Our Galleons hit the Doldrums today! No wind for weeks! We are stuck on our ship in desperate need of wind and supplies! We simulated this by sitting for 20 minutes without moving off our ships or talking while our shipmates wrote in the Ship's Log. We started to feel a slight breeze, but still in desperate need of supplies had to send out a Message in a Bottle! I hope we get help soon!
02/01/17
We are continuing our Galleon unit. Today, we learned about Sea Shanties that they crews would sing while working. The ships wrote and performed their own Sea Shanty. We did more work with longitude and latitude with a fast paced map challenge. The weather around our ships is getting bad so we had an Emergency Map Making session.
01/11/17
Today, we began our Galleon unit. The students are shipmates on 16th Galleon ships heading for treasures of the New World. We have the Spanish ship Spainion, the English ship Penquod, and the privateer ship Black Pearl. The ships will race to the New World by solving problems, answering historical questions and fate challenges. We will keep you updated on their progress!
12/20/16
Today, we had a Holiday STEM Challenge! We made Snowball Cannons and measured the distance they could shoot our snowballs (aka mini marshmallows).
11/16/16
Today was our Thanksgiving STEM Day! First, we had to get our pilgrims from the Old World to the New World. We built and tested Mini Mayflower boats. Our second challenge was to build a warm, dry, and safe shelter that would protect our pilgrims from wind (a hairdryer) and rain (a squirt bottle).
11/09/16
Today, we continued our Election Unit: Who Will Win? We began with counting our class votes from last week. Hillary won with 7 votes. Then, we colored our electoral college map from the 2016 election. We researched past presidents and their roles and responsibilities. After lunch, we each got to be President For a Day! We appointed a cabinet, made our daily agenda, and decided which key issue to tackle first! We also had to say goodbye to one of our friends today with smilely face donuts! He will be missed and we wish him the best!
10/26/16
Today, was our Fall S.T.E.A.M Day. First, we started with Halloween Puns. Then, we took our Magical Potions Test. We had to chose between Di hydrogen Monoxide or Acetic Acid. Then, we added the pigmentation agent and stirred. Lastly, we add Sodium Bicarbonate. If our potion had a reaction, then we are officially wizards! We learned that acids and bases try to neutralize each other and produce carbon dioxide. Check it out! Then, we read Dem Bones, labeled bones, and make our own paper plate skeleton.
9/28/26
What a great day! We started off with our Waker Upper: Legs and Logic. We played chess and worked on piece placement. Next, we all presented our "It's in the Bag" creations. We had a camera, robot, bird feeder, handheld T.V., reflector, feather launcher, gown, fashion mannequin, self-portrait, vase with flowers, and pet poster. We had some much fun hearing the personal definitions of creativity. Then, we had a museum of our creations. Check them out below!
9/21/16
We started with our waker upper about Lookins and Yes/No Questions. Then we moved on to logic. We had to skip count by 5's 4's and 8's from 45 to 99 and we would see which number you hit by counting by all 3. After logic, we practiced our chess skills. Then, we started our new project called "Your Day." We get to create our own holidays. Today, we brainstormed ideas and chose an idea for our new holiday. Then, we wrote a letter to the President to try to convince him that we need this new holiday officially on the calendar.
9/14/16
We started with our waker upper. Then we moved on to logic.We had to skip count by fives to find our answer to our logic. Then we did our test for the great state challenge for the southeast region.
Then we did the map for the Midwest Region. We have the Midwest Challenge next week. Then, we worked in pairs to define creativity and originality. We learned about the "It's In The Bag" Challenge and reviewed the rubric. We to use the items in our bags to build something that defines creativity to us. Our displays are due in two weeks on September 28th for our Creativity Museum.
9/7/16
We started with our waker upper I'm a Brd, I'm a Wrm. Ask me how you say my name? Then we moved on to logic with another combination problem. After logic, we played Knights Corners to practice using the Knight. We finished up our group "There was an Old Lady,,," books by illustrating. Please stop by and check them out at Open House! We practiced our Great States Challenge. The first challenge is next week with the Southeast Region. Lastly, we had the Spaghetti Tower STEM challenge to see which team could build the highest tower out of spaghetti and still hold a marshmallow on top! The Girls team won with a 20 inch tower!
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| Binding our books! |
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| The winning tower! |
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| Tower Building |
8/31/16
We had a busy day here at Gifted! First, we completed our waker upper Art Marks and Elephants. Then, we used an organized list to solve our logic problem. After that, we finished our State Plates from our research last week! Check them out!
Then, we read "There Was An Old Lady Books..." and talked about their literary elements. We created our own stories! Come to Open House next week to read them!
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