Friday, December 19, 2014

Monochromatic art, poetry and the power of flight........

5th Graders 
Monochromatic Art Lesson

Tony designing his masterpiece. 


  Poetry Unit - 
Lizzie reading one of her Paradox and Synesthesia Poem
THE POWER OF FLIGHT











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Alexandar and his dad. 
It's always nice when our Watch Dogs get the opportunity to read to our class. Thank you Mr. Yiannos for visitng our room today and reading The Phantom Tollbooth to the kids.*************************************************************************************************








Tuesday, December 9, 2014

HOUR OF CODE, No Fear, Bridges, etc....

First graders are NOT afraid of our snake. 
 Students were introduced to the book Billibonk and the Big Itch as well as the PETS (Primary Education Thinking Skills) for higher level thinking. They had to play detectives to figure out the mysteries and lots of discussion took place between them.  Last week they worked on Venn Perplexors to help them better understand relationships between sets. 



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Second Graders continued their talk about bio mimicry, which led  into the discussion about  tunnels.  After reading the book The Great Fuzz Frenzy, the students played a game called Meet in the Middle.
                  Second Graders- Let's Meet in the Middle
Isabella and Reid



Kate

William and Miranda

Deborah and Micah

Cameron



Let's learn about algebra!


BUILDING BRIDGES
Sean, Micah, and Duncan used clay, pipe cleaners, and craft sticks to build their tunnel. 
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3rd Graders
We spent the day doing fun things. First we did more algebra problems like
 3 more than six times a number is 15. We had to write down the problem, figure out what the equation would look like, and then solve. We went to the computer lab to finish our Scratch projects and design a Kahoot quiz about all that we have learned in 3rd grade G/T, so far. We read some of our chapter book, and worked on a Prezi presentation about the brain and did some fun centers related to the Prezi.



Not related to G/T but I saw this in the assembly today and it touched me deeply.
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4th grade
Today was National Coding Day!  We started the day by going  to the computer lab and showing students from around the school how to code! We came back and did algebra, which is getting harder and harder. We read some more of Chasing Vermeer and shared our extra credit project, which was to design a book like DaVinvi would design. We had some lab activities related to physics, such as catching quarters, super ball launchers, marble madness, and more. As always, we had a great day! 









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5th Graders

Today we learned about platonic shapes and decorated the room using the designs we placed together. We completed our coding for the end of the the semester and our Watch Dog Dad read a chapter of the Giver to us. Since the lesson today was based on color, or the lack of it, we painted a monochromatic picture. 

Thursday, December 4, 2014

Magic Crystals, Origami, Algebra, Civilization Projects

Well, it was just one of those weeks where we were so busy that taking time out to blog our activities just wasn't meant to be. Here's a quick rundown of the week.

1st graders used the iPads to play 

2nd graders learned about capillary action, evaporation, and crystallization by making Magic Crystals. 









3rd graders learned about fiber optic wires, the computer program called Kahoot, origami, 
 and algebra.




4th graders 
A great G.T day! The first thing we did today was algebraic equations  like 3x=x+9+7.  then we went to  the computer lab.We were introduced to Kahoot! We also worked on Scratch (a coding site). When we came back we started on our origami snowflakes made of tissue paper. After that we ate lunch on fancy place mats A.K.A manilla  paper.Then we got to meet our pet butter snake. After that we finished our snowflakes when we were done we read Chasing Vermeer or did a Perplexer. We got a lot accomplished today.I cannot wait till next Wednesday!🐍  By Gloria


5th graders are busy with designing their own civilization. They must determine the location, economics,clothes,government, religion, writing, discoveries,water supply,housing,technology, and energy sources.  We will post pictures when the projects are complete.

Thursday, November 20, 2014

Windows, Algebra, Field Trip and Comic.....
First graders painting windows to what they think G/T will look like.



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ALGEBRA IS CHALLENGING IN 
3RD GRADE!
Jacob and Michael expanding their minds!


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Our 4th grade field trip to Hardberger Park


Students used the iPad app called Visual Poet to create their designs.
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Lindy and Nicolette sketching the landscape.




Clarissa writing a poem.




Designing a catapult.
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5th grade Comic Makers

Students were to take a quote by Socrates and modernize it by using Comic Maker on their iPad.




Adding and subtracting positive and negative numbers.



Working on  the iPad app Comic Maker.