Monday, January 31, 2022

2nd Grade - Today's learning began with students trying to solve the Stories with Holes problem. They did discover the answer. The affective lesson focused on how we can demonstrate caring by including others. Today was the last day of the Exploravision project. Students completed their web pages and the abstract.

Friday, January 28, 2022

Third Grade - Today's activities began with a Cryptogram. We began learning about Divergent thinking and brainstorming in Crystal Pond Woods. For the Oklahoma Road Trip students found six places they would like to visit (one for each country of Oklahoma). They then put those places into an order that would make the quickest trip possible.

Thursday, January 27, 2022

Fifth Grade - Our activities today started with a Surprise in the Middle drawing. Students had to listen to verbal directions in order to gain the desired picture. This was also an exercise in creativity as students could add any details they wished when the instructions were complete. The Leadership lesson focused on making choices based on their values and gut instinct/intuition. Finally, students spent time completing their project about an imaginary planet they invented.

Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Fourth Grade - These students started today's activities with a Surprise in the Middle drawing. Students had to listen to oral directions in order to get the desired outcome. The rest of class time was spent learning and researching about the Southeast region of the United States.

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Third Grade - These students started their activities with a Surprise in the Middle drawing. Students had to listen to oral directions in order to get the desired outcome. For our divergent thinking lesson, we started with a couple of brainstorming topics. Students were then given simple drawings and had to brainstorm a caption for each drawing. Each student then created their own drawing and caption. The final activity was to finalize six towns to visit in Oklahoma, one in each "country," then begin figuring the mileage of the trip.

Monday, January 24, 2022

2nd Grade - Today's activities began with a Surprise in the Middle drawing. Students had to listen to some verbal instructions in order to complete the picture. This helps develops a student's ability to listen and follow directions. The affective lesson focused on the generalization the successful people are caring and that it is OK to be different. Students drew pictures of themselves and how they are different from their classmates. The final activity was to focus on getting the written components of the Exploravision project completed. Next week we will complete the Exploravision project by developing a website for our invention.

Friday, January 21, 2022

Third Grade - These students started the day by identifying the Mystery Object for the warm up activity. The convergent thinking activity was to use manipulatives to complete the logic puzzles instead of the usual x's and o's. Students then researched  unusual symbols of Oklahoma. 

In order to catch up a little bit with the other third grade groups due to our unexpected day off last week, We revisited Crystal Pond Woods where we started working on Divergent thinking. In Divergent thinking students want to come up with as many ideas as possible so we practiced brainstorming different topics with a new game from our friend Isabel the Inventor.

Thursday, January 20, 2022

5th Grade - We started our learning activities today by completing a Cryptogram puzzle. The leadership lesson focused on leaving a good first impression, giving second chances, and not labeling others. The rest of class time was spent completing brochures for their made up planets.

Wednesday, January 19, 2022

 4th Grade - Students started today by completing a Cryptogram puzzle. We then worked to finish the 50 state Fun Facts. Our final activity was to complete the Northeast Region of the United States.

Tuesday, January 18, 2022

 Third Grade - Today's activities began with a Cryptogram. We began learning about Divergent thinking and brainstorming in Crystal Pond Woods. For the Oklahoma Road Trip students found six places they would like to visit (one for each country of Oklahoma). They then put those places into an order that would make the quickest trip possible.

Thursday, January 13, 2022

5th Grade - Students began their activities by identifying the Mystery Object. The leadership lesson focused on the idea that leaders provide encouragement to their followers. Most of the rest of our time was spent researching a planet. Then each student created their own planet and prepared to make a brochure that would convince others to visit their planet.

Wednesday, January 12, 2022

4th Grade - Students started their activities today by identifying the Mystery Object. As part of the Regions and Resources project students worked to find the state that matched an interesting fact then completed a breakout room about the 50 states and the different regions of our country.

Tuesday, January 11, 2022

Third Grade - These students started the day by identifying the Mystery Object for the warm up activity. The convergent thinking activity was to use manipulatives to complete the logic puzzles instead of the usual x's and o's. We then finished building the maps for our Oklahoma boxes and completed searching for unusual symbols of Oklahoma.

Monday, January 10, 2021

 2nd Grade - Our first activity today was the Mystery Object game. Students asked questions to identify an unusual object. The affective lesson focused on the generalization that successful people demonstrate courage. To illustrate this students drew a shield, colored it and added tincture just like the knights of old. In Crystal Pond Woods, students were given a common object and then had to SCAMPER it to invent something new. The final activity was to work on the Exploravision project completing three more sections today.

Friday, January 7, 2022

3rd Grade - We started our activities today with a Loosen Up drawing. Students then solved six other classmates' logic puzzles. Our study of Oklahoma began with a quick overview of the geography of Oklahoma, followed by students coloring the six countries of our state. Each student then put those countries onto an Oklahoma box. These boxes will help us as we look at different cities, commodities, and sites to visit around Oklahoma.

Thursday, January 6, 2022

 5th Grade - Students began their learning activities with a Loosen Up drawing. Verbal instructions and students had to follow them in order to complete the picture. This was an exercise in following the directions and creativity. The leadership lesson focused on the ideas of leadership vocabulary and communication. The final activity was the Space project. Students experimented with three different candy bars to determine their identity. With the remaining time they researched a planet and dwarf planet.

Wednesday, January 5, 2022

 4th Grade - These students started their learning activities with a Loosen Up drawing. This is an exercise in following directions as well as creativity. Students then spent time researching some fun facts about the fifty states. We will continue to work on this over the next few weeks. The final activity was to begin looking at the Northeast region of the United States as we started our Regions and Resources project.

Tuesday, January 4, 2022

 Welcome Back!

3rd Grade - We started our activities today with a Loosen Up drawing. Students then solved six other classmates' logic puzzles. Our study of Oklahoma began with students looking up five unusual symbols of Oklahoma: such as the state vegetable. There was a quick overview of the geography of Oklahoma, followed by students coloring the six countries of our state. Each student will then put those countries onto an Oklahoma box. These boxes will help us as we look at different cities, commodities, and sites to visit around Oklahoma.