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June 10- Our last day of Quest!!! Our sadness articulates throughout our room, though are memories fill the abyss of our hearts. Quest will be missed by everyone. Our genial teacher Mrs.McElhinney, will be found in the deepest most sentimental parts of our hearts, as we walk away from her in silent, yet excruciating pain. Goodbye the pencils with no erasers. Goodbye the countless amount of plants of the windowsill. Goodbye the habits of mind. Goodbye words of the week. Goodbye Games, blocks, rollercoasters, and Spheros. Goodbye Quest. You surely will be missed.
Sincerely, Dawson, Katherine, Saras, Chuck, Bethany, Rayan, Declan, Anna, Holly, Safa, Ella, Addy, Aneeka, James, Kayden, and Kylan.
May 6 - The word of the week was "incognito" or in disguise. Today, James shared the book Unplugged by Gordan Korman. After that we did observations of prints by M.C. Escher. Last, we worked on the Echoes of Our Past project. 👍
April 22 - The journalists have not written in a while. We will get better at that! here are some photos until next week.
February 25- Today we shared our Quest projects. They were super interesting. Once all of us were done we did a Ted Ed about fish tanks and sharks. And in all we had a good day. -Aneeka
February 11 - Today at Quest we finished and worked very hard on our cells and smaller, projects. James was our book consultant and shared with us The Isle of The Lost, he rated it 4.6 stars. Our word of the week was maladroit which means, clumsy. That was it! Thank you for your time. -Chuck Di Cocco
February 4 - Today the word of the week was antipathy. The book consultant was Bethany and she shared Heroes of Olympus. Today we mostly worked on our research projects. Each group had a conference with Mrs. McElhinney about their research. We did the Wildebeest and Lion TEDed. -Safa and Ella
January/28-Today at QUEST we worked a lot on our poems. In our poems we need to compare animal traits and actions to seasons. We also worked on our organelle project, where we have to research our questions. In addition, today Holly was book consultant she shared a book called And Then, Boom!
January 21- The word of the week was Circumvent, meaning to get around. This time we did not do habit of mind and Aneeka was the book consultant. The book she shared was the second book of Wings of Fire: The Lost Heir. We started researching for our projects on Organelles. We also started writing our animal/season poems. This Quest day was one of the best in my opinion.- Rayan Paul and Kayden Blackman
January 21- The word of the week was Circumvent, meaning to get around. This time we did not do habit of mind and Aneeka was the book consultant. The book she shared was the second book of Wings of Fire: The Lost Heir. We started researching for our projects on Organelles. We also started writing our animal/season poems. This Quest day was one of the best in my opinion.- Rayan Paul and Kayden Blackman
January 14- The word of the week was furtive which means stealthy like. The habit of mind this week is thinking with clarity. This week Mrs. McElhinney introduced us to our new three point project. Chuck was the book consultant and she shared the book The land of stories. we reviewed a little bit of what we learned about cells. At the end of the day we did a TedEd Riddle. This day was super fun filled.-Katherine and Kylan
January 7- The word of the week was palpable which means touchable. The habit of mind was thinking about thinking. This week we dug deeper into the poem "Winter Horses." Ella was the book consultant and she shared the book The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. We also read The Universe in You. What a fun filled day! - Safa & James
December 17 - The word of the week was austere which means bare. The habit of mind was thinking flexibly. This week we worked on our headlines about plant and animal cells. At the end of the day we played mancala. James was book consultant, and he shared the book Story Thieves. - Adalyn and Bethany 👋
December 10 - The word of the week Stolid meaning unemotional. The Habit of Mind was Thinking Interdependently. This week we looked at cheek cells. The cheek cells were stained too. At the end of the day we did headlines, that was fun. Next week Kayden will be book consultant. - Holly and Rayan
December 3 - The word of the week was genial meaning kind and jovial. The Habit of Mind was finding humor. This week we made wet mount slides using onion skin. No one cried. LOL We looked at the onion cells with and without stain. With the stain we were able to see the nucleus of the cell. Katherine was book consultant. She presented the book The Doldrums by Nicholas Gannon.
November 26 - Today was a fun day! We finished up our reflection on the Susan B. Anthony seminar by creating a Headline. The word of the day was pervade meaning to spread throughout. We played lots of strategy games. Our favorites were Qwirkle, Blockus, Mancala, and Smart Mouth.
November 19 The Habit of Mind was taking responsible risks. Holly was book consultant. She presented Serpent's Secret. Today was the seminar using Susan B. Anthony's persuasive speech that she gave to many small towns convincing people to let women vote. Dawson and Chuck were our moderators. They did a great job asking questions.
November 12 - The word of the week was lurid meaning horrible and gruesome. The Habit of Mind was responding with wonderment and awe. Bethany was the book consultant. She presented the first book in the Inheritance Series, Eragon. She gave it five stars. We wrote questions for our seminar next week.
November 5 - The word of the week was martyr meaning one who suffers. The Habit of Mind was creating, imaging, and innovating. James was the book consultant. He presented the book One Dead Spy. This week we had to figure out what Susan B. Anthony was saying in her persuasive speech about she felt women should be able to vote. We had to present our summary of the paragraph we were assigned to the class. We used a Making Thinking Visible Strategy, Compass Points to help us understand the speech better.
Today is 10/29/2024 We had an amazing week! We looked under a microscope some of the specimens were salt, baby powder and much more! It is part of a mystery we have to solve. We finished the reflection part of our Socratic Seminar. The word of the week was abyss meaning bottomless depth and the habit of mind was gathering data through senses.
October 22 - Seminar Day! Today we participated in our seminar based on the books Weslandia, Du Iz Tak?, and The Numberlys.
October 15, 2024
Today in QUEST we stared with having Rayan share his cool book The Wild Robot Escapes. He rated the book a five out of five stars. The word of the week was tedious meaning boring. The Habit of Mind of the week was Listening with Understanding and Empathy. We wrote our questions for Socratic Seminar next week. Afterward, we learned about microscopes and how to use them. We looked at so many cool things under the microscopes like fern leaves and a cross section of a bladder! It was a good day at QUEST.
-Bethany, Ella
October 8, 2024
Today in QUEST we started the day off with listening to Saras, our book consultant. She shared the book A Snicker Of Magic with us her rating was 10/10. After that we looked at the word of the week which was sagacity, mean wisdom. The Habit of Mind this week was striving for accuracy, always try to do your best. We also read the book Weslandia, the last book for our Socratic Seminar. The last thing we did today was drawing example slides. Overall, today was a great day at QUEST. -Carina/Chuck
October 1st Today in Quest we had a wonderful day! The word of the week was traverse, meaning to cross. The Habit of Mind was Questioning and Posing problems. We watched a cool video of the book Tuesday, to help us create questions. We read a book called Du Iz Tak which is a book were bugs spoke a made up language and worked together to create a community fort. The bugs went through a lot of change. Also, today the book consultant, Dawson, presented Ragweed which is a great book!
Today is Tuesday September 24, 2024. Quest was super exciting today! Kayden was the book consultant and read The New Animal Encyclopedia. The word of the week was Subtle. The Habit of Mind was Managing Impulsivity. We read the book The Numberlys and learned about the parts of a microscope. This week of Quest was awesome and I'm sure everyone is excited to come back. Rayan and Holly
September 10, Today in QUEST we made license plates with things that we like on them. We learned about the jobs and important things about QUEST. We played the game four corners to learn about our classmates and teacher. The word of the week is vulgar meaning common. The book consultant was Ella. She presented the book Land of Stories. Today was a great first day at QUEST. We will all return next week.
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