Friday, September 29, 2017
Friday, September 29, 2017
5th Grade - These students learned someone who is Pugnacious is quarrelsome (argumentative). Their thinker for today was Alexander Graham Bell who experimented with vibrations because his mother was deaf. Students completed a Surprise in the Middle drawing for the warm up activity. Our affective lessons this year are focused on developing leadership in kids. Today, students had to make a human train with each member connected by a balloon. Following the activity we discussed the successes and failures of working together. The rest of the day had students answering questions about research and gathering information for their Bridge Across America project.
Thursday, September 28, 2017
Thursday, September 28, 2017
2nd Grade - Students had the opportunity to finish the convergent thinking puzzles they started yesterday.
3rd Grade - These students learned that Personification means the attributes of human nature or character to animals or inanimate objects. Their thinker was Dr. Seuss who had 27 publishers turn down his first book. The warm up activity had students creating a Surprise in the Middle drawing. For the affective lesson, students were each given a white sheet of paper and a black circle from which they had to create something in 15 minutes. During their trip to Crystal Pond Woods, students were introduced to logic puzzles that used a logic elimination grid as a way to organize information.
4th Grade - These students learned that Overt means something that is open to view not secret. Our thinker for today was Susan B. Anthony who went to jail for voting. Students completed a Surprise in the Middle drawing for the warm up activity. Their affective lesson focused on identifying their positive and negative personality traits. Last week we began our Systems study by listening to a story about Munracks of Veltzar. We then discussed what systems we would find on their planet and drew what a Munrack might look like. Today students got to make a life size drawing of their team's Munrack.
3rd Grade - These students learned that Personification means the attributes of human nature or character to animals or inanimate objects. Their thinker was Dr. Seuss who had 27 publishers turn down his first book. The warm up activity had students creating a Surprise in the Middle drawing. For the affective lesson, students were each given a white sheet of paper and a black circle from which they had to create something in 15 minutes. During their trip to Crystal Pond Woods, students were introduced to logic puzzles that used a logic elimination grid as a way to organize information.
4th Grade - These students learned that Overt means something that is open to view not secret. Our thinker for today was Susan B. Anthony who went to jail for voting. Students completed a Surprise in the Middle drawing for the warm up activity. Their affective lesson focused on identifying their positive and negative personality traits. Last week we began our Systems study by listening to a story about Munracks of Veltzar. We then discussed what systems we would find on their planet and drew what a Munrack might look like. Today students got to make a life size drawing of their team's Munrack.
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
2nd Grade - This class finished the affective lesson they started yesterday regarding their strengths and weaknesses. We then took a trip to Crystal Pond Woods where we developed our convergent thinking using a logic elimination grid.
4th Grade - These students learned that Overt means something that is open to view not secret. Our thinker for today was Susan B. Anthony who went to jail for voting. Students completed a Surprise in the Middle drawing for the warm up activity. Their affective lesson focused on identifying their positive and negative personality traits. Last week we began our Systems study by listening to a story about Munracks of Veltzar. We then discussed what systems we would find on their planet and drew what a Munrack might look like. Today students got to make a life size drawing of their team's Munrack.
4th Grade - These students learned that Overt means something that is open to view not secret. Our thinker for today was Susan B. Anthony who went to jail for voting. Students completed a Surprise in the Middle drawing for the warm up activity. Their affective lesson focused on identifying their positive and negative personality traits. Last week we began our Systems study by listening to a story about Munracks of Veltzar. We then discussed what systems we would find on their planet and drew what a Munrack might look like. Today students got to make a life size drawing of their team's Munrack.
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
2nd Grade - Students worked for a while to figure out the 20 Questions/Mystery Object. We moved on from there to the social/emotional lesson where students identified activities they were good at doing and those they did not do as well.
5th Grade - Today students learned that Prognosticate means to predict. Earle Dickson invented the Band aide because of a clumsy wife. Students worked together to solve the 20 Questions Mystery Object. The affective lesson is focusing on leadership this year. Students developed a Leadership Acrostic that displayed the characteristics of good leadership. The final activity was to gather information for a timeline of the Bridge Across America (westward movement).
5th Grade - Today students learned that Prognosticate means to predict. Earle Dickson invented the Band aide because of a clumsy wife. Students worked together to solve the 20 Questions Mystery Object. The affective lesson is focusing on leadership this year. Students developed a Leadership Acrostic that displayed the characteristics of good leadership. The final activity was to gather information for a timeline of the Bridge Across America (westward movement).
Monday, September 25, 2017
Monday, September 25, 2017
2nd Grade - Today's vocabulary word was Drought which is a period of dry weather. Their thinker was Deborah Sampson who joined the Continental Army disguised as a man so had to refuse treatment for a leg wound or be discovered.
For the afternoon, Dr. Rains was around the building teaching enrichment activities to classes while classroom teachers attended meetings.
For the afternoon, Dr. Rains was around the building teaching enrichment activities to classes while classroom teachers attended meetings.
Friday, September 22, 2017
Friday, September 22, 2017
5th Grade - Today students learned that Prognosticate means to predict. Earle Dickson invented the Band aide because of a clumsy wife. Students worked together to solve the 20 Questions Mystery Object. The affective lesson is focusing on leadership this year. Students developed a Leadership Acrostic that displayed the characteristics of good leadership. The final activity was to gather information for a timeline of the Bridge Across America (westward movement).
Thursday, September 21, 2017
Thursday, September 21, 2017
2nd Grade - The Big Idea we will be learning about in second grade Enrichment will be Change. Students had an opportunity to share what they currently know about Change by taking a pre-assessment.
3rd Grade - This class had two vocabulary words for the week: Phobia winch is a specific object, activity, or situation that leads to a compelling desire to avoid it and Caricature which is a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things. The thinker was Charles Dickens who did not win a writing prize in grammar school but did become a beloved author. Students worked together to solve the mystery object of the 20 Questions game for the warm up activity. The affective lesson focused on the characteristic of Above Average Ability. In Crystal Pond Woods, students continued to develop their convergent thinking skills as they completed several types of puzzles. In the Relationships lesson, students looked at family relationships and created analogies involving their own family relationships.
4th Grade - There were two vocabulary words today: Oblivious which means someone who does not know or is not aware of what's happening and System which is an assemblage or combination of things or parts forming a complex or unitary whole. Today's thinker was Jane Addams who established the Hull House to have "neighbors helping neighbors." For the warm up activity, students drew a design of circles drawn with a pencil held in their fist instead of between of between their fingers. The affective lesson focused on identifying what would typically be on the mind of a fourth grader. To begin the study of Systems, students were given a fictitious character from a made up planet. Students discussed the various systems that the creature would be involved with on his home planet. Each student drew their interpretation of the creature and teammates voted for the one that best represented the book's description. Next week we will try to draw a portrait of the creature.
3rd Grade - This class had two vocabulary words for the week: Phobia winch is a specific object, activity, or situation that leads to a compelling desire to avoid it and Caricature which is a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things. The thinker was Charles Dickens who did not win a writing prize in grammar school but did become a beloved author. Students worked together to solve the mystery object of the 20 Questions game for the warm up activity. The affective lesson focused on the characteristic of Above Average Ability. In Crystal Pond Woods, students continued to develop their convergent thinking skills as they completed several types of puzzles. In the Relationships lesson, students looked at family relationships and created analogies involving their own family relationships.
4th Grade - There were two vocabulary words today: Oblivious which means someone who does not know or is not aware of what's happening and System which is an assemblage or combination of things or parts forming a complex or unitary whole. Today's thinker was Jane Addams who established the Hull House to have "neighbors helping neighbors." For the warm up activity, students drew a design of circles drawn with a pencil held in their fist instead of between of between their fingers. The affective lesson focused on identifying what would typically be on the mind of a fourth grader. To begin the study of Systems, students were given a fictitious character from a made up planet. Students discussed the various systems that the creature would be involved with on his home planet. Each student drew their interpretation of the creature and teammates voted for the one that best represented the book's description. Next week we will try to draw a portrait of the creature.
Wednesday, September 20, 2017
Wednesday, September 20, 2017
2nd Grade - In order to get to know students better this year, each student filled an Interest Survey.
4th Grade - There were two vocabulary words today: Oblivious which means someone who does not know or is not aware of what's happening and System which is an assemblage or combination of things or parts forming a complex or unitary whole. Today's thinker was Jane Addams who established the Hull House to have "neighbors helping neighbors." For the warm up activity, students drew a design of circles drawn with a pencil held in their fist instead of between of between their fingers. The affective lesson focused on identifying what would typically be on the mind of a fourth grader. To begin the study of Systems, students were given a fictitious character from a made up planet. Students discussed the various systems that the creature would be involved with on his home planet. Each student drew their interpretation of the creature and teammates voted for the one that best represented the book's description. Next week we will try to draw a portrait of the creature.
4th Grade - There were two vocabulary words today: Oblivious which means someone who does not know or is not aware of what's happening and System which is an assemblage or combination of things or parts forming a complex or unitary whole. Today's thinker was Jane Addams who established the Hull House to have "neighbors helping neighbors." For the warm up activity, students drew a design of circles drawn with a pencil held in their fist instead of between of between their fingers. The affective lesson focused on identifying what would typically be on the mind of a fourth grader. To begin the study of Systems, students were given a fictitious character from a made up planet. Students discussed the various systems that the creature would be involved with on his home planet. Each student drew their interpretation of the creature and teammates voted for the one that best represented the book's description. Next week we will try to draw a portrait of the creature.
Tuesday, September 19, 2017
While teachers were attending Professional Learning Community meetings, different classes came to Dr. Rains room for enrichment activities.
Monday, September 18, 2017
Today was a holiday for students while teachers attended professional development meetings.
Friday, September 15, 2017
Friday, September 15, 2015
5th Grade - Students today learned that Quid Pro Quo is a Latin phrase meaning an equal exchange and Structure means mode of building, construction, or organization; arrangement of parts, elements, or constituents. For the warm up activity, students drew circles with their fists. The thinkers of the day were Gottlieg Daimler and Karl Benz who invented the first gasoline powered cars in two different places. The affective lesson was an introduction to leadership. Students different qualities that make up leaders. After a brief lesson in using resource materials, students learned that the Bridge Across America was an intangible structure. This led to the first project where students will make a timeline of a family on the Bridge Across America.
Thursday, September 14, 2017
Thursday, September 14, 2017
2nd Grade - Students completed the personality inventory this morning.
3rd Grade - These students learned that Polynesian means those island groups in the Pacific lying East of Melanesia and Micronesia and extending from the Hawaiian Islands South to New Zealand. Their explorer was Roald Dahl who had difficulty putting his thoughts on paper as a child, but grew to be a beloved author. Students were introduced the Take 5 program from which will come the third grade Enrichment affective lessons. We then traveled to Crystal Pond Woods where the Puzzlers' Club was meeting and shared several types of puzzles with us.
4th Grade - This class learned that Confound means to confuse or mix someone up. Their thinker was Bill Cosby who overcame a childhood of poverty to become a famous comedian. As a class we developed a Code of Conduct. In order to get to know the students better, Dr. Rains had students complete a personality inventory, an interest survey, and a Thoughts page. The fourth grade Thinkers, Thoughts, and Thingamajigs will focus on Systems. To get started students took a pre-assessment about systems.
3rd Grade - These students learned that Polynesian means those island groups in the Pacific lying East of Melanesia and Micronesia and extending from the Hawaiian Islands South to New Zealand. Their explorer was Roald Dahl who had difficulty putting his thoughts on paper as a child, but grew to be a beloved author. Students were introduced the Take 5 program from which will come the third grade Enrichment affective lessons. We then traveled to Crystal Pond Woods where the Puzzlers' Club was meeting and shared several types of puzzles with us.
4th Grade - This class learned that Confound means to confuse or mix someone up. Their thinker was Bill Cosby who overcame a childhood of poverty to become a famous comedian. As a class we developed a Code of Conduct. In order to get to know the students better, Dr. Rains had students complete a personality inventory, an interest survey, and a Thoughts page. The fourth grade Thinkers, Thoughts, and Thingamajigs will focus on Systems. To get started students took a pre-assessment about systems.
Wednesday, September 13, 2017
2nd Grade - Students wrote about some thoughts they were thinking. These are on display in our classroom. They then began working on a short personality inventory.
4th Grade - This class learned that Confound means to confuse or mix someone up. Their thinker was Bill Cosby who overcame a childhood of poverty to become a famous comedian. As a class we developed a Code of Conduct. In order to get to know the students better, Dr. Rains had students complete a personality inventory, an interest survey, and a Thoughts page. The fourth grade Thinkers, Thoughts, and Thingamajigs will focus on Systems. To get started students took a pre-assessment about systems.
4th Grade - This class learned that Confound means to confuse or mix someone up. Their thinker was Bill Cosby who overcame a childhood of poverty to become a famous comedian. As a class we developed a Code of Conduct. In order to get to know the students better, Dr. Rains had students complete a personality inventory, an interest survey, and a Thoughts page. The fourth grade Thinkers, Thoughts, and Thingamajigs will focus on Systems. To get started students took a pre-assessment about systems.
Tuesday, September 12, 2017
Tuesday, September 12, 2017
2nd Grade - Today students worked on some Plexer puzzles, developed a class Code of Conduct and wrote some thoughts about different things.
Monday, September 11, 2017
2nd Grade - This group of students learned that Change means to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone. The thinker, George Washington was not the first President of the United States. Before there was a Constitution John Hanson was the President.
5th Grade - These students learned that Admonish means a mild cautionary rebuke or warning. Their thinker for today was Archimedes, the discoverer of water displacement. Students completed a Plexer puzzle for the warm up activity. As a class, students developed a Class Code of Conduct or rules they would follow during Enrichment this year. Dr. Rains is wanting to get to know her students better this year so students filled out a personality test and an interest survey. To get started thinking about thinkers, thoughts and thingamajigs, students took a pre-assessment.
5th Grade - These students learned that Admonish means a mild cautionary rebuke or warning. Their thinker for today was Archimedes, the discoverer of water displacement. Students completed a Plexer puzzle for the warm up activity. As a class, students developed a Class Code of Conduct or rules they would follow during Enrichment this year. Dr. Rains is wanting to get to know her students better this year so students filled out a personality test and an interest survey. To get started thinking about thinkers, thoughts and thingamajigs, students took a pre-assessment.
Friday, September 8, 2017
Friday, September 8, 2016
5th Grade - These students learned that Admonish means a mild cautionary rebuke or warning. Their thinker for today was Archimedes, the discoverer of water displacement. Students completed a Plexer puzzle for the warm up activity. As a class, students developed a Class Code of Conduct or rules they would follow during Enrichment this year. Dr. Rains is wanting to get to know her students better this year so students filled out a personality test and an interest survey. To get started thinking about thinkers, thoughts and thingamajigs, students took a pre-assessment. The final activity was a drawing activity from which they were given specific instructions yet allowed to develop the final product as they wished.
Thursday, September 7, 2017
Thursday, September 7, 2017
We were finally able to start having Enrichment classes at Washington Irving. Here's what we did today:
2nd Grade - This class will start meeting Monday morning.
3rd Grade - First we learned that a Relationship is a connection, association, or involvement. Hans Christian Andersen, author of The Ugly Duckling, had difficulty spelling. For the warm up activity students completed Plexer puzzles which are common words or phrases in picture form. As a class we developed a Code of Conduct or rules to follow while attending Enrichment. Dr. Rains wanted to get to know her students a little better so each student to the True Colors Personality Test and filled out an Interest Inventory. While the big theme for Enrichment this year is Thinkers, Thoughts and Thingamajigs, this particular class will focus on the relationship portion of those thinkers. In order to know our current understanding of the topic Dr. Rains had each student take a pre-assessment.
4th Grade - This class will start next week with the rest of the fourth grade classes.
2nd Grade - This class will start meeting Monday morning.
3rd Grade - First we learned that a Relationship is a connection, association, or involvement. Hans Christian Andersen, author of The Ugly Duckling, had difficulty spelling. For the warm up activity students completed Plexer puzzles which are common words or phrases in picture form. As a class we developed a Code of Conduct or rules to follow while attending Enrichment. Dr. Rains wanted to get to know her students a little better so each student to the True Colors Personality Test and filled out an Interest Inventory. While the big theme for Enrichment this year is Thinkers, Thoughts and Thingamajigs, this particular class will focus on the relationship portion of those thinkers. In order to know our current understanding of the topic Dr. Rains had each student take a pre-assessment.
4th Grade - This class will start next week with the rest of the fourth grade classes.
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