Thursday, March 31, 2022

5th Grade - Learning activities today started with a Loosen Up activity called Scribble Sculptures. The leadership lesson focused on speaking in from of others. The final activity was to work on determining the source of the E.coli for our Mystery Disease, how to stop the spread, and how to help a child that is dehydrated and has a rash from the E.coli.

Wednesday, March 30, 2022

4th Grade - Today the fourth graders received training in the WeVideo program. This provides another opportunity for students to demonstrate their knowledge about a topic.

Tuesday, March 29

3rd Grade - Today's learning began with a Loosen Up activity called Scribble Sculptures. Students scribbled on their paper then cut along some of the lines to make the longest sculpture possible. In Crystal Pond Woods students had to solve visual analogies. For the Oklahoma Road Trip, travel brochures were finished and students designed their wind powered cars.

Monday, March 28, 2022

1st Grade - These students started their learning activities with a visual thinking puzzle called Plexer or Word Wink. Each picture is a common word or phrase that students need to solve. They were logged in to Canvas this morning. Anytime they have free time they are welcome to look at the activities available and work through those. In Crystal Pond Woods, they continued to work on their detective thinking focusing on attributes today.

2nd Grade - These students also started with the Plexer puzzles. Their affective lesson focused on ways to reduce stress. In Crystal Pond Woods, they continued working on visual thinking. Today, students had to make a train of shape dominoes. The final activity was to learn a little bit about erosion.

Friday, March 25, 2022

 3rd Grade - Today's learning activities started with Plexer puzzles. These are common words or phrases put into picture form and students have to determine what the picture is saying. Students then started working on their visual thinking skills. Today's activity was to color a map using only four colors. The final activity was to complete as much of the Oklahoma Road Trip as possible

Thursday, March 24, 2022

5th Grade - These students started their activities with Plexer (common words or phrases in picture form) puzzles. The leadership lesson focused on anticipation as a leader. Finally, students acted as County Health Department inspectors trying to identify the source of the Ecoli outbreak in our made up town and how to keep it from spreading.

Wednesday, March 23, 2022

 4th Grade - These students started their GATE time by completing six Plexer puzzles together. We then got signed up for Wevideo. This is a new program the district is using to provide another option for demonstrating student work. Students will be using it more over the next few weeks. Each student then selected a state to research and spent time learning about their state.

Tuesday, March 22, 2022

3rd Grade - Today's learning activities started with Plexer puzzles. These are common words or phrases put into picture form and students have to determine what the picture is saying. We continued working on visual thinking puzzles in Crystal Pond Woods with Pentominoes. Students were given puzzles and had to cover the puzzles with pentomino pieces. The final activity was to complete any missing work in their Oklahoma Road Trip packet then work on their trip brochure.

Monday, March 21, 2022

1st Grade - This class started with a SET puzzle. Their social/emotional lesson focused on mistakes and the lessons we can learn from our mistakes. In Crystal Pond Woods, students practised detective thinking.

2nd Grade - This group also started with the game of SET. Several new students joined us this week and there were a few tasks that needed to be completed before we could move on to another lesson. The social/emotional lesson focused on stress and how to deal with it. In Crystal Pond Woods, students learned about coding/ciphering and deciphering codes. 

Thursday, March 10, 2022

5th Grade - Students started their learning activities with a game of SET. Their leadership lesson focused on active listening and how important it is especially for leaders to listen. They then built a robot from someone else's directions. Students then evaluated the directions they were given. Our final activity was to begin looking at information to discover the source of an E.coli outbreak.

Wednesday, March 9, 2022

4th Grade - After completing the game of SET for the warm up activity, students got to work on different projects for the various regions of the United States.

Tuesday, March 8, 2022

3rd Grade - This week's learning activities began with the Daily Set Puzzle. Students then started working on their visual thinking. Today's activity was to color a map using only four colors. The final activity was to complete as much of the Oklahoma Road Trip as possible so after Spring Break we can design a car for the trip.

Friday, March 4, 2022

3rd Grade - Today's learning started with a What In The World puzzle. Students were given close up views of eight items and a clue. Then had to determine the identity of each item. In Crystal Pond Woods, groups were given three sheets of 9x12" construction paper and approximately 40 inches of tape and had to build a structure that would hold a set of encyclopedias. The final activity was to spend more time on their road trip project. Today they identified what counties they will be visiting as well as the Native American territory of their cities.

Thursday, March 3, 2022

5th Grade - Learning activities today began with a Drop Quote puzzle which students quickly answered. The Leadership lesson focused on listening. Students had to close their eyes and count to a number greater than the number of students in the room without making a plan. Everyone then wrote the directions for making their robots which will be used by another class next week. The final activity was an introduction to a project based learning activity called Mystery Disease. Students today were county hospital nurses trying to determine the illness that was spreading through their town.

Wednesday, March 2, 2022

4th Grade - Today's learning began with a logic grid puzzle which students were able to solve. They completed the southeast region project and will select a region of their choice to complete for next week.

Tuesday, March 1, 2022

3rd Grade - Today's activities began with a Dropquote puzzle which students completed in quicktime. In Crystal Pond Woods, students learned to use webbing as a method of brainstorming. The rest of class time was spent working to complete the activities in the current Oklahoma Road Trip packet.