All fifth grade teachers simultaneously read a (fake) letter from the PTA describing changes. These involve no more field trips, only veggie sticks served as smart snacks, students needing to help clean bathrooms, and Halloween and Valentine's parties having to take place only during recess. Teachers allowed their classes to think of ways to express their feelings about these changes, which included ideas such as a riot, petitions, posters, wearing certain colors to school the next day, and writing letters. This experience helped our fifth graders to understand how the colonists felt under British rule in the 1700's following the French and Indian War.
All fifth grade teachers simultaneously read a (fake) letter from the PTA describing changes. These involve no more field trips, only veggie sticks served as smart snacks, students needing to help clean bathrooms, and Halloween and Valentine's parties having to take place only during recess. Teachers allowed their classes to think of ways to express their feelings about these changes, which included ideas such as a riot, petitions, posters, wearing certain colors to school the next day, and writing letters. This experience helped our fifth graders to understand how the colonists felt under British rule in the 1700's following the French and Indian War. Partners and small groups act out skits to help our class understand how to show HOOT behaviors. H-Hooray for good choices. O-Our job is learning. O-Only kindness, and T-Take time to do your best. Teams of students successfully complete an obstacle course by depending on each other and helping each other when times get tough. They are only successful if their whole team is successful. This special activity activates teamwork and innovation the first week of school. It's a combination of science, reading and writing. The day before the egg drop, students observe their teacher break a meter stick that has two pieces of newspaper lying across it, due to the air pressure. Teachers demonstrate how to write a constructed response after reading an article on air pressure. This idea is intended to spark the idea of a parachute when creating a way to keep a dropped egg from cracking. All groups are given the same amount of paper, straws, and tape. Finalist contraptions are dropped off the roof by our principals, and this year, our superintendent as well! The following day, students read an article and work in partners to write a constructed response about why parachutes aid egg contraptions. |
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