April 21 - Today at QUEST, we had fun researching our world issue projects. All day we worked hard researching on our computers, and writing down our facts and sources. We had 2 breaks where we played the floor is lava and we watched Remi, Anna, and Ella perform the third part to their story called "The Hole Puncher". We didn't have a book consultant or a word presenter, instead we started early on our projects because we had to do two days worth of work. - Addy and Amanda
April 14 - No QUEST due to State Testing, but here are some older photos. Enjoy
March 10th- Today for our morning warmup we did Sudoku. The word of the day was incredulous which was presented by Aneeka. The book consultant was Madison she had the book Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Then we started researching world issues. We did a survey on the world problems and rated on a scale from 1 to 10 which one was most important, after the voting the most important one for our class was military conflicts. After that we learned about PSA or public service announcement. We wrote what we thought it was at first then after we watched a video about it we wrote our beliefs about it after. We had an amazing day. - Kylan & Claire
March 3 - Today we had a great day at quest. We started pff the day by completeing sudokos and farming jolly ranchers. The word of the day was Prodigious which means huge or excessive. Anyways, the book consultants (notice there is an s and not book consultant) were Aneeka and Addy. Aneeka presented the tenth book of the series wings of fire. Addy presented the book Mr. Villains day off. After the book consultant presented their magnificent books, we shared our ELA projects. Most people presented posters comparing the parts in the poem or just comparing two poems but some people like Remi, Anna, and Amanda, presented beautiful soundscapes that were made by deeply understanding the main theme of the poem and using instruments found around the quest room for sound effects. The sounds made us deeply imagine the objects in the poem. Our day at quest was great. - Rayan & Kylan
February 24 - Today, we had a great day at quest. The word of the day was abate which meant "to lessen". Daniel was the book consultant and presented the book series Wayside School. We finished our last STEM project for the year. We presented the Ferris wheels and everyone finished their winter ELA presentation. We will be presenting the posters and soundscapes next week. Overall, today was a really fun day. - Rayan and Remi
Amanda, Declan, Kylan, Rayan - Ferris Wheel
Claire, Daniel - Ferris Wheel
Addy, Aneeka, Madison - Ferris Wheel
Anna, Ella, Remi - Ferris Wheel
February 10- There was no book consultant today. The word presenter was Kylan and the word was Odious! It means hated. We did our reflections on seminar. We also continued to work on our Ferris Wheel Bulid! We did not do habit of mind today. It was a great project day at Quest! Anna and Remi
February 3- There was no Book Consultant today. The word presenter was Ryan and the word was eccentric! It means unusual or quirky. We started on our Winter Poems project choice board. We started our Ferris Wheel build today! Our Habit of Mind was thinking interdependently! It was a great day in QUEST! Anna and Ella
January 27 - Today's Habit of Mind was Finding Humor. It's okay to laugh when something isn't going your way, then persist. We didn't have a book consultant this week. The work of the today was vex, meaning frustrating, irratating or puzzling. Today was seminar! The moderators, the question askers, were Declan and Amanda. The seminar was on the four poems we have been learning about.
January 20th - Today at QUEST we worked on making our questions for the poems deeper. Our word of the day, which was presented by Anna, was "Singular", meaning unique. The book consultant was Remi, she presented "Animal Rescue Friends". The habit of mind for the day was taking responsible risks. We planned for our Ferris Wheel builds by figuring out what materials we needed. In conclusion, we worked hard and made it a great day.
January 13 - Today at QUEST, we had a very exquisite day. Our word of the day was "Condescend" meaning to patronize. Our book consultant was Anna and she presented the book Front Desk. We talked about poems in a small group. Then, we learned about the materials we could use in our Ferris Wheel project. We had an amazing day at QUEST.
January 6 - Today at Quest, we had a very interesting day. We learned about the history of the Ferris Wheel. The Ferris Wheel was invented by George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. We also talked about the poets Edgar Allen Poe, William Carlos William, Emily Bronte, and Robert Frost. We read the poems The Bells, Spellbound, Winter Trees, and Dust of Snow. We really enjoyed today's day of QUEST even though the poetry and we talked about interesting things. Rayan
December 16 - Today was a fun QUEST day. First we played a cool math game that used a deck of card and you had to get the biggest sum. Then we played Quirkle, Blokus, Battleship, Guess Who, Smartmouth or Set. Last we played Water Falcon. It was a great day.
December 9 - Today, we had a lot of fun preparing for next week when we will add lights to our towers. The word of the day was Repose meaning resting. The book consultant was Madison, and the book she presented was The Super Teacher Project. We made circuit's with two batteries and up to five lights. Many of our towers fell and we had to rebuild them. It was so fun and I cant wait for next week. -Kylan 😀
November 25 - Today, we had lots of fun. We mostly worked with circuits and we learned about series circuits and parallel circuits. We made very ridiculous circuits that had multiple batteries for just one light bulb and the light bulbs ended up being so bright that it burned out immediately. We also had to make parallel circuits. We know that it works when one light bulb get unscrewed but the rest of the light bulbs still work. We did not have a word of the day but our book consultants were Aneeka and Addie. Aneeka presented the book Wings of Fire Escaping Peril and Addie presented The Stepsister. overall I loved quest today and I cannot wait for next week. 😃- Rayan Paul
November 18 - No QUEST last week! Today when we got here we did our morning work sheet. It was a magic square puzzle invented by Ben Franklin. Our words of the week were Profound and Livid. We watched a video about Aero Island. Aero Island is an island in the middle of Denmark and is an island only powered by renewable energy including wind and sun. Lastly we read about our Sustainable Development Goal for the next Socratic Seminar. Declan and Remi
November 4 - Today we didn't have a lot of kids because of the chorus field trip. Since we did not have a lot of kids we mostly did fun activities. Some of the activities include, making paper chains, we did a TedEd puzzle, and then, we solved sudoku puzzles and played with snap kits. Our word of the day was Profound; which Rayan presented. Our book consultants were Rayan and Ella. Ella presented the book "My Side of the Mountain" and Rayan presented the book "Watership Down". Our day was awesome and full of fun! -Amanda and Rayan
October 28 - We did not do word of the day, habits of mind, or book consultant because it is big build day! We worked on getting a tall and sturdy tower. All the towers pasted the test of the fan! Next week we are going to start a seminar about Sustainable World Development.
Aneeka, Ella, Madison - Testing of Structure Video
Amanda, Daniel, Declan - Testing of Structure Video
Adalyn, Anna, Rayan - Testing of Structure Video
Claire, Remi - Testing of Structure Video
October 21 - The word of the day is visage, it means the look on a face. The habit of mind was thinking about your thinking. The book consultant was Declan. He presented the I Survive Series. Today we spent most of our time planning our building project for STEM. Next week we will be building the tallest and sturdiest tower possible out of toothpicks and biodegradable foam peanuts. We made different models today to see what worked and what didn't. At the end of QUEST we finished up the Color, Symbol, Image Making Thinking Visible Strategy from A Sense of a Goose seminar. It was a busy day!
October 14 - The word of the week was Din meaning loud, harsh, or strident noise. The habit of mind was Thinking Flexibly. The book consultant was Addy, she presented the Wings of Fire graphic novel series. We had our very first Socratic Seminar about the Sense of a Goose. Anna and Rayan were the two moderators, which are question readers. Lastly, we had an amazing day here at QUEST. -Addy and Amanda
October 7 - The word of the week was allude, meaning indirectly referring to. The habit of mind was listening with understanding and empathy. The book consultant for today was Anna, she presented the book Wires Crossed. We started talking about the Socratic Seminar. We finished reading our Sense of a Goose packet. We also started planning for our project of building the tallest tower that can withstand strong gusts of wind. Lastly we had a great day at QUEST. -Sincerely, Addy and Madison
September 30 - The word of the day was magnanimous, meaning generous spirit. The habit of mind is striving accuracy. The book consultant was Ella and she presented the book Augie And Me. We also tried to stack index cards and had to create the tallest tower and make it able to hold a pack of erasers and not fall down. Lastly, we finished our sentence, phrase, and word thinking activity for our seminar, The Sense of a Goose. Overall we had a great day at Quest! -Aneeka and Madison
September 23 - The habit of mind for the day is Questioning and Posing Problems. The word of the day is wistful, meaning having sadness or a pensive mood centered on something good in the past. The book consultant was Amanda and she presented Diary of a Roblox Pro. We read a essay about geese after reading it we chose a word, phrase, and sentence that we felt was most important and then explained why we chose it. Overall we had a really good day at Quest! We also named the natural phenomenon called rain, rainy. - Aneeka and Daniel
September 15 - Today we had a good day in QUEST. The word of the day today was melancholy. This word means sadness. Adalyn was the book consultant and she presented the book girl who was forgotten. We also watched a video of the Strandbeest. These life like creature were designs to move around without having to use fossil fuels like carbon dioxide. We did not go on Teddy today. Overall we had a splendid day at QUEST today :3
September 9 - Today is the first day of QUEST. The word of the week was exquisite which means beautifully made. The habit of mind was persisting. Madison was the book consultant, she presented the Spy School series. We had a teamwork challenge where we all stood on a tarp and had to flip it over without anyone falling off the tarp. We got to know more about our QUESTers with four corners. We took our picture blasting into space. We've named the playground Teddy, we didn't play on the playground, just took our class photo out there. QUEST was exquisite today.