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<b>The Greek God Apollo</b> and the Nine Muses. We will talk about poems and write our own! They can have text or just instruments. Come and have fun!<br />
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<b>Game of the Month.</b> Skip Bo- the ultimate sequencing card game.<br />
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<b>Snap Circuits.</b> Bringing back a student favorite!<br />
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<b>Density.</b> Greek week we'll be discussing one of ancient Greece's most famous scientific minds, Archimedes of Syracuse. Archimedes made many significant contributions during his life including his discoveries on buoyancy and density known today as Archimedes principle.<br />
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<b>Drama</b><br />
<b><i>Open Scenes.</i></b> Older grades will be doing short open scenes. These are scenes in which the dialogue is sparse and teaches actors to make specific choices in order to inform the dialogue. Dramatic skills include objective, tactic, reaction, story and character creation, and cooperation.<br />
<b><i>Rain Forest Animals.</i></b> Younger grades will get to explore the different levels of the rain forest/play structure by acting out different animals found in the rain forest. They will learn about making specific movement choices as we discuss each animal. What would these animals say to each other if they could speak? What would each animal want? What possible conflicts would they have with each other? How would you resolve this conflict?<br />
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<b><i>What Makes Me Special.</i> </b>This week we are going to tap into our creativity and present to each other different things that make us special! We will be answering questions from six different categories (or capitals) that make us unique and respond to these questions in a unique way, too!<br />
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<b><i>Roman army.</i> </b>How did the Romans take over so much of the Ancient World? Their Army! How did it function? What kind of training did they go through? What kind of armor did they wear?Come find out and crafting your own Roman shield out of cardboard.<br />
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<b><i>Code.org</i></b> The end of the year is coming up. Let's revisit a favorite activity from this year, Code.org!<br />
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<b>Science</b><br />
<b><i>Life of a Star.</i> </b>While stars are not truly alive there is a cycle that stars go through as they form, burn, and eventually burn out. We'll talk about the different routes stars can take through this cycle and which route our star, sol, is going to take.<br />
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<b><i>Parachutes.</i></b> Parachute games and activities: Popcorn: Place a number of beanbags, small balls, or cotton balls onto the parachute. Ball Roll: Have the children try to roll the balls into the hole in the middle of the parachute. Making Waves: Children can make small, medium, or large movements to make various types of "waves."<br />
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<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4965820039477086098.post-61504416885525926002019-04-19T16:50:00.000-06:002019-04-19T16:50:17.094-06:00STEM Rec Challenges April 22- 26, 2019<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>April 22- 26, 2019</i></b></span></div>
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<b>Art and Social Studies</b><br />
<b><i>Chalk Around the School.</i></b> We are going to be doing a project we have dubbed "Chalk Around the School". It is like Chalk the Block except here at Franklin Discovery. This project has a little bit of History and a little bit of Art. Come by and learn about chalking outside (weather permitting).<br />
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<b>Literacy</b><br />
<b><i>Reading Party.</i></b> Literacy this week is going to relax a bit for our annual reading party. Students will have a chance to come to literacy this week and just relax and focus on reading. We will do a group reading activity to start, similar to guided reading, called Popcorn Reading. The students will then be set free to read and relax for a bit of independent reading time at the end.<br />
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<b>Engineering and Technology</b><br />
<b><i>Planes.</i></b> We will be talking about the different things that effect flight. From this new knowledge we will construct our own plane. The goal will be to have it fly straight for fifteen feet. If we do not meet our goal we will try and find the problem and fix it.<br />
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<b><i>The red planet.</i> </b>NASA has a long term goal of sending a human to Mars. What do we know about Mars? What would it take to send humans there and could they survive?<br />
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<b><i>Parachutes.</i></b> Parachute games and activities: Popcorn: Place a number of beanbags, small balls, or cotton balls onto the parachute. Ball Roll: Have the children try to roll the balls into the hole in the middle of the parachute. Making Waves: Children can make small, medium, or large movements to make various types of "waves."<br />
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<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4965820039477086098.post-82965416876459824262019-04-11T16:55:00.000-06:002019-04-11T16:55:35.450-06:00STEM Rec Challenges April 15-19, 2019<div style="text-align: center;">
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*Our discovery garden is in need of E<b>gg Carton Flats</b>, the kind that come in the 5 dozen egg packs. If you have some please bring them to the front desk or the Fox Dot Store. Thank you!<br />
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<b>Gustav Holst's 'The Planets’</b>. Following our exploration in space this last week we will be listening to classical music inspired by our Solar System. We will be creating art while we listen to the music, “How does this music inspire you? What do you think the planet looks like?”<br />
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<b>Musical Writing Chairs.</b> Things are going to get really silly in literacy this week because students are going to be playing a pretty wacky writing game. We'll be playing musical chairs, but with a literacy twist! So whether you like musical chairs or writing, come check it out!<br />
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<b>Mayan culture.</b> We will learn about jade masks, the alphabet and astronomy. Come build a Mayan Temple.<br />
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<b>Engineering and Technology</b><br />
<b>Kid Friendly Search Engines.</b> What are kid friendly web search engines? How do I use them to learn about things I’m interested in? The internet has more uses that games and YouTube cat videos?<br />
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<b>Hopscotch.</b> Jump, skip, add or multiple. Let’s play together!<br />
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<b>Travel to the Moon.</b> Humans first went to the Moon in 1969. Twelve humans walked on the Moon over the next few years the most recent in 1972. And no humans have been back for 47 years! We'll talk about why humans haven't landed in the Moon in such a long time and when they might return.<br />
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<b>Parachutes.</b> Parachute games and activities: Popcorn: Place a number of beanbags, small balls, or cotton balls onto the parachute. Ball Roll: Have the children try to roll the balls into the hole in the middle of the parachute. Making Waves: Children can make small, medium, or large movements to make various types of "waves."<br />
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<b><i>Pantomime.</i></b> Drama will be learning all about pantomiming! We are going to play lots of fun pantomime games, like pretending to walk on the moon and getting out of the box. It will be lots of fun!<br />
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<b>Literacy</b><br />
<b><i>The Great Space Debate.</i> </b>To celebrate Yuri's Night, literacy will be talking about different space topics and controversies around space exploration. Students will get to help set up a debate and argue a different point of view of their choosing. So come learn about space (because it's amazing). Pick a side, let's have fun debating and see who wins!<br />
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<b><i>Space Race.</i></b> We will be learning about the space race and the moon landing. Could you be an astronaut? Let’s try some of their training.<br />
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<b><i>Game of the Month: Slap Jack and Egyptian War.</i></b> Slapjack, also known as Slaps, is a simple standard-deck card game, generally played among children. The game is similar to the 19th century British card game Beggar-My-Neighbour, with the added concept of "slapping" cards when certain combinations are played, similar to and perhaps borrowed from Slapjack.<br />
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<b><i>Star Systems.</i></b> We'll be learning details about our own star system: the solar system. We'll also talk about some other star systems in our galaxy and discuss how they differ from our own.<br />
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<b><i>Parachutes.</i></b> Parachute games and activities: Popcorn: Place a number of beanbags, small balls, or cottonballs onto the parachute. Ball Roll: Have the children try to roll the balls into the hole in the middle of the parachute. Making Waves: Children can make small, medium, or large movements to make various types of "waves."<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>March 25-29, 2019</i></b></span></div>
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<b>Art</b><br />
<b><i>Steampunk.</i></b> We are going to be talking about an art form called steampunk that started in the 19th century. We are going to make simple steampunk style transportation. This project will use mixed media paint, markers, jewels, etc.<br />
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<b>Literacy</b><br />
<b><i>Animal Party.</i> </b>This week, literacy will be having an animal party with informational texts! Students will have a variety of books to choose from about all different types of animals. They will choose an animal they wish to learn more about and then study and read about it using the informational text provided. They'll use their fabulous art skills and create an animal example that has some of their favorite information and facts the students learned.Social Studies<br />
80s and 90s. What was life was like in the 80s and 90s? how culture has changed over time? How do past eras have affect today? All of these answers and more at Social Studies this week.<br />
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<b>Engineering and Technology</b><br />
<b><i>Windmill.</i></b> Following the Engineering Design Process and using the materials from the maker space we will create our own windmills. We will be testing them to see how well they work and make tweeks to make them better.<br />
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<i><b>Sudoku</b>.</i> Sudoku is a logic-based, combinatorial number-placement puzzle. The objective is to fill a 9×9 grid with digits so that each column, each row, and each of the nine 3×3 sub grids that compose the grid contain all of the digits from 1 to 9.<br />
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<b><i>Fast waves.</i></b> This week we'll be taking about speed. How does the speed of a sound wave compare to the speed of a light wave? What conditions affect their speed?<br />
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<b>Music Monday</b><br />
<b><i>Peter and the Wolf.</i></b> Music Monday this month will be watching the Disney animation of <i>Peter and The Wolf.</i> This will introduce us to some symphonic instruments and composition techniques used to convey story through music. Next, we will learn a few ballet steps that we will try to incorporate into our own version of Peter and The Wolf. We will use pantomime and dance movement to improvise our version in sync with the musical score for Peter and The Wolf and the Disney Narration.<br />
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<b><i>Soccer.</i></b> Hopefully the weather will be warm enough to take the students outside.This month, we will help kids stay fit and healthy by playing soccer. Soccer is great exercise that increases coordination, enhances flexibility, improves cardiovascular health and strength.<br />
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<b>Shadow Puppets.</b> Over at the art station this week we will be doing art, music, drama, social studies, literacy, and even a bit of engineering. We will have a week long unit on shadow puppets. We will learn about the Chinese tradition of shadow puppets and we will make our own. We will analyze the music that accompanies the puppetry and experiment with making similar music from household items and student created instruments. In pairs, we make up short scenes and lyrics to go along with our puppetry. Then we will be sharing our scenes behind a sheet with lights to get the full shadow puppet effect. Students who come to this station must be committed and able to come for the entire week in order to get challenge credit. If you are in field trips, plan on choosing a different challenge.<br />
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<b>Choose Your Own Adventure.</b> This week, literacy is in the hands of the students. We will be talking about opinions and reasons. Our lesson will be "What are they and how do we form them?" Then students will be given a role-play type situation. They will all start out in the same situation, but will use their opinions and clear reasoning to find their way out. Be careful though, the story changes depending on what opinions and choices are chosen. So not everyone will have a happy ending. Good luck Foxes!<br />
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<b>Technology of the 20th century.</b> Phones, computers, and other technology have come a long, long way since 1900. Come see what a "brick" is and try an old typewriter.<br />
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<b>Engineering Design Process.</b> Do you know the 6 steps of the design process? Come learn the steps and start creating.<br />
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<b>Mancala.</b> Mancala is one of the oldest known games to still be widely played today. Versions of the game date back to the 7th century, and evidence suggests the game existed in ancient Egypt. Discover the joy of this timeless game.<br />
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<b>Science</b><br />
<b>Parts of a Wave.</b> Frequency and wavelength are important characteristics of waves. We'll discuss how frequency and wavelength are connected and how changing them affects sound and light.<br />
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<b>Wellness Thursday</b><br />
<b>Soccer.</b> Hopefully the weather will be warm enough to take the students outside.This month, we will help kids stay fit and healthy by playing soccer. Soccer is great exercise that increases coordination, enhances flexibility, improves cardiovascular health and strength.<br />
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<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4965820039477086098.post-81561346133623099682019-03-08T17:26:00.000-07:002019-03-08T17:26:07.029-07:00STEM Rec Challenges March 11 - 15, 2019<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>March 11 - 15, 2019</i></b></span></div>
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<b>Art</b><br />
<b><i>Perspective Drawing.</i></b> Perspective is a drawing technique that shows objects in 3-D on a flat piece of paper or canvas. The trick: using lines that recede to express a sense of distance. Perspective conveys depth and space. Drawing in one-point perspective seems complicated if you’ve never done it before. But if you know the rules, it's a snap. Students will be practicing these rules.<br />
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<b>Social Studies</b><br />
<i><b>The Berlin Wall</b>.</i> Social Studies will present an introduction to the Cold War and the Berlin Wall. Students will learn about pilot Gail Halvorsen, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, and how he brought a sweet note to Operation Vittles, the United States military operation to bring food to the citizens of West Berlin. Of his own volition, he launched the adorably named Operation Little Vittles to bring candy and hope to the children of the blockaded city. <br />
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<b>Engineering </b><br />
<b><i>Dinosaur Launchers.</i></b> For this activity, students will be given: one cup, one dinosaur, one spoon, five popsicle sticks, two rubber bands, and two feet of tape. Students not have to use all of the materials, but they do need to use at least 2. The challenge is to design and build a launcher. They will field-test their inventions outside to see how far they can launch their army man. <br />
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<b>Literacy</b><br />
<b><i>Master Predictors!</i></b> This week students are going to practice being master predictors by reading “edge-of your seat” books!<br />
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<b>Science </b><br />
<b><i>What are waves?</i></b> This week at the science table we'll begin our unit on waves, more specifically light and sound waves. We'll talk about what waves are and the different ways they travel.<br />
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<b>Math</b><br />
<b><i>Prodigy.</i></b> Prodigy is a free, adaptive math game for grades 1-7 that integrates Common Core into a role-playing game using a Pokemon-style wizardry theme.<br />
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<b>Music Monday</b><br />
<b><i>Peter and the Wolf</i></b> is a symphonic fairy tale for children written by Sergei Prokofiev.The narrator tells the story while the orchestra illustrates it. Students will be introduced to this symphony.<br />
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<b>Wellness Thursday</b><br />
<b><i>Soccer.</i></b> Hopefully the weather will be warm enough to take the students outside.This month, we will help kids stay fit and healthy by playing soccer. Soccer is great exercise that increases coordination, enhances flexibility, improves cardiovascular health and strength.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">March 5 - 8, 2019</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Dr. Seuss Week</span></b></div>
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<b>Drama</b><br />
<b><i>Dr. Seuss Skits.</i></b> In drama we will be doing an improv game where the students will be given a short skit of a Dr. Seuss story which they will perform it in front of the group. Then they will be given random objects and will have to switch out it with an original object from the script. It will be a hilarious and fun exercise!<br />
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<b>Social Studies</b><br />
<b><i>The Lorax.</i></b> Students will be discussing what we can do to be responsible stewards of our earth. We will fill out a worksheet on what we can do and students can draw what animal or plant they would like to see taken care of on the back.<br />
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<b>Engineering </b><br />
<b><i>Dr. Seuss Characters.</i></b> Students will designing and making their very own Dr. Seuss inspired characters.<br />
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<b><i>There's a Wocket in My Pocket!</i></b> Dr. Seuss is one of the most well-known children's book authors in the world. This week we will be focusing on his classic story, There's a Wocket in My Pocket. Students will have an opportunity to create their own silly words and give them meaning, using rhyming skills, just like Seuss was so well known for. We're excited to see what our creative students come up with!<br />
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<b>Science </b><br />
<b><i>Oh Say Can You Say What’s the Weather Today?</i></b> The Cat and company travel by hot air balloon up and into various weather phenomena including rain, snow, thunder, tornadoes and (yikes!) even hurricanes.<br />
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<b>Math</b><br />
<b><i>Monopoly for Millennials.</i> </b>Students will learn the newest version of a favorite classic. The major difference is that instead of collecting money, players will be collecting experiences. <br />
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<b>Wellness Thursday</b><br />
<b><i>Soccer.</i></b> The weather is finally warming up and we are excited to start taking students outside again. This month, we will help kids stay fit and healthy by playing soccer. Soccer is great exercise that increases coordination, enhances flexibility, improves cardiovascular health and strength.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><i>February 25 - March 1, 2019</i></span></b></div>
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<b>Literacy </b><br />
<b><i>Spelling Bee.</i></b> We will continue practicing our spelling words with new fun games like Sparkle and Splash Man. Remember, our school spelling bee will be next <b>Thursday, February 28, at 1:30</b>. Families are welcome!<br />
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<b>Science </b><br />
<b><i>Meteorology.</i></b> How do meteorologists predict the weather? They use several different tools to measure atmospheric conditions and create educated guesses about future weather. Students will learn about these different tools and make predictions of their own. <br />
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<b>Engineering </b><br />
<b><i>Water Filters.</i></b> Clean water is not available in all parts of the world. Many people live with polluted water that is unhealthy to drink. Civil, environmental, materials and mechanical engineers all contribute to developing technologies and systems to purify unclean water.<br />
Engineering will be building water filters and testing different materials to see which will filter the best.<br />
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<b>Math</b><br />
<b><i>Target Addition.</i></b> Find the target number game with friends. It teaches kids about number sense, an important math skill because students learn to think flexibly about numbers, understand number meaning and the relationships they have to each other. <br />
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<b><i>Origami.</i></b> Students will be working on the art of paper folding, also known as origami. Origami originated in Japan in the late 17th century. We will explore some artist that have created some beautiful art and mathematical masterpieces.<br />
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<b>Social Studies</b><br />
<b><i>Roaring 20s.</i></b> Next week we are talking about the roaring twenties! Everything from industrialization to women's suffrage to prohibition to Al Capone and the mob! We will be ending our challenge by playing mafia.<br />
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<b>Wellness Thursday</b><br />
<b><i>Team building Games.</i></b> Team-building activities provide kids with situational tools that they need to recognize those around them and interact with others in a meaningful way. They are also a fun way to teach students cooperation.<br />
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<b>Music Monday</b><br />
<b><i>Rhythm. Rhythm</i></b> is all around us. It’s not just the beat of music. Rhythm can be seen, heard and felt during our daily experience. Rhythm activities engage children in sensing concepts of order, organization and discipline. Plus, making music together is fun.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>February 19-22nd, 2019</i></b></span></div>
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<b>Drama</b><br />
<b><i>Ghost Election.</i></b> In an effort to help our country through these hard times, a ghost election is being held this February at Franklin Discovery Academy. The candidates are George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Find out more about these presidents as you prepare for our ghost presidential puppet debate. Who should the students of Franklin Discovery Academy vote for and why? In this two day unit, come make a talking heads puppet and participate as either Washington or Lincoln in a puppet presidential debate.<br />
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<b>Literacy</b><br />
<b><i>Spelling Bee</i>.</b> With the upcoming spelling bee, of February 28th literacy is going into full spelling fun mode! Join us as we play a variety of different spelling games this week like "You Try, I Try" and spelling charades! Come test your skills and at the very least, have a ton of fun learning and practicing old and new words!<br />
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<b>Social Studies</b><br />
<i><b>Home Front</b>.</i> During World War II the men went off to war but what happened at home? What happen to all the jobs that the men use to do? How did families provide for themselves? Come find out.<br />
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<b>Engineering and Technology</b><br />
<b><i>Coding.</i></b> Students will be building the layout of a game, creating the art and animating a character to play in the game using Bloxels. Bloxels is a hands-on platform for kids to build, collaborate, and tell stories through video game creation. Thank you to the Trueblood family for donating this fun program.<br />
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<b>Math</b><br />
<b><i>Color by Number.</i></b> There have been so many advancements made during the 20th Century, particularly in art. In Math we will be coloring by number.<br />
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<b>Science</b><br />
<b><i>Extreme Weather.</i></b> Science students will identify different types of natural disasters: tornadoes, hurricanes, thunderstorms, etc. We will also be learning about how to prepare for such events.<br />
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<b>Wellness Thursday</b><br />
<i><b>Team building Games</b>.</i> Team-building activities provide kids with situational tools that they need to recognize those around them and interact with others in a meaningful way. They are also a fun way to teach students cooperation.<br />
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<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4965820039477086098.post-24445509736651012012019-02-08T17:31:00.000-07:002019-02-08T17:31:23.266-07:00STEM Rec Challenges February 11 - 15, 2019<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>February 11 - 15, 2019</i></b></span></div>
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<b><i>Clouds and Weather.</i></b> This is the first week of the sciences table's weather unit. Students will learn to identify different types of clouds and what they do. They will also learn the causes of precipitation.<br />
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<b><i>Coding.</i></b> Students will be building the layout of a game, creating the art and animating a character to play in the game using Bloxels. Bloxels is a hands-on platform for kids to build, collaborate, and tell stories through video game creation. Thank you to the Trueblood family for donating this fun program.<br />
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<b><i>Watercolor</i>.</b> Art will be working on some watercolor Valentine's Day art. Give your watercolor art piece to your favorite Valentine or you can use it to decorate your room.<br />
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<b>Literacy</b><br />
<b><i>Don't Eat Pete!</i></b> Students will learn new vocabulary words by reading a fun book. They will reinforce the new vocabulary by playing a fun game called “Don’t Eat Pete”!<br />
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<b>Social Studies</b><br />
<b><i>Ruby Bridges</i></b> was six when she became the first African-American child to integrate a white Southern elementary school. This brave girl paved the way for continued Civil Rights action. Students will learn Ruby’s story and discuss what how we are all similar and what makes us different.<br />
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<b>Math</b><br />
<b><i>Farkle</i>.</b> Students will is a dice game with lots of adding and problem solving to decide what score you think you can get.<br />
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<b>Music Monday</b><br />
<b><i>Rhythm</i>.</b> Rhythm is all around us. It’s not just the beat of music. Rhythm can be seen, heard and felt during our daily experience. Rhythm activities engage children in concepts of order, organization and discipline. Plus, making music together is fun. <br />
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<b>Wellness Thursday</b><br />
<b><i>Team building Games.</i></b> Team-building activities provide kids with situational tools that they need to recognize those around them and interact with others in a meaningful way. They are also a fun way to teach students cooperation.<br />
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4965820039477086098.post-61504858002387725742019-02-01T17:10:00.001-07:002019-02-15T17:11:19.108-07:00STEM Rec Challenges February 4 - 8, 2019<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><i>February 4 - 8, 2019</i></span></b></div>
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Students have started crocheting in STEM and we are in need of yarn. If you have any extra, please consider donating it to the school.<br />
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<b>This week <span style="font-size: large;">STEM</span> is traveling to China to celebrate <span style="font-size: large;">Chinese New Year!</span></b></div>
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<b><i>Year of the Pig.</i></b> The Chinese zodiac is a classification scheme that assigns an animal and its reputed attributes to each year in a repeating 12-year cycle. Students will learn about the different animals that represent each year. This is the year of the pig and in art we will be drawing one.<br />
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<b><i>The Lion Dance</i></b> is a form of traditional Chinese dance performed on joyous festivals, such as Chinese New Year. Students will learn the history behind this dance and other Chinese folklore.<br />
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<b><i>Chinese Checkers - Game of the Month.</i></b> Chinese checkers is a simple, entertaining game that is both mentally challenging and easy to learn. The star-shaped board consists of a 61-hole central hexagon and six 10-hole equilateral triangles that extend outward from each side. Known as bases, the six triangle areas serve as the starting point for each player's pieces, and each one is typically a different color. Students will love learning this traditional childhood game.<br />
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<b><i>The Great Animal Race.</i></b> Literacy will be introducing students to the story of the Chinese Zodiac, The Great Animal Race. They will discover their own Zodiac animal and then create their own fortune cookies based on the qualities they learned from the animals.<br />
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<b><i>DNA isolation.</i></b> We'll be performing a lab this week at the science table. Students will have the chance to isolate the DNA from a strawberry! What do you expect DNA will look like?<br />
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<b>Math</b><br />
<b><i>Prodigy.</i></b> Prodigy is a role-playing math game using a Pokemon-style wizardry theme. Students are placed at a individualized math level and progress from there.<br />
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<b>Music Monday</b><br />
<b><i>Rhythm.</i></b> Rhythm is all around us. It’s not just the beat of music. Rhythm can be seen, heard and felt during our daily experience. Rhythm activities engage children in sensing concepts of order, organization and discipline. Plus, making music together is fun.<br />
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<b>Wellness Thursday</b><br />
<i><b>Team building Games.</b> </i>Team-building activities provide kids with situational tools that they need to recognize those around them and interact with others in a meaningful way. They are also a fun way to teach students cooperation. We will be starting out by untangling the human knot!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4965820039477086098.post-1216546507975170622019-01-25T17:28:00.001-07:002019-01-25T17:28:39.940-07:00STEM Rec Challenges January 28 - February 1, 2019<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>January 28 - February 1, 2019</i></b></span></div>
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<b>Shout out</b> to a couple of awesome parents at Franklin Discovery.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Deirdre Davis</span></b>, thank you for purchasing materials for STEM. Remember, any $10 purchase is counted as one volunteer hour. <b><span style="font-size: large;">Tiffany Rogers & Alicia Hawks</span></b>, thank you for leading after school clubs. After school clubs in STEM run from 3:15 - 4:00. Clubs change every term so the commitment would be about 6 weeks. As a parent you could work with a small group of students to teach them a new skill or craft. We would especially love to have some STEM related clubs. Some of the past clubs we have offered are: drama, dance, chess, science, art, ASL, snap circuits, coding and sports to name a few. What are your talents? Come and share them with the children.</div>
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<b>All That Jazz!</b> Students will explore the origins and evolution of jazz and how it has influenced our culture. They will then play a rousing game of musical chairs using jazz music!<br />
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<b>Population genetics.</b> Over generations organisms can become extremely well-adapted to their environments. Students will learn about how natural selection and survival of the fittest allow populations to adapt to changes and new challenges that arise in their environment.<br />
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<b>Chemical Change Kool-Aid Volcano.</b> Students in the afternoon (1:00 & 1:45) will be making kool aid volcanos. Students will pour a packet of kool aid and a mystery substance (baking soda) to a cup of water. When they do this, a chemical reaction will take place and the new substance will overflow like a volcano. Afterwards, we will will talk about chemical reactions.<br />
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<b>Technology </b><br />
<b>Coding Unit.</b> Students loved coding so much we will continue this week on code.org, a programmed designed to teach students how to code.<br />
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<b>Valentine Decorations.</b> Students will be making decorations for the Valentine's dance on February 8. It will be super fun. Hope to see you there!<br />
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<b>Literacy</b><br />
<b>Writing Wrap-Up.</b> The last couple of months students have learned about different elements of writing. This week students will put all the information they've learned - parts of speech, punctuation, and practice producing complete sentences by playing a silly game using Ms. Morgan and Ms. Rhylee's baby pictures.<br />
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<b>Math</b><br />
<b>Walk the Plank.</b> Students will be”Measurement Pirates”! They will learn the basics of how to measure and what we use to measure (inches, centimeters etc...) If they get the measurements right, they will win the treasure. If they get it wrong, they walk the plank.<br />
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<b>Music Monday</b><br />
<b>Handbells.</b> Playing handbells is a great way to foster the development of strong rhythmic skills, physical coordination, and listening skills. It's also an effective way to teach the basics of music-reading (direction, reading lines and spaces) and provide young children with an active way to play and make music together.<br />
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<b>Wellness Thursday</b><br />
<b>Yoga.</b> Yoga cultivates competencies in mind-body awareness, self-regulation, and physical fitness which leads to improvements in students’ behavior, mental state, health, and performance. Plus, yoga is super fun.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>January 22 - 25, 2019</i></b></span></div>
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<b>No School - Monday, January 21</b><br />
<b><i>Martin Luther King Jr Day</i></b><br />
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”<br />
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<b>Social Studies</b><br />
<b><i>Martin Luther King Jr.</i></b> Students will listen to clips of Martin Luther King Jr’s famous I Have a Dream speech and then make a unity mural to remind us that in standing together, we can accomplish a lot. "Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much." --Helen Keller<br />
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<b>Science </b><br />
<b><i>Inheritance.</i></b> What does it mean when we say we are related to someone? This week we'll learn about how chromosomes are passed between generations. How many chromosomes do you share with your siblings? How many would you share with a cousin?<br />
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<b>Technology </b><br />
<b><i>Coding Unit.</i></b> Week three of the coding unit continues by introducing the students to code.org, a programmed designed to teach students how to code.<br />
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<b>Art</b><br />
<b><i>Alma Woodsey Thomas</i>. </b>A role model for women and African-American artists, Alma Woodsey Thomas was a prominent abstract painter in the 1970s. She began her career as a teacher and ended it as a professional artist. We will be making fun abstract art while learning more about this inspirational artist.<br />
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<b>Literacy</b><br />
<b>The Mystery of the Missing Comma.</b> Students have been learning a lot about the rules of good writing. Last week we had a fun introduction to punctuation but this week we are going to focus entirely on commas as commas can be a very useful tool in writing. Students will have to solve the mystery to find the missing golden comma.<br />
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<b>Math</b><br />
<b>Math Bingo.</b> Students will be playing everyone's favorite game, Bingo. Students will have to solve problems to figure out which numbers they need to cover on our bingo board.<br />
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<b>Music Monday</b><br />
<b>Handbells.</b> Playing handbells is a great way to foster the development of strong rhythmic skills, physical coordination, and listening skills. It's also an effective way to teach the basics of music-reading (direction, reading lines and spaces) and provide young children with an active way to play and make music together.<br />
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<b>Wellness Thursday</b><br />
<b>Yoga.</b> Yoga cultivates competencies in mind-body awareness, self-regulation, and physical fitness which leads to improvements in students’ behavior, mental state, health, and performance. Plus, yoga is super fun!<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><i>January 14 - 18, 2019</i></span></b></div>
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<b><i>Instructions for Life.</i> </b> All life on earth has something in common: deoxyribonucleic acid. That's DNA. All living things use DNA to store their genetic information; like a recipe book for their bodies. This week we'll learn about DNA as a language and how our cells read it.<br />
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<b>Math</b><br />
<b><i>Math War</i>. </b> A card game where each player gets dealt half the deck and the cards are put face down in a stack in front of the players. Both players turn their top card face up at the same time. The person with the higher card wins that draw. A little twist, our game will include lots of addition for students to practice their basic math skills.<br />
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<b><i>Shading and contrast.</i></b> In art this week we are going to design our own snowmen using charcoals as the medium. By exploring the degrees of color available in this weeks project, we will also learn the principle of shading and contrast<br />
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<b>Literacy</b><br />
<b><i>Punctuation Panther.</i></b> Get ready to learn about punctuation: periods, commas, and parentheses. Punctuation is used in writing to separate sentences and to clarify meaning. You need all this knowledge to run away from the Panthers!<br />
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<b>Technology </b><br />
<b><i>Lego Mazes.</i></b> Students will be building a maze with Legos and then write a code to help their LEGO man get through the maze.<br />
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<b><i>Sneetches by Dr. Seuss.</i></b> We are going to read the Sneetches by Dr. Seuss and talk about racial segregation and discrimination during the civil rights Era and what was done to overcome these problems.<br />
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<b>Music Monday</b><br />
<b><i>Handbells.</i> </b> Playing handbells is a great way to foster the development of strong rhythmic skills, physical coordination, and listening skills. It's also an effective way to teach the basics of music-reading (direction, reading lines and spaces) and provide young children with an active way to play and make music together.<br />
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<b>Wellness Thursday</b><br />
<b><i>Yoga.</i></b> Yoga cultivates competencies in mind-body awareness, self-regulation, and physical fitness which leads to improvements in students’ behavior, mental state, health, and performance. Plus, yoga is super fun!<br />
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<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4965820039477086098.post-71767758869643122452019-01-04T17:14:00.000-07:002019-01-04T17:14:54.265-07:00STEM Rec Challenges January 7 - 11, 2019<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>January 7 - 11, 2019</i></b></span></div>
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<b>Art</b><br />
<b><i>Game of the month: Sleeping Queens.</i></b> Rise and shine! The Pancake Queen, the Ladybug Queen, and ten of their closest friends have fallen under a sleeping spell and it's your job to wake them up. Come and play a FDA favorite invented by a six year old child.<br />
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<b>Science </b><br />
<b><i>Crime scene prints.</i></b> As humans touch surfaces throughout the day they may leave behind copies of their fingerprints. This can be useful during crime scene investigations as it helps detectives identify people who were present at the crime scene. We'll discuss the different types of prints that can be left behind and practice matching crime scene prints to a group of suspects.<br />
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<b>Literacy </b><br />
<b><i>Capitalization.</i></b> Capital letters are incredibly important. Literacy will be reviewing the rules for using capitals: the first letter of a sentence, a proper noun, or a proper adjective. The names of the days of the week and the names of the months are also capitalized. Whether you know all the rules or not, come practice and complete the challenge and become a Capital King or Capital Queen and join us in some fun activities and a game at the end!<br />
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<b><i>Civil Rights.</i></b> A woman refused to give up her seat and set in motion one of the largest social movements in history, the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Find out more about Rosa Parks and how she was an inspiration to the Civil Rights Movement.<br />
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<b><i>Coding.</i></b> Technology will be working on a four week coding unit. To begin, students will participate in a coding maze game where students will blindfold a partner and direct them through a maze using specific coding command<br />
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<b>Math</b><br />
<i><b>Prodigy Continues.</b> </i> Prodigy is a role-playing math game using a Pokemon-style wizardry theme. Students are placed at a individualized math level and progress from there. <br />
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<b>Music Monday</b><br />
<i><b>Handbells.</b> </i> Playing handbells is a great way to foster the development of strong rhythmic skills, physical coordination, and listening skills. It's also an effective way to teach the basics of music-reading (direction, reading lines and spaces) and provide young children with an active way to play and make music together.<br />
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<b>Wellness Thursday</b><br />
<i><b>Yoga.</b> </i>Yoga cultivates competencies in mind-body awareness, self-regulation, and physical fitness which leads to improvements in students’ behavior, mental state, health, and performance. Plus, yoga is super fun!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>January 2 - 4, 2019</i></b></span></div>
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<b><i>Marie Sklodowska Curie</i></b>. We'll wrap up our unit on the Nobel prize by talking about one of its most successful laureates. In the past 118 years that the Nobel prize has been awarded just over 600 individuals have won a Nobel prize in the sciences (Physics, Chemistry, or Physiology and Medicine). And only one person has ever won a Nobel prize in BOTH Physics and Chemistry. Arguably one of the most hard working and successful scientists in recent history, this week we will learn about the life and discoveries of Marie Curie.<br />
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<b><i>Happy Dreamer</i></b>. Literacy will be discussing dreaming big and then setting goals to help us accomplish our dreams. The lesson will be focused around the book "Happy Dreamer" written by Peter H. Reynolds.<br />
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<b><i>New Year Traditions</i></b>. How do other cultures celebrate the start of a new year? Students will explore traditions from around the world and then make their own 2019 glasses!<br />
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<b>Engineering </b><br />
<b><i>LEGO challenge</i></b>. Students will first follow set instructions to build an animal then have the freedom to build an animal -- real or make believe -- on their own.<br />
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<b><i>Prodigy</i></b>. Prodigy is a role-playing math game using a Pokemon-style wizardry theme. Students are placed at a individualized math level and progress from there. <br />
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<b><i>Sewing</i></b>. With a New Year comes new challenges and new beginnings. At the art station this week, students will be practicing the art of sewing. For some students this will be a new skill and for others, it may be a skill they renew. But for everyone it will be a challenge!<br />
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Warmest thoughts and best wishes for a wonderful holiday and a very happy New Year from the STEM team. May peace, joy and hope surround us all this season.</div>
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This week STEM will be “chill”. Students can choose activities such as coloring, crafts, stories, playing games or watching the Nutcracker while eating popcorn. Remember Friday, December 21, is early out day. All students must be picked up by 2:00 p.m. See you next year!</div>
<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4965820039477086098.post-53097774963165087622018-12-07T19:26:00.000-07:002018-12-07T19:26:20.648-07:00STEM Rec Challenges December 10 - 14, 2018 Nobel Prize Week<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>December 10 - 14, 2018</b></span></div>
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Nobel prizes are awarded every year on December 10th in commemoration of the death of Alfred Nobel. This week in STEM we be will introducing students to past Nobel prize winners.<br />
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<b>Science</b><br />
<i><b>Alfred Nobel</b>.</i> This week at the science table we'll be learning about Alfred Nobel's life and legacy. Students will learn why Mr. Nobel was controversial during his life and why the Nobel prize bears his name.<br />
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<b>Literacy</b><br />
<b><i>Rudyard Kipling</i></b> is considered one of the leading writers in children's literature. Most famously, he is known for his work The Jungle Book which is considered a masterpiece of imaginative writing. Students will learn about this amazing writer who left such an impact that he has a crocodile and a crater on Mercury named after him! Students will be creating their own Jungle Books.<br />
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<b>Social Studies</b><br />
<b><i>Nelson Mandela</i></b> was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary and political leader who served as the country’s first black President. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. Students will learn more about his story and complete an activity that emphasizes the value of being different and living up to our true potential. <br />
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<b>Engineering and Technology</b><br />
<b><i>Charles Townes</i></b> won a Nobel Prize in 1964. He invented the Infrared Spatial Interferometer that is used to observe shapes and sizes of stars. Students will learn about Mr. Townes and then will be making and looking at constellations.<br />
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<b>Math</b><br />
<b><i>Akshay Venkatesh</i></b>, Nobel Prize winner in mathematics. Students will be playing a card game called Dalmuti based on one of Venkatesh’s quotes, “mathematics is the queen of science”.<br />
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<b>Art</b><br />
<b><i>A Visual History of Nobel Prizes and Notable Laureates.</i></b> Art will be looking at some of the art pieces that were given to Nobel prize winners. Students will make their own collage of art pieces as an example of a Nobel Prize art piece award.<br />
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<b>Music Monday</b><br />
If your student has not played The Cup Song for you, they soon will. It is catching on like wildfire at FDA! Students beat to the same rhythm passing the cups in a circle. Ask them about it.<br />
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<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4965820039477086098.post-61472518049235873422018-11-30T16:47:00.000-07:002018-11-30T16:47:06.262-07:00STEM Rec Challenges December 3 - 7, 2018<div style="text-align: center;">
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">December 3 - 7, 2018</span></i></b></div>
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<b>Art</b><br />
<b><i>The Nutcracker</i></b>. Art will be discussing the inspiring story of The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, written in 1816 by German author E.T.A. Hoffman. For those who do not know the story, there is also the ballet by Tchaikovsky. After a little introduction, students will draw paper nutcrackers.<br />
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<b>Literacy</b><br />
<b><i>Conjunctions</i></b>. Literacy will be learning about conjunctions which allow us to form complex, elegant sentences and avoid the choppiness of multiple short sentences. We will be doing an activity and then playing a game outside if weather permits!<br />
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<b><i>Genghis Khan</i></b> and the Mongolian empire in Medieval Asia! We are going to play a game that's reminiscent of Risk to represent the expansion of the Mongols.<br />
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<b>Engineering and Technology</b><br />
<i><b>3D Christmas Trees</b>.</i> We love fun projects that turn out totally amazing. We will be using geometry to construct trees. <br />
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<b>Math</b><br />
<b><i>Graphing Twister</i></b>. Students will be assigned the roles of “spinner”, “recorder”, or “player”. The “ spinner” spins the spinner and the “player” plays twister. When the “player” lands on a color, the “recorder” tallies all of the colors the “player" has landed on in the chart. When they have played 10 times and have tally marks, they will switch jobs. When everyone has played twister, the student will use the 10 colors they landed on while it was their turn not make a graph using this data.<br />
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<b>Game of the Month</b><br />
<b><i>Chess</i>.</b> Chess is a game played between two opponents on opposite sides of a board containing 64 squares of alternating colors. Each player has 16 pieces: 1 king, 1 queen, 2 rooks, 2 bishops, 2 knights, and 8 pawns. The goal of the game is to checkmate the other king. Come strengthen your brain muscles by learning to play chess.<br />
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<b>Music Monday</b><br />
Students will continue learning with ukuleles. We will also add The Cup Game where students will beat to the same rhythm passing the cups in a circle. It’s a fun game and helps them learn how to keep beat!<br />
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<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4965820039477086098.post-41788677873419845992018-11-28T16:50:00.001-07:002018-11-28T16:51:50.622-07:00STEM Rec Challenges November 26 - 30<div style="text-align: center;">
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">November 26 - 30</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i>Fingerprint Minutiae</i></b>. Fingerprint minutiae are the minor details within a fingerprint pattern that make an individual's fingerprints unique. We'll learn the different types of fingerprint minutiae and practice finding them in a fingerprint.<br />
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<b>Literacy</b><br />
<b><i>Verbs and Verb Tenses</i></b>. Students, get ready to break a sweat because this week in literacy we are talking about verbs. And if you know what verbs are, you'll know that means we're going to be moving around a lot! If you don't know what verbs are, that's a perfect reason to come and find out. We are going to be talking about what they are, what they do and how they are different depending on when we do them. P.S…...Dancing will also be involved.<br />
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<b><i>Design Process</i></b>. Students will learn the way to approach a large project is to break it down into manageable chunks. Architects, engineers, scientists, and other thinkers use the design process to solve a variety of problems. It’s where it all begins.<br />
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<b>Art</b><br />
<b><i>Pablo Picasso</i></b>. In art this week we will be discussing more about abstract art and looking at the work of Picasso, arguably the most important art figure in the 20th century. Students will be making our own creative style of Picasso self portrait. Please send in any empty soda cans for us to use them in our project.<br />
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<b>Engineering and Technology</b><br />
<b><i>Building Bridges</i></b>. Bridges support tremendous weight, span huge distances and all the while withstand the greatest forces of nature. In short, they are engineering feats. Engineering will continue their bridge unit using legos this week.<br />
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<b>Social Studies</b><br />
<b><i>King Arthur.</i></b> The Sword, the wizard, the witches, the myth.<br />
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<b>Math</b><br />
<i><b>Math Twister</b>.</i> Students will be practicing basic math skills: addition, subtraction, multiplying and division while playing a game with a “twist”<br />
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<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4965820039477086098.post-69384932016483091142018-11-16T15:42:00.000-07:002018-11-16T15:42:40.383-07:00STEM Rec Challenges November 19-20, 2018<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>November 19-20, 2018</i></b></span></div>
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<i>“Gratitude helps us grow and expand; gratitude brings joy and laughter </i></div>
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<i>into our life and into the lives of all those around us.”</i></div>
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This Thanksgiving week, we are so grateful for all the students who constantly bring joy into our life. They remind us to be happy for no reason and ask questions even the wise cannot dream up. We adore each and every one of them.</div>
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In STEM this week we will be reviewing all the games we have learned, having a lego contest, and going outside as much as the weather permits. Have a wonderful fall break! </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Note: Art will be doing a challenge with soda cans the week after Thanksgiving. If you have soda cans we could upcycle please donate them. Thank you!</span></div>
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