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4/24/2019

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We woke up our brains with a grid-style Logic Puzzle.  The kids used their convergent thinking to solve the "Team Picture" dilemma. 

Stations:
We made connections and investigated more deeply into frog anatomy.  The kids used their convergent thinking skills and evaluative thinking to solve the "Chattahoochee Zoo" mystery.  It was pretty difficult, but they got it done. 

Unit Study:
We evaluated each other's projects to determine what is well done and what areas need work.  The kids worked hard during our Project Time to incorporate more in-depth information into their presentations.  We will be presenting our Projects next week, after testing in the morning.  Kids are welcome to take their projects home to fine-tune, add more details, or practice their presentations.  They can double check the Target Glog-4th Grade Page to evaluate themselves using the Frog Project Rubric.

Algebraic Thinking:
​We tackled new lessons in Hands On Equations and learned to do more challenging word problems.  Whew!  It's much harder to use our algebra skills on a word problem than it is to solve basic equations.  We'll get there with more practice!

Novel Study:
We read a few more chapters of our book and challenged ourselves with critical thinking questions using our favorite game, Kahoot.  

HW:  Edmodo-What final steps do you need to be ready to present your Frog Project next week?

Until next time,
​Dr. Kraeger
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A Great Day of Learning!

4/17/2019

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We started our day by finishing up a few items from last week.

Stations:
We finished up our convergent thinking activity, Freddy's Frog, and our Divergent thinking task, SCAMPER A Frog, and also our algebraic thinking task-Math Mosaic. 

Algebraic Thinking:
We challenged our critical thinking and math skills with a variety of problems to solve.  The kids enjoyed collaborating and using different strategies to come to correct solutions.

Unit Study:
We tackled our next set of Frog Vocabulary-main body parts, as we continue to research and learn about our topic.  The kids also viewed our dissection videos to familiarize themselves with exactly what the inside of the frog will look like.  They had some great questions during our video!

We worked on our Frog Projects today too! The kids will have one more session in class to work and then will present their Frog Projects on May 1st.

Affective Skills:
We continued our work on teamwork, collaboration, perseverance, and problem-solving with a Breakout.  The kids had to use many critical thinking skills to solve ciphers, math puzzles, visual puzzles, and word puzzles to find clues that would open the locks.  

Novel Study:
We read a bit more of our novel, learning some background information about the Vietnam War.  The kids had some excellent insights and remarkable questions about the War, it's causes, and the potential results.

HW:  Edmodo

Until next time,
​Dr. Kraeger
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Traveling Target Class!

4/10/2019

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We challenged ourselves with a pretty complicated math Versatiles activity this morning. The kids had to revise their convergent thinking quite a bit to come to a successful solution. After announcements, we moved to different classrooms for our work. This will continue on mornings when Milestone Testing is happening on the Fifth Grade/Target Hall.

Stations:
We used our divergent thinking to SCAMPER a Frog today. The results are fantastically creative! You must check them out by our classroom!
We also used those convergent thinking skills to solve "Freddy's Frog" logic activity. This was quite difficulty, giving us a real workout on the perseverance! We also created a beautiful Math Mosaic with our "Luck" idea from our novel and divisibility rules for 4 and 5. Take a look at the photo below!

Unit Study:
We finished our Frog Vocabulary for the head. We also worked more on our Frog Projects. We have one more work session before we present.

Affective Skills:
We took our "damaged" Perfect Squares and created beautiful new scenes from them. Wow! I can't wait to see the finished products!
We also continued our Mindfulness Practice with "2 Minute Mindful Breathing". We needed that after our hectic day!

Novel Study:
We read a bit more in our book today. The kids created a hand-drawn Word Cloud using 5 words describing how Theo feels.

HW: Edmodo Poll

Until next time,
Dr. Kraeger
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