Mrs. Horan's G/T Wonderful Wolves: March 2016

Contest, Eyebombing, Puppet Edu, Fibonacci Numbers, Ethics

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KINDERS

Wearing our wonderful mustaches, we read the book The Lorax while making comparisons as the scenes in the book changed. The students also were looking for character traits of the Lorax and recorded the information as it were described in the book. They continued working in their SHAPES books, concentrating on angles and sides.

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First Graders

We started out the day by "eyebombing" areas in our classroom. The students made their own eyes, and placed them around the room. Adding the "tech" piece to the lesson, they took a picture of their work, used Shadowpuppet edu, and recorded themselves as though their piece was talking.

Making predictions - Students watched as the cloud and wind changed, making predictions as to what time the rain would begin and in what direction the clouds were moving.

MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES- Another scavenger hunt !

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SECOND GRADERS

Students continued with their Marble Maze Challenge. Each maze must have 20 cardboard tubes and 4 turns. Using their iPads they would record how quickly their marble went down the tube all the while learning interesting facts about their construction and comparing them to their classmates.

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THIRD GRADERS

"When we got into the classroom on Tuesday Mrs.Horan told us about our homework. We had a Science Project; Mrs.Horan explained the standards and then we went into the hallway so that a few more people could show us their Brain Projects.

When we got back into the classroom we read Tuck Everlasting until Mrs. Horan said to put them away so we could learn about the Fibonacci Numbers and how they appear in nature. The Fibonacci Numbers are a sequence of numbers made by adding the two previous numbers to make the next number, that means it would be 0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21... Then Mrs. Horan got some flowers and pinecones from her garden, a pineapple from HEB and some shells from the science table. Using magnifying glasses we looked at them all. Almost all of the flowers had a Fibonacci number of leaves or petals, the pinecones have a Fibonacci number of seeds in a row but when we got to the sea shells is when the things got interesting. The shells don’t have anything Fibonacci but they have the same spiral that you would get if you put the Fibonacci numbers on grid paper.

We saw a video called “The Present” and another one about Magnets.

Then we got our things and left for the day." Mariana

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FOURTH GRADERS

Lord Capulet, Lady Capulet,Juliet,the nurse & Rosaline,and Lord Montague

Aidan as Prince Escalus

Alexander ( Romeo) and Shloka( Juliet)

Carson as Friar Laurence

Jacob as Benvolio

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5th graders

Andrew learning the Periodic Table.

We had some great conversations today about ethical questions that arise from scenarios.

MARBLE MAZE FUN, BRAIN PROJECTS
SECOND GRADERS

MARBLE MAZE FUN

Students were given 20 paper towel/toilet paper tubes for part of the maze. They could cut the cardboard tubes as needed to make their maze design, but it must include 4 turns.