This week, the 5th grade language arts group presented their learning from our nonfiction reading and research unit. After interruptions in our work time due to PARCC and the musical, we finally had a chance to have our learning sharing time. Students were allowed to pic a research project of their choice, find a minimum of three resources, conduct interviews, and choose a presentation method (video, poster, speech, etc.) Topics ranged from space exploration to studying the chemistry of baking. Other students researched the life of famous people like Amelia Earhart. Two students research careers they are interested in like special education teacher or game board designer. The photo below shows our class playing the game that our future game designer created. It was a great chance to see some of the passions that these students have for learning when they are allowed to explore their own choices. Now that my language arts time is combined with students identified in creativity, I try to designate time in the week for exploration and learning related to both areas. For my third grade students, that means we spend our time on Thursdays learning about what it means to be creative and experimenting with our creative brains. Today we talked about part of being creative is being able to look at something common or usual but seeing it in a new way. To challenge our brains to think differently, we had fun with some rebus puzzles. Below are two examples that the students solved today. See if you can determine the phrase/word that is being portrayed through these puzzles (answers in next week's blog!) Fifth grade math students need to remember that Mighty Math Minds Tournament forms are due by Wednesday of next week. We'll be competing at Bethke Elementary on Wednesday, May 6. I would love to have your child join us for the fun (and the pizza!)
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