Friday, January 29, 2021

4th Grade - Students in this class were able to determine the item in less than 20 questions. We watched a video of an interview with a home building contractor to help us prepare for our tiny house project. The rest of class time was spent completing missed work.

5th Grade - These classes also could determine the object with some assistance. Their affective lesson focused on determining the answer to a dilemma using ethics and values. Students then began working on designing a space rover using only pasta and glue. 

Thursday, January 28, 2021

2nd Grade - The warm up activity today was a 20 Question/Mystery Object. Students were mostly able to identify the object. The focus for today's Exploravision lesson was Consequences and the Abstract portion. Next week we will design our web pages and finish up and unfinished pieces.

3rd Grade - Third graders were able to determine the 20 Questions/Mystery Object. The rest of class time was spent finishing some logic elimination puzzles that we started a few weeks ago.

4th Grade -These students were placed in quarantine. Hopefully, they are able to join us soon.

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

2nd Grade - The warm up activity today was a 20 Question/Mystery Object. Students were mostly able to identify the object. The focus for today's Exploravision lesson was Consequences and the Abstract portion. Next week we will design our web pages and finish up and unfinished pieces.

4th Grade - Students in this class were able to determine the item in less than 20 questions. We watched a video of an interview with a home building contractor to help us prepare for our tiny house project. The rest of class time was spent completing missed work.

5th Grade - These classes also could determine the object with some assistance. Their affective lesson focused on determining the answer to a dilemma using ethics and values. Students then began working on designing a space rover using only pasta and glue. 

Monday, January 25, 2021

3rd Grade - Third graders were able to determine the 20 Questions/Mystery Object. The rest of class time was spent having students catch up on some Canvas work and finishing their Oklahoma boxes that we will start filling next week.

4th Grade - Our warm up activity was a 20 Questions Mystery Object game. Students were able to determine the item in less than 20 questions. We watched a video of an interview with a home building contractor to help us prepare for our tiny house project. The rest of class time was spent completing missed work.

Friday, January 22, 2021

 4th Grade - This class had the opportunity to make a pipeline out of a sheet of paper as a team for a ping pong ball. They were able to successfully get the ball into the cup even with a limited number of participants. The rest of class time was spent looking at the Southwest region of the United States.

5th Grade - These classes were able to successfully complete the pipeline challenge. The focus of their affective lesson was on the importance of first impressions especially as they start looking forward to middle school. Our final activity was to build either a space build, a rover, or a robot that will be shared with friends.

Thursday, January 21, 2021

2nd Grade - Second graders tried their best to complete the pipeline challenge. Each student was given a sheet of paper (to be used as part of the pipeline-no hands could touch the ball) and had to keep a ping pong ball moving down the line and put it into a cup. Each try saw the ball moving closer and closer to the cup but we had to stop to work on our Explorvision project. Students are moving right along in spite of the short amount of time and we are looking forward to the end. Today our focus was the Design Process segment.

3rd Grade - For the warm up activity today, students had a sheet of paper and had to form a pipeline. The object of the activity was for students to work together to move a ball by creating a track as a team and have the ball drop into a cup. We spent a few minutes reviewing and working on some logic elimination grid puzzles. The final activity was to color the different regions of Oklahoma and glue them into an outline of the state.

4th Grade - This class also had the opportunity to make a pipeline as a team for a ping pong ball. The rest of class time was spent looking at the Southwest region of the United States.

Wednesday, January 20, 2021

2nd Grade - Second graders tried their best to complete the pipeline challenge. Each student was given a sheet of paper (to be used as part of the pipeline-no hands could touch the ball) and had to keep a ping pong ball moving down the line and put it into a cup. Each try saw the ball moving closer and closer to the cup but we had to stop to work on our Explorvision project. Students are moving right along in spite of the short amount of time and we are looking forward to the end. Today our focus was the Design Process segment.

4th Grade - This class also had the opportunity to make a pipeline as a team for a ping pong ball. They were able to successfully get the ball into the cup even with a limited number of participants. The rest of class time was spent looking at the Southwest region of the United States.

5th Grade - These classes were able to successfully complete the pipeline challenge. The focus of their affective lesson was on the importance of first impressions especially as they start looking forward to middle school. Our final activity was to build either a space build, a rover, or a robot that will be shared with friends.

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

3rd Grade - For the warm up activity today, students had a sheet of paper and had to form a pipeline. The object of the activity was for students to work together to move a ball by creating a track as a team and have the ball drop into a cup. We spent a few minutes reviewing and working on some logic elimination grid puzzles. The final activity was to color the different regions of Oklahoma and glue them into an outline of the state.

4th Grade - This class also had the opportunity to make a pipeline as a team for a ping pong ball. The rest of class time was spent looking at the Southwest region of the United States.

Friday, January 15, 2021

4th Grade - This class had the opportunity to solve the Mystery of the Macaroni for the warm up activity. The rest of class time was spent working on the West Region of the United States which is part of the Regions and Resources project.

5th Grade - They also had a chance to solve the Mystery of the Macaroni for the warm up activity. Their affective lesson focused on the idea the good leaders encourage their teammates. Each student wrote a positive note to another student, put it into an egg, and hid it. We then had fun looking for the eggs with our names on them. The final activity was to complete the Space Brochures and then design a robot, or space rover that another student will try to rebuild.

Thursday, January 14, 2021

 2nd Grade - The warm up activity for this week had students solving The Mystery of the Macaroni. This week our focus for the Exploravision project was to complete the Breakthrough section that dealt with understanding how technology changes over time.

3rd Grade - Each student was given a piece of macaroni for the warm up activity. They had to listen to directions to gain clues to solve the Macaroni Mystery. For the affective lesson, students evaluated where they stand currently with each character of successful people. They then set goals of where they would like to be for characteristic. Finally they completed an evaluation of the program. As students finished their evaluation and goals, they colored each of the six regions of the state of Oklahoma. Students then glued the regions onto an outline of Oklahoma and later we will be talking about the different resources available in each region.

4th Grade - This class also had the opportunity to solve the Mystery of the Macaroni for the warm up activity. The rest of class time was spent working on the West Region of the United States which is part of the Regions and Resources project.

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

2nd Grade - The warm up activity for this week had students solving The Mystery of the Macaroni. This week our focus for the Exploravision project was to complete the Breakthrough section that dealt with understanding how technology changes over time.

4th Grade - This class also had the opportunity to solve the Mystery of the Macaroni for the warm up activity. The rest of class time was spent working on the West Region of the United States which is part of the Regions and Resources project.

5th Grade - They also had a chance to solve the Mystery of the Macaroni for the warm up activity. Their affective lesson focused on the idea the good leaders encourage their teammates. Each student wrote a positive note to another student, put it into an egg, and hid it. We then had fun looking for the eggs with our names on them. The final activity was to complete the Space Brochures and then design a robot, or space rover that another student will try to rebuild.

Monday, January 11, 2021

3rd Grade - Each student was given a piece of macaroni for the warm up activity. They had to listen to directions to gain clues to solve the Macaroni Mystery. For the affective lesson, students evaluated where they stand currently with each character of successful people. They then set goals of where they would like to be for characteristic. Finally they completed an evaluation of the program. As students finished their evaluation and goals, they colored each of the six regions of the state of Oklahoma that we will be putting into a map as part of our big Oklahoma project.

4th Grade - This class also had the opportunity to solve the Mystery of the Macaroni for the warm up activity. The rest of class time was spent working on the West Region of the United States which is part of the Regions and Resources project.

Friday, January 8, 2021

 4th Grade - This class completed Plexer puzzles for the warm up activity. We then spent time working on the Resources and Regions project. This week we studied the Plains region of the United States.

5th Grade - Plexer puzzles were the warm up activity for these classes too. Their affective lesson focused on how it may take a team to complete leadership tasks. They spent the rest of their class time completing their planet brochures.

Thursday, January 7, 2021

  Welcome Back! It was good to see everyone after our Winter Break. Here's what we did today:

2nd Grade - Students completed Plexer puzzles for the warm up activity. The affective lesson focused on the understanding that successful people demonstrate caring. Students created pledges to show how they care. The rest of our class time was spent working on the Exploravision contest.

3rd Grade - This group also completed Plexer puzzles for the warm up activity. Their affective lesson focused on setting goals for the five characteristics of successful people. The final activity was to pack a suitcase for our Oklahoma Road Trip project using a limited amount of money to determine what items we would take.

4th Grade - These classes also completed the Plexer puzzles for the warm up activity. We then spent time working on the Resources and Regions project. This week we studied the Plains region of the United States.

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

 Welcome Back! It was good to see everyone after our Winter Break. Here's what we did today:

2nd Grade - Students completed Plexer puzzles for the warm up activity. The affective lesson focused on the understanding that successful people demonstrate caring. Students created pledges to show how they care. The rest of our class time was spent working on the Exploravision contest.

4th Grade - These classes also completed the Plexer puzzles for the warm up activity. We then spent time working on the Resources and Regions project. This week we studied the Plains region of the United States.

5th Grade - Plexer puzzles were the warm up activity for these classes too. Their affective lesson focused on how it may take a team to complete leadership tasks. They spent the rest of their class time completing their planet brochures.