On December 3rd, three enrichment students volunteered their time to sell cookbooks at the Sunday services. They did SUCH a wonderful job and we ended up making over $300 for our cause!
During enrichment class this week, we will be examining our learning styles and personality as part of our unit on identity. The students will be doing a lab to examine their learning preferences. They will then take a self-assessment. Here is one self-assessment your student can take in class or at home. The vocabulary is a little more advanced so is probably best for the 4th/5th graders or for parents to do with their child. https://www.edutopia.org/multiple-intelligences-assessment The purpose of these assessments are for kids to develop awareness about what type of learner they are and also realize that all kids are different types of learners. That way, we can be more sensitive to the kids who, for example, do not like to read because they prefer building and problem solving. They will also start to learn about how they can personally study or learn new things. For example, if they are super musical, they can learn history facts by putting them to the tune of a familiar song...
Virtual Book Club I am hosting a virtual book club for students. Choose one of the books from the list and read by May 31st. Below are the discussion times on Zoom for the first week of June. I will draw a raffle for two $25 Amazon gift cards out of all the names who participate. In addition, I will give each participant a little token of participation. Book choices. You can choose any grade level book... I just grouped them by age. Recommended for 1st and 2nd Lucy on the Loose by Ilene Cooper June 5, 9:00am Marvin Redpost: Class President by Louis Sachar June 5, 9:30am Recommended for 3rd-5th Frindle by Andrew Clements June 1, 1:00pm The Castle in the Attic by Elizabeth Winthrop June 1, 1:30pm Remarkable by Lizzie K. Foley June 1, 2:00pm Recommended for 5th-Middle School Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Gr...
The students have just completed an Olympic Unit where they studied the science behind some of the winter Olympic sports. They are currently working on a proposal to coordinate a school Olympics for some of the younger kids. I love seeing their enthusiasm. First, we studied the science behind ski jumping and reducing air resistance. The kids created their own marble ski ramps and explored the best height and angles to get the longest air time. We then looked at aerodynamics and friction and explored bobsledding. The kids experimented whether straw or wood runners were faster on their own mini bobsleds. Students designed their own "curling rocks" and we had a competition on our smooth tables. We learned about friction and surface area and we that slightly bumpy ice reduces the friction because there is less surface area to cause friction. Super smooth ice would cause a vacuum effect and slow the rocks. Finally, we had our own biathlon. Students de...
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