Convergent Thinking:
We continued to stretch our convergent thinking with logic puzzles in two different formats. We also used critical thinking and divergent thinking to work on our words of the week: Ostracize & Paradox. The kids are getting so good at the words that they always predict the word before I can even finish the story. Wow! That's pretty good!
Divergent Thinking/Connections:
We continued our work on visual note taking with more sketch noting. This week we worked on lettering (typography) and frames, bullets, and connectors. We had a chance to practice with a short video about making a nature journal. This will be part of the topic for our in-school field trip with the Chattachoochee Nature Center. Check out our graphics below:
We continued to delve into more difficult algebraic thinking by tackling equations with parentheses. This lesson is the last for Level 1. We'll work a bit more on these concepts with some application of word problems.
Affective/Divergent:
We worked a bit more on creating/filming our character trait videos with a demonstration of the power of the Aurasma app that we'll be using to put it all together. It's a pretty cool augmented reality app! It's also FREE! Look for more with Aurasma next year!
HW: Create a sketch note of Quixotic after reading the Weighty Word story.
Until next week,
Mrs. Kraeger