lenart- 3rd grade (mr. isaacs)
Welcome to the official Class Website for 3rd Grade (205) at Lenart Regional Gifted Center!
I am the lead instructor, Mr. Isaacs! I look forward to creating memories with a wonderful group of co-learners. Together, we will become problem-solvers through inquiry-based learning and creative design.
my teaching philosophy
My educational philosophy is that students should become lifelong learners using inquiry-based, problem-solving practices. As an instructor of gifted students, I believe in allowing students to create new theories based on their observations of pre-existing ones. The only way we will find cures to diseases, solutions to problems is by encouraging students to ask questions, research solutions, and test/improve new designs.
My classroom is a workshop for engineering, creativity, and intellectual ideas. Students will show evidence of learning by re-teaching what they have learned to others. They will be motivated to pitch their own research projects and find the answers to their own burning questions. As a result, they will be better prepared for adulthood.
Learning Artifacts From Past Teaching
artifact 1: steam activity (math & art)
Students use anchor charts to reteach concepts learned in class and display their creativity/artistic prowess.
artifact 2: experiential learning
During the 2024 Solar Eclipse, students learned about the scientific phenomenon before they drew their own depictions of what they observed in the glasses.
artifact 3: ela tech integrations
For this lesson, students used online software to record podcast style conversations about a story. They were giving a Reading & Speaking/Listening grade for the activity.
They were able to show evidence of learning by having fun activities to express themselves.
artifact 4: extension of math learning
Students who were masters of telling time were challenged with learning about time using Roman Numerals.
Many of them could own upscale watches one day and they will need to know how to tell time using different forms of numerals.
The 2nd graders met the challenge and were happy to learn a new math concept (that was still related to the standards.)
advanced instruction in steam
For a past lesson on the states of matter, I showed my 2nd/ 3rd grade students how to draw a water molecule (2 parts hydrogen, 1 part oxygen). They learned how the ionic composition of salt (NaCl) lowers the freezing point of water instead of actually melting it.