2nd Grade - Students completed and shared the stories they started yesterday which was part of the lesson on developing their creativity.
3rd Grade - This class learned that the Judicial Branch is the branch of government charged with the interpretation of laws and the administration of justice; the judiciary. The thinker was Clint Eastwood who was fired from Universal Studios because they said he couldn't act. His determination overcame that obstacle to become a successful actor. Everyone worked together to solve the Stories With Holes problem for the warm up activity. The Convergent Thinking lesson in Crystal Pond Woods had student write their own logic elimination puzzles. In the Relationship lesson, students heard a little bit from the book Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry and learned some information about the Polynesian Islands.
4th Grade - Our vocabulary word for the day was Gloat which means people who are happy about other people's failure. The thinker was Roberto Clemente who used his influence to help others. For the affective lesson, students reflected on a past successful project and analyzed how that success can help them complete future projects. The final activity was to complete the language system and begin working on the solar system.
Thursday, November 30, 2017
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
2nd Grade - Students began developing their creativity by using the materials they had to create an animal. Then they started writing a story about the animal which will be finished tomorrow.
4th Grade - Our vocabulary word for the day was Gloat which means people who are happy about other people's failure. The thinker was Roberto Clemente who used his influence to help others. For the affective lesson, students reflected on a past successful project and analyzed how that success can help them complete future projects. The final activity was to complete the language system and begin working on the solar system.
4th Grade - Our vocabulary word for the day was Gloat which means people who are happy about other people's failure. The thinker was Roberto Clemente who used his influence to help others. For the affective lesson, students reflected on a past successful project and analyzed how that success can help them complete future projects. The final activity was to complete the language system and begin working on the solar system.
Tuesday, November 28, 2017
Tuesday, November 28, 2017
2nd Grade - Together, students solved the Stories With Holes mystery. We discussed task commitment as one of the five traits of successful people. This was a project we started two weeks ago but were unable to finish. Another trait of successful people is creativity which we started working on today and will develop more tomorrow.
The rest of the day was spent working with small groups of students and testing potential GATE participants.
The rest of the day was spent working with small groups of students and testing potential GATE participants.
Monday, November 27, 2017
Monday, November 27, 2017
2nd Grade - Today students learned Condensation means the process of changing a gas or vapor to a liquid or solid form. The thinker was James Monroe who served his country most of his life but died a poor man. Students began trying to solve the Stories With Holes mystery for the warm up activity.
5th Grade - The vocabulary word for today was Sedulous which means industrious. Their thinker was Samuel Colt who couldn't sell his revolver until the U.S. Army requested large quantities of them. Students worked together to solve the Stories With Holes problem for the warm up activity. For the leadership lesson, students began learning vocabulary regarding leaders. Time was taken to complete the Bridge Across America and we started working on the Explorvision contest assignments.
5th Grade - The vocabulary word for today was Sedulous which means industrious. Their thinker was Samuel Colt who couldn't sell his revolver until the U.S. Army requested large quantities of them. Students worked together to solve the Stories With Holes problem for the warm up activity. For the leadership lesson, students began learning vocabulary regarding leaders. Time was taken to complete the Bridge Across America and we started working on the Explorvision contest assignments.
Tuesday, November 21, 2017
Tuesday, November 21, 2017
While classroom teachers were attending meetings, Dr. Rains taught special lessons to different classes around the building.
Monday, November 20, 2017
Monday, November 20, 2017
2nd Grade - These students were enjoying their annual Thanksgiving rotations. We will resume our regular schedule on Monday, November 27.
5th Grade - Our learning started with the vocabulary word Opprobrious which means shameful, infamous. John Pemberton, our weekly thinker, invented a popular drink called Wine of Coca which he sold as a brain tonic. When alcohol was banned in Atlanta, his new formula didn't sell as well as the original. The formula was sold a couple of more times before Asa Chandler added bubbles and calling it Coca-Cola. Students completed a Surprise in the Middle drawing for the warm up activity. The affective lesson had students considering leadership qualities in their friends. Our next major project will be the Exploravision contest which was introduced today. The rest of the class time provided students an opportunity to complete their Bridge Across America projects.
5th Grade - Our learning started with the vocabulary word Opprobrious which means shameful, infamous. John Pemberton, our weekly thinker, invented a popular drink called Wine of Coca which he sold as a brain tonic. When alcohol was banned in Atlanta, his new formula didn't sell as well as the original. The formula was sold a couple of more times before Asa Chandler added bubbles and calling it Coca-Cola. Students completed a Surprise in the Middle drawing for the warm up activity. The affective lesson had students considering leadership qualities in their friends. Our next major project will be the Exploravision contest which was introduced today. The rest of the class time provided students an opportunity to complete their Bridge Across America projects.
Friday, November 17, 2017
Friday, November 17, 2017
5th Grade - Our learning started with the vocabulary word Opprobrious which means shameful, infamous. John Pemberton, our weekly thinker, invented a popular drink called Wine of Coca which he sold as a brain tonic. When alcohol was banned in Atlanta, his new formula didn't sell as well as the original. The formula was sold a couple of more times before Asa Chandler added bubbles and calling it Coca-Cola. Students completed a Surprise in the Middle drawing for the warm up activity. The affective lesson had students considering leadership qualities in their friends. Our next major project will be the Exploravision contest which was introduced today. The rest of the class time provided students an opportunity to complete their Bridge Across America projects.
Thursday, November 16, 2017
2nd Grade - During our weekly trip to Crystal Pond Woods, students began labeling a logic elimination grid as a way to solve problems.
3rd Grade - These students learned that the Legislative Branch is the branch of government having the power to make laws; the legislature. Their thinker was Walt Disney who was rejected by the Chicago Tribune but persevered to become a famous cartoonist. For their affective lesson, students had to evaluate how they were doing with the five characteristics of successful people and set goals to improve in those areas. Students completed their logic elimination puzzles they started last wee in Crystal Pond Woods. The final activity was the Relationship lesson where students understood that new situations may help people make personal discoveries.
4th Grade - Fourth graders were enjoying their annual Mad Scientist Day.
3rd Grade - These students learned that the Legislative Branch is the branch of government having the power to make laws; the legislature. Their thinker was Walt Disney who was rejected by the Chicago Tribune but persevered to become a famous cartoonist. For their affective lesson, students had to evaluate how they were doing with the five characteristics of successful people and set goals to improve in those areas. Students completed their logic elimination puzzles they started last wee in Crystal Pond Woods. The final activity was the Relationship lesson where students understood that new situations may help people make personal discoveries.
4th Grade - Fourth graders were enjoying their annual Mad Scientist Day.
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
2nd Grade - Last week our affective lesson focused on goal setting. Today we finished those goals and started a new lesson regarding task commitment.
4th Grade - The vocabulary word for today was Sullen which means a person who is sulky or quietly in a bad mood. The thinker was Mary Cassatt who overcame the stigma of being a woman to become America's Great Impressionist. Students learned about following the directions and creativity with a Surprise in the Middle drawing for the warm up activity. For the affective lesson, students had to analyze and evaluate the various activities in which they are involved to determine if they are trying to keep up with those activities like a bunch of spinning plates. The rest of our time together was spent working on Language Systems assignments.
4th Grade - The vocabulary word for today was Sullen which means a person who is sulky or quietly in a bad mood. The thinker was Mary Cassatt who overcame the stigma of being a woman to become America's Great Impressionist. Students learned about following the directions and creativity with a Surprise in the Middle drawing for the warm up activity. For the affective lesson, students had to analyze and evaluate the various activities in which they are involved to determine if they are trying to keep up with those activities like a bunch of spinning plates. The rest of our time together was spent working on Language Systems assignments.
Tuesday, November 14, 2017
Tuesday, November 14, 2017
2nd Grade - Students drew a Surprise in the Middle drawing for the warm up activity this week. This is a great exercise in learning to follow directions and develop creativity.
4th Grade - Due to Mad Scientist Day Thursday, the Thursday afternoon class met today. Their vocabulary word was Sullen which means a person who is sulky or quietly in a bad mood. The thinker was Mary Cassatt who overcame the stigma of being a woman to become America's Great Impressionist. Students learned about following the directions and creativity with a Surprise in the Middle drawing for the warm up activity. For the affective lesson, students had to analyze and evaluate the various activities in which they are involved to determine if they are trying to keep up with those activities like a bunch of spinning plates. The rest of our time together was spent working on Language Systems assignments.
4th Grade - Due to Mad Scientist Day Thursday, the Thursday afternoon class met today. Their vocabulary word was Sullen which means a person who is sulky or quietly in a bad mood. The thinker was Mary Cassatt who overcame the stigma of being a woman to become America's Great Impressionist. Students learned about following the directions and creativity with a Surprise in the Middle drawing for the warm up activity. For the affective lesson, students had to analyze and evaluate the various activities in which they are involved to determine if they are trying to keep up with those activities like a bunch of spinning plates. The rest of our time together was spent working on Language Systems assignments.
Monday, November 13, 2017
Monday, November 13, 2017
2nd Grade - The vocabulary word for this week is Evaporation which means to change from a liquid or solid state into vapor. Our thinker was Sybil Luddington who was a female version of Paul Revere warning the colonial militia the British were heading their way.
5th Grade - Today students learned that Tantamount means equivalent to, virtually the same. The thinker was Ruth Wakefield who ran out of baking chocolate, used a chopped up Nestles candy bar for her chocolate cookies, which resulted in chocolate chip cookies. Students solved the 20 Questions Mystery Object for the warm up activity. During the leadership lesson, students completed a "treasure" hunt in their small groups looking for ways their peers demonstrated leadership. Students spent the rest of class working to finish their Bridge Across America timelines.
Next week they will be introduced to the Exploravision contest.
5th Grade - Today students learned that Tantamount means equivalent to, virtually the same. The thinker was Ruth Wakefield who ran out of baking chocolate, used a chopped up Nestles candy bar for her chocolate cookies, which resulted in chocolate chip cookies. Students solved the 20 Questions Mystery Object for the warm up activity. During the leadership lesson, students completed a "treasure" hunt in their small groups looking for ways their peers demonstrated leadership. Students spent the rest of class working to finish their Bridge Across America timelines.
Next week they will be introduced to the Exploravision contest.
Friday, November 10, 2017
Friday, November 10, 2017
5th Grade - Today students learned that Tantamount means equivalent to, virtually the same. The thinker was Ruth Wakefield who ran out of baking chocolate, used a chopped up Nestles candy bar for her chocolate cookies, which resulted in chocolate chip cookies. Students worked to solve the 20 Questions Mystery Object for the warm up activity. During the leadership lesson, students completed a "treasure" hunt in their small groups looking for ways their peers demonstrated leadership. Students spent the rest of class working to finish their Bridge Across America timelines.
Next week they will be introduced to the Exploravision contest.
Next week they will be introduced to the Exploravision contest.
Thursday, November 9, 2017
Thursday, November 9, 2017
2nd Grade - Today we covered our affective lesson. The focus of this week's lesson was on goal setting.
3rd Grade - The weekly vocabulary word was Executive Branch which the branch of government charged with the execution and enforcement of laws and policies and the administration of public affairs; the executive. Our weekly thinker was Tom Cruise who is a struggling reader and a successful actor. Students worked together to solve the 20 Questions Mystery Object for the warm up activity. We have been studying the five common characteristics of successful people; above average ability, task commitment, caring, courage, and creativity. Today students had to think of someone in their life who demonstrated those five characteristics. During our weekly trip to Crystal Pond Woods, students were challenged with more difficult logic elimination puzzles.
4th Grade - These students learned that Excessive means something that goes beyond the usual limit. George Washington Carver overcame discrimination to become a successful botanist. Students worked to solve the 20 Questions Mystery Object for the warm up activity. The affective lesson focused on escape routes people have to alert themselves about trouble. Students worked to complete their Language System projects for the final activity.
3rd Grade - The weekly vocabulary word was Executive Branch which the branch of government charged with the execution and enforcement of laws and policies and the administration of public affairs; the executive. Our weekly thinker was Tom Cruise who is a struggling reader and a successful actor. Students worked together to solve the 20 Questions Mystery Object for the warm up activity. We have been studying the five common characteristics of successful people; above average ability, task commitment, caring, courage, and creativity. Today students had to think of someone in their life who demonstrated those five characteristics. During our weekly trip to Crystal Pond Woods, students were challenged with more difficult logic elimination puzzles.
4th Grade - These students learned that Excessive means something that goes beyond the usual limit. George Washington Carver overcame discrimination to become a successful botanist. Students worked to solve the 20 Questions Mystery Object for the warm up activity. The affective lesson focused on escape routes people have to alert themselves about trouble. Students worked to complete their Language System projects for the final activity.
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
2nd Grade - This class finished analyzing, sorting and classifying shapes into a Venn Diagram.
4th Grade - These students learned that Excessive means something that goes beyond the usual limit. George Washington Carver overcame discrimination to become a successful botanist. Students solved the 20 Questions Mystery Object for the warm up activity. The affective lesson focused on escape routes people have to alert themselves about trouble. Students worked to complete their Language System projects for the final activity.
4th Grade - These students learned that Excessive means something that goes beyond the usual limit. George Washington Carver overcame discrimination to become a successful botanist. Students solved the 20 Questions Mystery Object for the warm up activity. The affective lesson focused on escape routes people have to alert themselves about trouble. Students worked to complete their Language System projects for the final activity.
Tuesday, November 7, 2017
Monday, November 6, 2017
Monday, November 6, 2017
2nd Grade - Today we learned that Forecast means a prediction, especially as to the weather. President James Madison was one of our smallest Presidents. The warm up activity for this week was a 20 Question Mystery Object that we will try to discover tomorrow.
5th Grade - Students today learned that Diaphanous means translucent/transparent. Their thinker was Thomas Adams, an inventor and friend of Santa Anna. When Mr. Adams was trying to invent a cheaper rubber, Santa Anna suggested he try chicle from Mexico. When the chicle didn't make a good rubber, Mr. Adams popped it into his mouth and started making chewing gum.The warm up activity was a drawing where one students held the pencil while a partner moved the paper to create the desired object. Our affective lesson on leadership had students considering people who have touched their lives and how students can influence others. The final activity was working on the Bridge Across America project.
This afternoon, students from Ms. Ashton and Ms. Wood's classes had the opportunity to make up time missed last week because of their AR celebrations.
5th Grade - Students today learned that Diaphanous means translucent/transparent. Their thinker was Thomas Adams, an inventor and friend of Santa Anna. When Mr. Adams was trying to invent a cheaper rubber, Santa Anna suggested he try chicle from Mexico. When the chicle didn't make a good rubber, Mr. Adams popped it into his mouth and started making chewing gum.The warm up activity was a drawing where one students held the pencil while a partner moved the paper to create the desired object. Our affective lesson on leadership had students considering people who have touched their lives and how students can influence others. The final activity was working on the Bridge Across America project.
This afternoon, students from Ms. Ashton and Ms. Wood's classes had the opportunity to make up time missed last week because of their AR celebrations.
Friday, November 3, 2017
Friday, November 3, 2017
5th Grade - Students today learned that Diaphanous means translucent/transparent. Their thinker was Thomas Adams, an inventor and friend of Santa Anna. When Mr. Adams was trying to invent a cheaper rubber, Santa Anna suggested he try chicle from Mexico. When the chicle didn't make a good rubber, Mr. Adams popped it into his mouth and started making chewing gum.The warm up activity was a drawing where one students held the pencil while a partner moved the paper to create the desired object. Our affective lesson on leadership had students considering people who have touched their lives and how students can influence others. The final activity was working on the Bridge Across America project.
Thursday, November 2, 2017
Thursday, November 2, 2017
2nd Grade - This morning students finished the stories they started yesterday called, "Fingerprints of Greatness."
3rd Grade - All of the third grade classes enjoyed a field trip to the zoo. We will try to make up this class next week.
4th grade - We learned that Benevolent means kind and caring. The weekly thinker was Jimmy Carter who worked with Anwar Sadat (former President of Egypt) and Menachem Begin (former Prime Minister of Israel) to reach a peace agreement. These students worked with partners to complete a drawing of a snake. While one student held the pencil in place, the partner moved the paper around to reached the desired drawing. The affective lesson focused on each students' strengths and weaknesses and how "self talk" can be an encouragement. The rest of class was spent working on Google classroom assignments dealing with Language Systems.
3rd Grade - All of the third grade classes enjoyed a field trip to the zoo. We will try to make up this class next week.
4th grade - We learned that Benevolent means kind and caring. The weekly thinker was Jimmy Carter who worked with Anwar Sadat (former President of Egypt) and Menachem Begin (former Prime Minister of Israel) to reach a peace agreement. These students worked with partners to complete a drawing of a snake. While one student held the pencil in place, the partner moved the paper around to reached the desired drawing. The affective lesson focused on each students' strengths and weaknesses and how "self talk" can be an encouragement. The rest of class was spent working on Google classroom assignments dealing with Language Systems.
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
2nd grade - Our warm up activity for this week was a creative thinking opportunity which really required some additional brain activity. One student would move a piece of paper to create the drawing while another student held the pencil. We then moved to our affective lesson where students began another activity demonstrating understanding of the fact that being gifted means different things to different people.
4th grade - This class learned that Benevolent means kind and caring. The weekly thinker was Jimmy Carter who worked with Anwar Sadat (former President of Egypt) and Menachem Begin (former Prime Minister of Israel) to reach a peace agreement. These students worked with partners to complete a drawing of a snake. While one student held the pencil in place, the partner moved the paper around to reached the desired drawing. The affective lesson focused on each students' strengths and weaknesses and how "self talk" can be an encouragement. The rest of class was spent working on Google classroom assignments dealing with Language Systems.
4th grade - This class learned that Benevolent means kind and caring. The weekly thinker was Jimmy Carter who worked with Anwar Sadat (former President of Egypt) and Menachem Begin (former Prime Minister of Israel) to reach a peace agreement. These students worked with partners to complete a drawing of a snake. While one student held the pencil in place, the partner moved the paper around to reached the desired drawing. The affective lesson focused on each students' strengths and weaknesses and how "self talk" can be an encouragement. The rest of class was spent working on Google classroom assignments dealing with Language Systems.
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