Monday, November 29, 2010
Third Grade
Third Graders have begun our unit on inventions. They are very excited to get to work in the Lego kits on simple machines. We have talked about systems and will go over safe lab proceedures and the Wheel of Scientific Investigation and Reasoning. Our first experiment will be on friction and our first simple machines will be the screw and the wedge.
Fourth Grade
The 4th graders will finish up their research on an emminent person this week or next and we should soon begin creating a project to present their individual. The students completed their first Math Olympiad and although we didn't get a lot of points everyone had a strategy and attempted most of the problems. I was proud of their persistance.
Dream Rocket
Students last year were sponsored by the Huntsville Fiber Guild to participate in the Dream Rocket (www.dreamrocket.com ). Our panel was displayed in Alabama Constitution Hall (www.thedreamrocket.com/in-the-schools/item/447-chaffee-elementary-school?tmpl+component&print=1 ). We have now been awarded another panel sponsored by Lowe Mill. The panel is only 2 feet by 2 feet so I can't have that many students work on it. I need to decide which group will participate and which theme to address. If any parents would like to help out, I am happy to have help. The students really want to stitch, but they are unskilled and it is time consumming to rethread for them. I also will need some supplies since I have no budget for this.
Fifth Grade Robotics
Wish our 5th graders luck. On Friday December 3 and Saturday December 5th, the students will participate in the FIRST Lego Robotics. They have been learning to program the robot to complete missions as part of the competition (www.usfirst.org ), and they have prepared a presentation to address a body system problem. One group will present a comfort room for cancer patients and one group will present an innovation to help patients with prosthetics get up stairs. We got to visit Fourroux prosthetics and learn about the great innovations occurring right here in Huntsville.
Monday, November 8, 2010
Chaffee SPACE
Turning a new leaf. Today I begin to use this blog to communicate what is happening in SPACE to parents of Chaffee students. I certainly will appreciate any feedback since I am not sure what parents are looking for.
It is tough to know what needs to be communicated. Some parents are looking for more information than their child is sharing. Some parents are on overload, and just need to know what they need to do to keep their child learning. I don't have a good idea of who will even take the time to read this.
A brief summary of the activities occurring are:
3rd Grade-
Mystery of the Moli Stone (Numerical Systems)
4th Little Pig (Creative Problem Solving)
Inventions (Systems)
Mary Cook Center (Logical thinking)
4th Grade-
Math Olympiad (first test 11/18/2010)
Images of Greatness (giftedness)
Natural Disasters (Creative Problem Solving)
At the Mall (Algebra)
ABC Book of Me (giftedness)
5th Grade-
Math Olympiad (first test 11/18/2010)
FLL Robotics (competition December 3 and 4)
What Are Your Chances? (probability)
Learning contracts
It is tough to know what needs to be communicated. Some parents are looking for more information than their child is sharing. Some parents are on overload, and just need to know what they need to do to keep their child learning. I don't have a good idea of who will even take the time to read this.
A brief summary of the activities occurring are:
3rd Grade-
Mystery of the Moli Stone (Numerical Systems)
4th Little Pig (Creative Problem Solving)
Inventions (Systems)
Mary Cook Center (Logical thinking)
4th Grade-
Math Olympiad (first test 11/18/2010)
Images of Greatness (giftedness)
Natural Disasters (Creative Problem Solving)
At the Mall (Algebra)
ABC Book of Me (giftedness)
5th Grade-
Math Olympiad (first test 11/18/2010)
FLL Robotics (competition December 3 and 4)
What Are Your Chances? (probability)
Learning contracts
Friday, March 5, 2010
Sports
I got interested in sports by simply watching television. My dad played a big part of my extraordinary success, he helped me get though every game! I played many video games and then I got real curious.
The first sport I preformed was t-ball. I started at about 4 or 5 years old. My friends in the neighborhood played too. I had lots of fun with the kids. I made many friends while playing.
When I got older I couldn’t play t-ball any more, I had to play baseball. My friends moved up to baseball along with me. Older kids got to know me and started to hang out with me. I enjoyed playing with them even if they were on the opposing team. I guess you could say I had many friends and wasn’t ever alone.
One day I got tired of baseball and didn’t want to play any more. I had been doing it for a long time right about then. Many of my friends still wanted me to play, but I got tired of it.
I got really interested in football, so I asked my dad if I could. He simply said “Yes”. I made more and more friends. I got to talking with a kid named Jaylin. He played half-back. He was faster than me. I have only played 1 year though. I still want to play. But join a different league, which I’ll have even more friends. I’m looking forward to play other sports. Basketball looks very fun. I think I’ll play it next year. I hope to become a sports professional when I get older. But whatever I do I’ll be happy. If I play anything else I hope I can find friends wherever I go. Any time I play with friends were surely going to play sports, No matter where we are. I am definitely addicted to every game, and so are my friends. If you were me you’d be a fantastic athlete no matter what sport. I’m a absolute star player at any sport. If any of my friends turn on me because I play a different sport, I can say okay and go to other people playing that sport that I’m new at. I will continue to watch ball games and play video games to improve at sports. I’ll just sit back and leave it to the professionals! Computer websites will help too. You know they have a lot of information on those things. Ever need information on sports ask your’s truly.
The first sport I preformed was t-ball. I started at about 4 or 5 years old. My friends in the neighborhood played too. I had lots of fun with the kids. I made many friends while playing.
When I got older I couldn’t play t-ball any more, I had to play baseball. My friends moved up to baseball along with me. Older kids got to know me and started to hang out with me. I enjoyed playing with them even if they were on the opposing team. I guess you could say I had many friends and wasn’t ever alone.
One day I got tired of baseball and didn’t want to play any more. I had been doing it for a long time right about then. Many of my friends still wanted me to play, but I got tired of it.
I got really interested in football, so I asked my dad if I could. He simply said “Yes”. I made more and more friends. I got to talking with a kid named Jaylin. He played half-back. He was faster than me. I have only played 1 year though. I still want to play. But join a different league, which I’ll have even more friends. I’m looking forward to play other sports. Basketball looks very fun. I think I’ll play it next year. I hope to become a sports professional when I get older. But whatever I do I’ll be happy. If I play anything else I hope I can find friends wherever I go. Any time I play with friends were surely going to play sports, No matter where we are. I am definitely addicted to every game, and so are my friends. If you were me you’d be a fantastic athlete no matter what sport. I’m a absolute star player at any sport. If any of my friends turn on me because I play a different sport, I can say okay and go to other people playing that sport that I’m new at. I will continue to watch ball games and play video games to improve at sports. I’ll just sit back and leave it to the professionals! Computer websites will help too. You know they have a lot of information on those things. Ever need information on sports ask your’s truly.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
A Man's Best Friend
Have you ever had a dog? If you have you would probably like my story. It all started when I was 4. I wanted a dog. I had seen lots of pictures and I wanted one. Lilly was just a little baby. She had no idea what was going on. We all decided on an English bulldog and named her Ethel. She was the greatest. She would give us rides on her back. She would sleep on our beds. Well, you get the picture.
Here came her personality. She was always perky and wild. She would play with us outside on any day. If we were outside, she was outside. She would run like a murderer was chasing her. If she ran too fast, she would always knock you down. She would play with anything. If it was even your toe, she would have it in her mouth. She was brown and black with white speckles.
One day she was not herself. She would just lie around and be lazy. She wouldn’t even get up to chase her favorite toy. We were all very worried. Then I noticed this green goop in her eye. We took her to the vet. The vet said she was very sick. I think he said she had some kind of flu that never went away. One day when I came home, Ethel wasn’t home. My parents called into the living room and told us the news. She had died that day. You know when you get so sad or scared you laugh? Well that’s what happened to me.
Well we thought what dog we were going to get next. We had to choose from millions of breeds. There was cocker spaniel, golden retriever, boson terrier, black lab, and many many others. We chose another English bulldog. We named her Wheezie.
She was almost exactly like Ethel. She had the same personality and playfulness as Ethel. They could have been sisters. She had white fur with a brown patch on her right eye and on her tail.
We had a lot of problems at first. It was mostly potty training. We got her a small cage just big enough for her to turn around in. I forgot to mention she was very fat. Confined spaces help potty train dogs for some reason. When potty training was over, it was on to running when we called her. We solved that by spanking her when she ran. We still have the problem of eating grass then throwing up. Other than those minor problems, she is a great dog. I will always miss Ethel.
Here came her personality. She was always perky and wild. She would play with us outside on any day. If we were outside, she was outside. She would run like a murderer was chasing her. If she ran too fast, she would always knock you down. She would play with anything. If it was even your toe, she would have it in her mouth. She was brown and black with white speckles.
One day she was not herself. She would just lie around and be lazy. She wouldn’t even get up to chase her favorite toy. We were all very worried. Then I noticed this green goop in her eye. We took her to the vet. The vet said she was very sick. I think he said she had some kind of flu that never went away. One day when I came home, Ethel wasn’t home. My parents called into the living room and told us the news. She had died that day. You know when you get so sad or scared you laugh? Well that’s what happened to me.
Well we thought what dog we were going to get next. We had to choose from millions of breeds. There was cocker spaniel, golden retriever, boson terrier, black lab, and many many others. We chose another English bulldog. We named her Wheezie.
She was almost exactly like Ethel. She had the same personality and playfulness as Ethel. They could have been sisters. She had white fur with a brown patch on her right eye and on her tail.
We had a lot of problems at first. It was mostly potty training. We got her a small cage just big enough for her to turn around in. I forgot to mention she was very fat. Confined spaces help potty train dogs for some reason. When potty training was over, it was on to running when we called her. We solved that by spanking her when she ran. We still have the problem of eating grass then throwing up. Other than those minor problems, she is a great dog. I will always miss Ethel.
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