Teaching Kiddos

This week our kiddos went into Olive's STEM classroom to use not only their fabulous brains but also their social skills to work together.  Each group was given the following materials: - foil -tape - straws - string - sticks -plastic glove The task was to build a "Mayflower" boat.  The boat needed to float and hold as many weights as possible. We were so proud of how awesome the kiddos were while working together .  Lots of communication! We were very impressed by the mature academic communication that occurred . And then came the floating competition: Lots of winners. Even if a boat sunk the group got a chance to discuss what went wrong and what solution would of fixed the problem.  We all enjoyed our 21st century STEM lesson. Because of the student's exceptional attitudes, we will be able to visit Olive's STEM room several more times during the year...... Can't wait!

We had some really creative puppets " walk" into our classroom last week.  For their book report assignment , the kiddos had to find a scary book, mystery book, or Halloween themed  book. After the book was chosen, the kiddos had to identify the main character . For the book report a character sketch needed to be filled out, a summary needed to be written neatly or typed and most importantly a puppet needed to be made of the main character.  Character sketch  Book summary Puppet