Finding the X Tile, Tunnels, Robotic Arm, Hopping Hindsight, 

                            First Graders

 The first graders had fun searching for the value of X by eliminating those digits which could not be X. Emphasis was on the utilization of mathematics vocabulary to determine which of the ten digits is the number X. After a few tries, the students seem to grasp the idea and enjoyed playing.  

The students enjoyed turning and tumbling the block to form a puzzle. It was trickier than it looked. 

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2nd Graders

Second graders are studying tunnels. We began the unit by looking at a video on the Euro Train. The students were fascinated by all the interesting facts on the construction of the 7 year long project.  From there they began building their own tunnels made of clay. Next week the tunnel engineers will create a tunnel through the clay mountain and test its strength. Stay tuned for more pictures. 

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3rd graders

"In GT we started the day by beginning to build the Robot Arm that Mrs.Mock gave us, then we went out to the hallway, Mrs.Horan gave us a big scroll of paper, told us to spread out along the edges then she gave us each two different colored crayons to draw ourselves a box and then she gave us math vocabulary for the up coming Math Benchmark, told us to describe what that word meant and after she gave us about twenty words told us to walk around the paper like a gallery walk. When we got inside the classroom she told us that we should sit down on the carpet and read the Phantom Tollbooth, when we had settled down we began reading and after we had read about a chapter we realized we were running out of pages and time so we decided that we should leave the rest for next week. We played a game where you had to act out one of the character from the book and the class had to guess who it was according to the words you used. At lunch  went over the homework that we didn't finish checking last week, then it started to rain so we had inside recess. We played with all her games and some people read, then when our recess time was up we did some Algebra. Mrs.Horan said that we should do it on our own because we were getting better, she checked out work to make sure we were doing it correctly, and we were!   After  we finished that we started to go on to the Chromebooks to do some research for our Brain Project, when we did that we got our things and went to our classrooms to leave for home."

Brendon, Dario,Jathan, and Reid spent hours trying to assemble the Robotic Arm. 

    William enjoying indoor recess by playing Chairs

 Rachel contributing to the making of the Robotic Arm. 

   

Students were to pick one of the Characters in Phantom Tollbooth and act it out for the class. The class was to guess what they were doing by the words and actions of the player. A fun time was had by all.

Students are reviewing  some of their math vocabulary  through words and illustrations.  When through, they had a "walk around", where the students had the opportunity to see how their classmates interpreted the words. 

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4th graders

Our very own talented Carson, playing "Let It Be".  We have been studying the 60's, so this tied in perfectly with the music.