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The Winning Mosaic
Students were challenged to make a mosaic using 30 or less Rubik's Cubes.
Each Student had to solve a face on the cube to fit into the grid created with the mosaic design.
Students learned the importance of perspective when solving the cube.
A large challenge is communicating how to/the steps to solve from a specific perspective vs. solving it for a peer.
Students were tasked with one cube face to solve and as they completed, took on a new challenge.
Third grade worked well together!
The finished product.
Very close to the original Google Sheet Mosaic
Third Grade investigates Mosaics, Pixels, Creating Google Sheets, Plotting Points, Perimeter, Area, Surface Area, and Volume.
Each student created a mosaic, the class voted on one to make together using the Rubik's Cubes, then each student had to find the perimeter, area, surface area, and volume of their own mosaic creations.
What we've been up to...
What we've been up to...
~Kindergarten will be using the PETS program for skill practice in critical and divergent thinking.
~First is learning about Jane Goodall (comparing/contrasting a biography and portrait)
~Second grade has planted peanuts (for George Washington Carver), flowers, herbs, and kale in the "AIG box" in our school garden.
~Third graders have finished reading "The Tiger Rising" (YAY!!) & we continue to create mosaics and play with the Rubik's cubes to learn math vocabulary, understanding, and use.
~Fourth graders are creating "Wind Phones" connecting Alexander Graham Bell's invention. Be on the look out around campus for their creations and why they were made.
~Fifth graders are still 'building their way' through math with their city and have begun their individual Genius Hour projects.
~Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth grade will be creating and competing against each other for a project/product proposal for outdoor learning at LLCA in the near future. Each of these grade have begun their Genius Hour projects.
Number Sculptures, Painting like Michelangelo, coding, Million $ Project, Chatterpix, STEM, Rubik's Cube, Chess, Rube Goldberg Contraptions (Dominoes Topple), The Walking Classroom, and much much more. :)
What we've been up to...
What we've been up to...
~Kindergarten has read the book "The Curious Why" to start a conversation about being curious about a topic. The students are interested in the Earth. We've been thinking of questions (Who, What, When, Where, How, Why) to ask about the Earth, reading about astronauts, and using iPads to look at the stars, planets, constellations, and satellites around the Earth.
~First grade has been discussing the water cycle by reading a book and listening to a podcast on 'The Walking Classroom'.
~Second grade has planted peanuts (for George Washington Carver), flowers, herbs, and kale in the "AIG box" in our school garden. Students were challenged to find their favorite poem to share with their peers.
~Third graders have finished reading "The Tiger Rising" (YAY!!) & we continue to create mosaics and play with the Rubik's cubes to learn math vocabulary, understanding, and use.
~Fourth graders are creating "Wind Phones" connecting Alexander Graham Bell's invention. Be on the look out around campus for their creations and why they were made.
~Fifth graders' ~ Genius Hour projects.
~Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth grade will be creating and competing against each other for a project/product proposal for outdoor learning at LLCA in the near future. Each of these grade have begun their Genius Hour projects.
Number Sculptures, Painting like Michelangelo, coding, Million $ Project, Chatterpix, STEM, Rubik's Cube, Chess, Rube Goldberg Contraptions (Dominoes Topple), The Walking Classroom, and much much more. :)
We ALL learn differently:
Games for Gifted:
Divergent Thinking: (generating many possible ideas/solutions) Apples to Apples, Scrabble, and Scattegories
Convergent Thinking: (logic & deduction: develops math skills & foward thinking strategies) Quirkle, Mastermind, and SET
Visual/Spatial Thinking: (mentally "seeining" & manipulating in one's mind) Blokus & Camelot Jr.
For struggling readers or those just starting ~ Parent Resource Hub (UFLI)
This is a google slide presentations created with help from Gamma using resources for PK-12 from Core Knowledge and UFLI (the reading intervention assistance currently being used)
Helping Kids Kick the "Helpless" Habit
Fellow parents… raise your hand if you ever feel the overwhelming sense of irritation when your child asks you (maybe for the fifteenth time) to do something he or she can totally do for themselves.
Is your hand up in the air? Take comfort – you’re not alone!
All families deal with helplessness from time to time. If feigned helplessness is a once-in-a-blue moon occurrence at your house – no big deal. We all have our moments!
However, if your child acts helpless on a daily basis for things he can and should be doing for himself, it’s time to put the brakes on that behavior!
The type of helplessness we need to reign in is when kids ask (demand, whine for) us to do things they are perfectly capable of doing for themselves. Depending on the age of your child, it might be something like, “Daaaaaad, I need you to ‘butter my bread’, ‘tie my shoe’, or ‘get me a juice box.’”
You KNOW they can do it. THEY know they can do it. They are choosing to act helpless to keep you at their beck and call – to get you to jump through hoops to meet their whims and demands.
This kind of helplessness is called Special Service and it’s a classic power struggle.
It’s not only aggravating – it creates unrealistic expectations for your child that their every wish will be granted, and that’s not healthy for anyone!
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