Monday, December 05, 2011
Canine Commandos November 30, 2011
We had another successful trip to the Cenral Brevard Humane Society on Wednesday! There were only a few dogs to work with outside! Since last Wednesday, one of the sweetest dogs ever was adopted! We wish Popeye a wonderful new life!
Happy Holidays!
Wednesday, November 02, 2011
Friday, October 21, 2011
2nd Quarter of Learning!
This week has been just fantastic! Check out our third graders writing from a very small perspective, fourth graders' thoughts on how to show what we know and sixth graders classifying art by themes! Whew! What a wonderful week of learning!
Ethan writing about the swerves like a roller coaster.
Ponder this question: How do I show what I know?
Beginning of our Art History unit
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Creativity!
Our new unit is filled with Creativity! Check out this great You Tube video that was shared in class
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
2nd Grade: How do we show what we know?
In preparation for adding artifacts to our portfolios, the question above was posed. The discussion that followed was based on the students' answers seen below. How do you show what you know? I find it interesting, none of the students responded with "tests". Hmm...
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
End of First Quarter!
Can you believe we have completed the first quarter for the school year? It has flown by!
This first quarter, our Transdiciplinary Theme was Who We Are; an inquiry into the nature of the self; believes and values; personal, physical, mental, social and spiritual health; human relationships including families, friends, communities, and cultures; rights and responsibilities; what it means to be human.
Central Idea: Self awareness informs peoples' choices in life.
Grade level titles:
2nd: Me Me Me
3rd: I am a writer
4th: My Own World
5th: Action!
6th: To Be or Not to Be
In this post, you will find the grade level reporting from GSP. Each time we meet, one student is the selected to be the reporter. He/She decides which event to write about and solicits a quote from a peer. The perspectives that follow are sure to be found interesting! Enjoy!
2nd: Kaden-Sept. 26: We cut 8 individual papers and wrote what skill we have. "[it was fun] because you can remember what skills you have." -Kashyap and Nikhil
2nd: Sara-Oct. 10: We did a vocab study. It was not part of the the plan. We learned the word negligible. "I thought it was interesting." -Nikhil
3rd: Graeme-Aug. 26: We did someone who. "I had fun at GSP." -Ethan
3rd: Jake-Sept. 9: We had to say what we thought about the question of perspective. We had a partner too. Olivia, my partner, said she was proud of herself.
3rd: Brandon-Sept. 30: We are making writing seeds! "It was fun." -Dylan
4th: Aeddon-Aug. 25: Ms. Haddock showed us the GSP test. We made essential agreements. We saw a video. "The essential agreements were great. I agreed with all of the them." -Neil
4th: Chase-Sept. 1: Well, we are working on Who we are and we worked on find someone who. It was cool. Grace said, "It was very cool. and it is part of our unit because we are trying to find out who we are."
4th: Sydney-Sept. 8: Write your own quote was something we did today. "I love quotes, so that was fun," I said. Grace said, "It made me feel special, it's a fun way to express myself! You need to write real needs, not just what you want to be needs." (In reference to establishing needs and wants of a civilization.)
4th: Mallory-Sept. 22: Today we discussed The Girl Who Owned a City and I broke my earls, it was so loud! "It was too noisy to listen to my own thoughts," said Sydney of Mrs. Falcone's class. "I think I might be deaf now!"
4th: Olivia-Sept. 29: We went over our book. I like the quote, "Never, never give up," by Winston Churchill.
5th: CJ-Aug. 24: It was the first day of GSP. We watched a video of a woman who helped make a huge difference to the penguins of South Africa. "The TED video was very inspiring, but very sad."
5th: Cristinia-Aug. 31: We took a pretest about the animal shelter. "It was confusing." -Cody
5th: Jewell-Sept. 7: We researched about animal cruelty prevention websites. "Love for animals is the pressure point of the mind." -Jewell
6th: Joshua-Sept. 13: We talked about that perspective is so important, and we learned about apathy. "Some one's point of view [is important]." -Alek
6th: Christian-Sept. 27: Our class is making a story about of random sentence our classmates wrote. "I thought it was hard because we had to put the different sentences into a story." -Maia
This first quarter, our Transdiciplinary Theme was Who We Are; an inquiry into the nature of the self; believes and values; personal, physical, mental, social and spiritual health; human relationships including families, friends, communities, and cultures; rights and responsibilities; what it means to be human.
Central Idea: Self awareness informs peoples' choices in life.
Grade level titles:
2nd: Me Me Me
3rd: I am a writer
4th: My Own World
5th: Action!
6th: To Be or Not to Be
In this post, you will find the grade level reporting from GSP. Each time we meet, one student is the selected to be the reporter. He/She decides which event to write about and solicits a quote from a peer. The perspectives that follow are sure to be found interesting! Enjoy!
2nd: Kaden-Sept. 26: We cut 8 individual papers and wrote what skill we have. "[it was fun] because you can remember what skills you have." -Kashyap and Nikhil
2nd: Sara-Oct. 10: We did a vocab study. It was not part of the the plan. We learned the word negligible. "I thought it was interesting." -Nikhil
3rd: Graeme-Aug. 26: We did someone who. "I had fun at GSP." -Ethan
3rd: Jake-Sept. 9: We had to say what we thought about the question of perspective. We had a partner too. Olivia, my partner, said she was proud of herself.
3rd: Brandon-Sept. 30: We are making writing seeds! "It was fun." -Dylan
4th: Aeddon-Aug. 25: Ms. Haddock showed us the GSP test. We made essential agreements. We saw a video. "The essential agreements were great. I agreed with all of the them." -Neil
4th: Chase-Sept. 1: Well, we are working on Who we are and we worked on find someone who. It was cool. Grace said, "It was very cool. and it is part of our unit because we are trying to find out who we are."
4th: Sydney-Sept. 8: Write your own quote was something we did today. "I love quotes, so that was fun," I said. Grace said, "It made me feel special, it's a fun way to express myself! You need to write real needs, not just what you want to be needs." (In reference to establishing needs and wants of a civilization.)
4th: Mallory-Sept. 22: Today we discussed The Girl Who Owned a City and I broke my earls, it was so loud! "It was too noisy to listen to my own thoughts," said Sydney of Mrs. Falcone's class. "I think I might be deaf now!"
4th: Olivia-Sept. 29: We went over our book. I like the quote, "Never, never give up," by Winston Churchill.
5th: CJ-Aug. 24: It was the first day of GSP. We watched a video of a woman who helped make a huge difference to the penguins of South Africa. "The TED video was very inspiring, but very sad."
5th: Cristinia-Aug. 31: We took a pretest about the animal shelter. "It was confusing." -Cody
5th: Jewell-Sept. 7: We researched about animal cruelty prevention websites. "Love for animals is the pressure point of the mind." -Jewell
6th: Joshua-Sept. 13: We talked about that perspective is so important, and we learned about apathy. "Some one's point of view [is important]." -Alek
6th: Christian-Sept. 27: Our class is making a story about of random sentence our classmates wrote. "I thought it was hard because we had to put the different sentences into a story." -Maia
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
6th Grade Collaboration
During a writing activity in collaboration today, the 6th grade students wrote original stories based on individual sentences. When blended together to create these stories, I observed conversations. This Wordle emerged:
Wordle
Wordle
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Prior to the first week!
Please make sure that you and your child have completed the online form located on our GSP website. I will be using this information to help guide some of the activities the first few weeks of school. I've enjoyed talking with all of you these first few days! Looking forward to a wonderful year of learning together!
Look what I found cleaning!
Here is the video of our first chick from the spring 2011 hatch! Glad I decided to clean my desktop!
Sunday, August 07, 2011
Two More Days!
It's almost here! The start of the new year! GSP will begin after the first two weeks of school, however there is much to be done. If you haven't done so already, please fill out the forms on our GSP website. Also, don't forget your supplies. We are going to have a great year together!
Monday, July 11, 2011
Summer is here...
But I can't not think about school!! We are only three weeks away from starting back and I can't wait to see the students! So many ideas are floating around in my mind...new units, new year with FPS, new year with Odyssey of the Mind...:-)
I hope everyone is enjoying their summer break and perhaps getting as excited as I am for the new year.
See you in August!
I hope everyone is enjoying their summer break and perhaps getting as excited as I am for the new year.
See you in August!
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Much Appreciated
Today I find in my room two beautiful bouquets of flowers sent by the many wonderful families that we have here. An amazing aroma fills the room now...but what makes me feel the most appreciated are the students' comments. Their wonderings and discoveries, creative ideas and connections...sustain this career of teaching!
Gabriel writing in his journal during lunch
"Hey...three of us like to fish and went fishing this weekend!" Jake, Logan and Bailey
"Ms. Haddock...I found that book you use for Improv on Amazon and it should come this weekend!!" Emily
What a wonderful job it is to work with young minds and to uncover new thoughts! Thank you to everyone who I have been privileged enough to work with!
Gabriel writing in his journal during lunch
"Hey...three of us like to fish and went fishing this weekend!" Jake, Logan and Bailey
"Ms. Haddock...I found that book you use for Improv on Amazon and it should come this weekend!!" Emily
What a wonderful job it is to work with young minds and to uncover new thoughts! Thank you to everyone who I have been privileged enough to work with!
Tuesday, January 04, 2011
New Year...New Words
Happy New Year! As I turn our room around for our next unit, How We Express Ourselves, I find a lovely stack of quotes from our students as well as some of their favorites. Enjoy!
"Life is not about taking time to realize it is great. Is is also about being yourself!" Ivyanna
"Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it." -William Arthur Ward
"Having things is something, but not everything." -Unknown
"Earning the values for life is more than just something. It's everything." -Unknown
"As long as there are men, there will be wars." -Albert Einstein
"Life is the only adventure where you can choose what will happen." -Bailey
"Nobody can stop you unless you stop yourself." -Grace
"Without ambition, if you make one mistake, you will quite and everyone makes mistakes, then you wouldn't try anything." -Joshua
"Boring. Is there ever really a boring?" -Ivyanna
"Why fight to prove yourself when words will prove more than strength."-Unknown
"We are the world. We are here together. There's no getting around it. We are here together and if there is to be peace, we must work together." -Unknown
"If you do not have thoughts, then why do you think?" -Sydney C
"Life is not about taking time to realize it is great. Is is also about being yourself!" Ivyanna
"Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it." -William Arthur Ward
"Having things is something, but not everything." -Unknown
"Earning the values for life is more than just something. It's everything." -Unknown
"As long as there are men, there will be wars." -Albert Einstein
"Life is the only adventure where you can choose what will happen." -Bailey
"Nobody can stop you unless you stop yourself." -Grace
"Without ambition, if you make one mistake, you will quite and everyone makes mistakes, then you wouldn't try anything." -Joshua
"Boring. Is there ever really a boring?" -Ivyanna
"Why fight to prove yourself when words will prove more than strength."-Unknown
"We are the world. We are here together. There's no getting around it. We are here together and if there is to be peace, we must work together." -Unknown
"If you do not have thoughts, then why do you think?" -Sydney C
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