What's Going On In QUEST Class
Each grade level has a different overarching theme that students focus on throughout the year:
1st Grade - Transformation
2nd Grade - Adaptation
3rd Grade - Interpretation
4th Grade - Synchronization
5th Grade - Innovation
Current Unit of Study
Students in all grade levels are moving into their Independent Study units. We will focus on research skills, credible sources, organizing information, and presentation skills.
1st Grade Units of Study
Affective - Time Capsule Showcasing Talents, Skills, and Gifts
Creative Awareness and Creative Process - Instruments
Critical Thinking - Bloom's Taxonomy - Fables
Critical Thinking - Decision Making - The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Independent Study - Desert Animals
2nd Grade Units of Study
Affective - Skills, Talents, and Gifts Silhouettes and Name Acrostics
Creative Awareness & Creative Process - Recycled Robots with stories
Critical Thinking -Decision Making - The 4th Little Pig
Independent Study - Rainforest Animal Adaptations
3rd Grade Units of Study
Affective - Skills, Talents, and Gifts Superheroes unit
Creative Awareness - Zoom and Re-Zoom Perspectives
Creative Process - Multiple Meaning Words "If I Were..." stories
Critical Thinking -Decision Making - Nitty Gritty
Independent Study - TBD with student input (Landmarks, Countries, or National Parks)
4th Grade Units of Study
Affective Unit - Self Portrait Simile Showcasing Talents, Skills, and Gifts
Creative Awareness & Creative Process - Rube Goldberg Machine
Critical Thinking - Bloom's Taxonomy - Blooming Teacher
Critical Thinking - Decision Making - Fisherman & His Wife
Independent Study - Free Choice
5th Grade Units of Study
Affective Unit - QUESTyMon Showcasing Talents, Skills, and Gifts
Creative Awareness & Creative Process - QUESTlandia (Careers)
Community Outreach - Blankets of Hope
Critical Thinking - Decision Making - Pied Piper
Independent Study - Free Choice
Kindergarten
Fall Semester - Whole Class Kindergarten Lessons: Fluency, Flexibility, Originality, Elaboration
March 1st Kinder QUEST Students Units of Study
Transformation of name
Classifying and Sorting - Tangrams and other objects
Research - Insects