Scientist, Solving Solutions, Building Cities, Stem & Leaf Plots, Civilization Projects

Kindergartens

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First Graders

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2nd Graders

Ava piecing together her roads. 

Students are completing PHASE 2 , architecture and design, of their Geometrocity.

Question...A bridge has collapsed and you must get you items to the other side of the river. How would you go about transporting them from one side to another?

Kate's invention.

Clarista and Micha

Reid

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                                      3rd graders

The class spent the morning learning a computer program called SMARTAMP. Ask them to tell you all that it involved. 

Austin with his battery operated car.

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4th graders

Michael and Emma ready to present to their classmates a STEM &LEAF PLOT.


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5th graders- Group discussion-pondering

Alexis, Koral,Sebastian, Rishan, and Austin preforming mimes on what they  ponders about. 

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Civilization Projects are well underway. 

Dr. Seuss, Inventions, Pennies,Ipad apps, 
and Pi!!!!

 Kindergarten started today and it was so great to see the kids so excited to come to class. Our first unit  comes from the lessons Postcards from Dr. Seuss, which uses thinking skills to challenge high ability learners and also allows for differentiation.  Content, process, and product are emphasized throughout to create an authentic experience.

First Graders:

Students were to design an invention that would allow Sybil the Detective to get to the other side of the pond. They wrote a story as to why she needed to get to the other side and what she did when she got there. Below are pictures of the students designs and clever, well written stories. 

https://tellagami.com/gami/M40FK9/

Take a look at the Tellagami ipad app the students used today.
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SECOND GRADERS

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3rd Graders

We spent the earlier part of the day looking at Ipad apps. Here are the links to them:

MakeIt

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/make-it-for-teachers-school/id739190902?mt=8

Lightbot

http://lightbot.com/hocflash.html

fiftythree paper

https://www.fiftythree.com/paper

Screenchomp

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/screenchomp/id442415881?mt=8

Discussion for the day: Imagine you have lived a full life and someone googles your name. What would you want them to find. 

Computer time: Students created a newspaper article using www.fodey.com.
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FOURTH GRADERS

Lindy making the Shakespeare's Globe Theatre

A breakdown of Macbeth's characters.

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5th Graders

PI  DAY!!!

SURVIVAL!  

Well, sometimes the lesson you had planned sort of goes off o

n a tangent of its own, as we well learned today. After talking about cold fronts and how quickly weather can changed ( if you live in Texas you know exactly what I am talking about), our conversation lead to what a person would need to survive in their home if they knew they might be stranded there for a few days. It was a perfect opportunity to teach the students the words,"cabin fever", since none of them had heard of it before. Students were given 30 minutes to illustrate what objects they felt were necessary for them to survive. Below are the results....

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FIRST GRADERS

A turtle's shell protect it. Other animals have different ways to protect themselves. Draw what it would look like if the turtle "switched" with another animal. 

Dane observing our rock collection.

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The fifth graders chose a topic they were most passionate about and created their own quote. They signed their names too, "in case we ever become famous".