to solve a logic elimination grid puzzle for the warm up activity. For the affective lesson, students reflected on past projects they had completed and determined how the past experiences can help them be successful in the future. Students watched a video of an invention students from Stanford University developed to help premature babies in third world countries survive premature births. For homework, students are to ask two adults questions regarding ideas that could be used to help them invent something for the contest. The final lesson centered around Space Exploration. A Surprise in the Middle drawing helped students understand the concept of listening to directions when a photo or drawing of the product was not available.
2nd Grade - The weekly trip to Crystal Pond Woods had students learning about Divergent Thinking. Isabel the Inventor and Yolanda the Yarnspinner encouraged students to write more vivid stories by adding creative, descriptive words that will help readers see what the author is trying to say through their writing.
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
4th Grade - These students learned the word Predilection means a preference for something. The explorer was George Washington also know as the "Father of Our Country." Students worked together to solve a logic elimination grid puzzle for the warm up activity. For the affective lesson, students reflected on past projects they had completed and determined how the past experiences can help them be successful in the future. Students watched a video of an invention students from Stanford University developed to help premature babies in third world countries survive premature births. For homework, students are to ask two adults questions regarding ideas that could be used to help them invent something for the contest. The final lesson centered around Space Exploration. A Surprise in the Middle drawing helped students understand the concept of listening to directions when a photo or drawing of the product was not available.
2nd Grade - Today's lesson centered around the social/emotional side of giftedness. The focus of the lesson was the understanding that successful people exhibit the trait of caring in particular respect, responsibility, and self-discipline.
2nd Grade - Today's lesson centered around the social/emotional side of giftedness. The focus of the lesson was the understanding that successful people exhibit the trait of caring in particular respect, responsibility, and self-discipline.
Monday, November 14, 2016
Monday, November 14, 2016
5th Grade - Today students learned that Opprobrious means shameful, infamous. The weekly explorer was John Pemberton who developed the original Coca-Cola recipe and sold it as a brain tonic. Students worked to solve a logic problem for the warm up activity. Learning things the hard way was the focus of today's affective lesson. As we get ready to begin the Exploravision project. students watched a video of a product students at Stanford University created from a problem and which is being used around the world. We also created a goals page to help us finish the contest before the deadline. For the Explorations lesson, students had just a few minutes to read about space exploration.
2nd Grade - Students learned the word Ability means the power or skill to do something. Their explorer, Emily Geiger, swallowed a secret for General Sumter of the Continental Army to keep the British from finding it. Students worked together to solve a logic elimination grid puzzle that was the warm up activity this week.
2nd Grade - Students learned the word Ability means the power or skill to do something. Their explorer, Emily Geiger, swallowed a secret for General Sumter of the Continental Army to keep the British from finding it. Students worked together to solve a logic elimination grid puzzle that was the warm up activity this week.
Friday, November 11, 2016
Friday, November 11, 2016
3rd Grade - This class learned that Personality means the set of emotional qualities, ways of behaving, etc. that makes a person different from other people. Walt Disney, today's explorer was turned down by the Chicago Tribune as a cartoonist. Students solved the Stories With Holes problem for the warm up activity. The affective lesson reviewed the five characteristics of successful people. Students evaluated where they were and set goals for each area. In Crystal Pond Woods, students traded logic problems they had written last week with other students for a chance to solve more problems.
5th Grade - The vocabulary word was Tantamount which means equivalent to, virtually the same. Ruth Wakefield, who invented the chocolate chip cookie accidentally was today's explorer. Students had to solve a Stories With Holes problem for the warm up activity. For the affective lesson, students were to design a t-shirt that reflected something about themselves. Students were introduced to the Exploravision contest which fits in well with our #InvestigateCreateElevate project. Today students continued learning about Cultural Borrowing in our explorations lesson. They had the opportunity to play Mancala which is an African game.
2nd Grade - We continued lessons that centered around Abel's Island. Today students had to build a shelter from the materials provided.
5th Grade - The vocabulary word was Tantamount which means equivalent to, virtually the same. Ruth Wakefield, who invented the chocolate chip cookie accidentally was today's explorer. Students had to solve a Stories With Holes problem for the warm up activity. For the affective lesson, students were to design a t-shirt that reflected something about themselves. Students were introduced to the Exploravision contest which fits in well with our #InvestigateCreateElevate project. Today students continued learning about Cultural Borrowing in our explorations lesson. They had the opportunity to play Mancala which is an African game.
2nd Grade - We continued lessons that centered around Abel's Island. Today students had to build a shelter from the materials provided.
Thursday, November 10, 2016
Thursday, November 10, 2016
Dr. Rains was around the building today visiting classrooms to teach coding skills while the classroom teachers were in meetings.
Wednesday, November 9, 2016
Wednesday, November 9, 2016
5th Grade - The vocabulary word was Tantamount which means equivalent to, virtually the same. Ruth Wakefield, who invented the chocolate chip cookie accidentally was today's explorer. Students had to solve a Stories With Holes problem for the warm up activity. For the affective lesson, students were to design a t-shirt that reflected something about themselves. Students were introduced to the Exploravision contest which fits in well with our #InvestigateCreateElevate project. Today students continued learning about Cultural Borrowing in our explorations lesson. They had the opportunity to play Mancala which is an African game.
4th Grade - Learning began with the vocabulary word of the week Sullen which means someone who is sulky or quietly in a bad mood. Mary Cassatt, known as America's Great Impressionist, was today's explorer. Students had to solve a Stories With Holes problem for the warm up activity. Spinning plates was the focus of the weekly affective lesson. This lesson provided students the opportunity to analyze their activities and determine how they are doing with everything in which they are involved. Students were introduced to the Exploravision contest which fits in well with our #InvestigateCreateElevate project. Today students continued learning about Cultural Borrowing in our explorations lesson. They had the opportunity to play Mancala which is an African game.
2nd Grade - Students had the opportunity today to learning a little computer programming skills through the Code.org website.
4th Grade - Learning began with the vocabulary word of the week Sullen which means someone who is sulky or quietly in a bad mood. Mary Cassatt, known as America's Great Impressionist, was today's explorer. Students had to solve a Stories With Holes problem for the warm up activity. Spinning plates was the focus of the weekly affective lesson. This lesson provided students the opportunity to analyze their activities and determine how they are doing with everything in which they are involved. Students were introduced to the Exploravision contest which fits in well with our #InvestigateCreateElevate project. Today students continued learning about Cultural Borrowing in our explorations lesson. They had the opportunity to play Mancala which is an African game.
2nd Grade - Students had the opportunity today to learning a little computer programming skills through the Code.org website.
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
Mrs. Hart filled in while Dr. Rains was gone today. Here is a look at what the students accomplished.
4th Grade - Learning began with the vocabulary word of the week Sullen which means someone who is sulky or quietly in a bad mood. Mary Cassatt, known as America's Great Impressionist, was today's explorer. Students had to solve a Stories With Holes problem for the warm up activity. Spinning plates was the focus of the weekly affective lesson. This lesson provided students the opportunity to analyze their activities and determine how they are doing with everything in which they are involved. Students were introduced to the Exploravision contest which fits in well with our #InvestigateCreateElevate project. Today students continued learning about Cultural Borrowing in our explorations lesson. They had the opportunity to play Mancala which is an African game.
2nd Grade - Today's affective lesson focused on the generalization that successful people exhibit the traits of creativity, goal-setting, intelligence, courage, and kindness. After listening to the story Hooray for Diffendoofer Day by Dr. Seuss, students discussed how Dr. Seuss demonstrated creativity. In Crystal Pond Woods, students began learning about divergent thinking. They were given some simple abstract shapes and had to describe what they thought the shape represented.
4th Grade - Learning began with the vocabulary word of the week Sullen which means someone who is sulky or quietly in a bad mood. Mary Cassatt, known as America's Great Impressionist, was today's explorer. Students had to solve a Stories With Holes problem for the warm up activity. Spinning plates was the focus of the weekly affective lesson. This lesson provided students the opportunity to analyze their activities and determine how they are doing with everything in which they are involved. Students were introduced to the Exploravision contest which fits in well with our #InvestigateCreateElevate project. Today students continued learning about Cultural Borrowing in our explorations lesson. They had the opportunity to play Mancala which is an African game.
2nd Grade - Today's affective lesson focused on the generalization that successful people exhibit the traits of creativity, goal-setting, intelligence, courage, and kindness. After listening to the story Hooray for Diffendoofer Day by Dr. Seuss, students discussed how Dr. Seuss demonstrated creativity. In Crystal Pond Woods, students began learning about divergent thinking. They were given some simple abstract shapes and had to describe what they thought the shape represented.
Monday, November 7, 2016
Mrs. Hart filled in for Dr. Rains. Here is a look at what the students accomplished:
5th Grade - The vocabulary word was Tantamount which means equivalent to, virtually the same. Ruth Wakefield, who invented the chocolate chip cookie accidentally was today's explorer. Students had to solve a Stories With Holes problem for the warm up activity. For the affective lesson, students were to design a t-shirt that reflected something about themselves. Students were introduced to the Exploravision contest which fits in well with our #InvestigateCreateElevate project. Today students continued learning about Cultural Borrowing in our explorations lesson. They had the opportunity to play Mancala which is an African game.
2nd Grade - Their vocabulary word was Appearance which means the way that someone or something looks. James Monroe, our country's fifth President was today's explorer. These students also had the opportunity to solve the Stories With Holes problem for the weekly warm up activity.
5th Grade - The vocabulary word was Tantamount which means equivalent to, virtually the same. Ruth Wakefield, who invented the chocolate chip cookie accidentally was today's explorer. Students had to solve a Stories With Holes problem for the warm up activity. For the affective lesson, students were to design a t-shirt that reflected something about themselves. Students were introduced to the Exploravision contest which fits in well with our #InvestigateCreateElevate project. Today students continued learning about Cultural Borrowing in our explorations lesson. They had the opportunity to play Mancala which is an African game.
2nd Grade - Their vocabulary word was Appearance which means the way that someone or something looks. James Monroe, our country's fifth President was today's explorer. These students also had the opportunity to solve the Stories With Holes problem for the weekly warm up activity.
Friday, November 4, 2016
Friday, November 4, 2016
3rd Grade - Conclude which means to stop or finish: to come to an end: to end in a particular way or with a particular action - was today's vocabulary word. The explorer was Tom Cruise who was a struggling reader as a child but has become a very talented actor. Students completed a Surprise in the Middle drawing for the warm up activity. We have covered all five of the characteristics of successful people. Today we looked at famous people and how they met each of the criteria of a successful person. The final activity was to create our own logic elimination puzzles or complete other logic puzzles we had started in the past.
5th Grade - Today's learning started with Diaphanous, the vocabulary word, which means translucent, transparent.The explorer was Tom Adams an inventor. Tom's friend, Santa Anna, suggested he try inventing with chicle from Mexico. When that failed, he tried chewing it and invented chewing gum. A Surprise in the Middle drawing was today's warm up activity. The focus of the affective lesson was to have the students identify what was important to themselves. We reviewed the results of the insulated cup project then discussed ways to improve upon their designs. The final activity was to discover different items we have as a result of cultural borrowing.
2nd Grade - This class was given some items and a tsk to accomplish. They were unable to solve the problem. They did learn that when they solve a problem, they have to take time to create a good plan before they try to solve the problem.
5th Grade - Today's learning started with Diaphanous, the vocabulary word, which means translucent, transparent.The explorer was Tom Adams an inventor. Tom's friend, Santa Anna, suggested he try inventing with chicle from Mexico. When that failed, he tried chewing it and invented chewing gum. A Surprise in the Middle drawing was today's warm up activity. The focus of the affective lesson was to have the students identify what was important to themselves. We reviewed the results of the insulated cup project then discussed ways to improve upon their designs. The final activity was to discover different items we have as a result of cultural borrowing.
2nd Grade - This class was given some items and a tsk to accomplish. They were unable to solve the problem. They did learn that when they solve a problem, they have to take time to create a good plan before they try to solve the problem.
Thursday, November 3, 2016
Thursday, November 3, 2016
The 5th Grade group that normally meets on Wednesday came to class this morning because they were on a field trip yesterday.
5th Grade - Today's learning started with Diaphanous, the vocabulary word, which means translucent, transparent.The explorer was Tom Adams an inventor. Tom's friend, Santa Anna, suggested he try inventing with chicle from Mexico. When that failed, he tried chewing it and invented chewing gum. A Surprise in the Middle drawing was today's warm up activity. The focus of the affective lesson was to have the students identify what was important to themselves. We reviewed the results of the insulated cup project then discussed ways to improve upon their designs. The final activity was to discover different items we have as a result of cultural borrowing.
5th Grade - Today's learning started with Diaphanous, the vocabulary word, which means translucent, transparent.The explorer was Tom Adams an inventor. Tom's friend, Santa Anna, suggested he try inventing with chicle from Mexico. When that failed, he tried chewing it and invented chewing gum. A Surprise in the Middle drawing was today's warm up activity. The focus of the affective lesson was to have the students identify what was important to themselves. We reviewed the results of the insulated cup project then discussed ways to improve upon their designs. The final activity was to discover different items we have as a result of cultural borrowing.
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
5th Grade - Fifth graders enjoyed a trip to the OKC Phil harmonica this morning. Dr. Rains spent the morning working with small groups of students around the building and will make up today's class tomorrow.
4th Grade - The vocabulary word for these students was Excessive which means something that goes beyond the usual limit. George Washington Carver, today's explorer came up with more than 300 uses for the peanut. Students completed a Surprise in the Middle drawing for the warm up activity. Personal safety mechanisms was the focus of today's affective lesson. For the Explorations lesson students learned that many of the things we have today came from other countries which is called cultural borrowing. The final activity was to analyze the windmills we build and determine ways to improve them.
2nd Grade - These students spent their time finishing the attribute logic puzzles they started yesterday.
4th Grade - The vocabulary word for these students was Excessive which means something that goes beyond the usual limit. George Washington Carver, today's explorer came up with more than 300 uses for the peanut. Students completed a Surprise in the Middle drawing for the warm up activity. Personal safety mechanisms was the focus of today's affective lesson. For the Explorations lesson students learned that many of the things we have today came from other countries which is called cultural borrowing. The final activity was to analyze the windmills we build and determine ways to improve them.
2nd Grade - These students spent their time finishing the attribute logic puzzles they started yesterday.
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
4th Grade - The vocabulary word for these students was Excessive which means something that goes beyond the usual limit. George Washington Carver, today's explorer came up with more than 300 uses for the peanut. Students completed a Surprise in the Middle drawing for the warm up activity. Personal safety mechanisms was the focus of today's affective lesson. For the Explorations lesson students learned that many of the things we have today came from other countries which is called cultural borrowing. The final activity was to analyze the windmills we build and determine ways to improve them.
2nd Grade - These students completed the Surprise in the Middle activity in order to expand their creativity and develop their following directions skills. When the drawings were finished we began solving some more logic puzzles in Crystal Pond Woods which involved attributes.
2nd Grade - These students completed the Surprise in the Middle activity in order to expand their creativity and develop their following directions skills. When the drawings were finished we began solving some more logic puzzles in Crystal Pond Woods which involved attributes.
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