What a Great Year in High Ability!
We started the year out strong, jumping right in with a "Back to Business" unit! During this unit, all 3 grades were introduced to many things!
* High Ability Expectations
* The Doctorate of Literature Program
* HA Journals & Folders
* The "Attack Penguin" for speech prompts & math challenges!
* Personal Assessments
* SWOT Analysis
* Business Research
* Business Plans
* Invention Creations!
* Marketing
* Filming Commercials
* Online Business Essentials Scavenger Hunt
* Finishing up with a Commercial Viewing & Popcorn Party Day
Next up, we went Medieval! September brought about our Castle & Medieval Times Unit!
* What I know & what I want to know scrolls
* Maps of Medieval Europe
* Research Medieval Countries
* Catapult building and contest!
* Venn Diagrams
* Medieval vocabulary
* Illuminations
* Castle research
* We made our own ink from berries and parchment paper to write on
* Wrote medieval poems
* Last Name Activities & Research on Names
* Medieval Game Day!
* Research Proposals
* Research Project
* Castle life videos
* The Feudal System
* Guilds
* Medieval Science - medieval deodorant/globes
* Medieval food was brought in by several students
* Graphing- bar, line, pie, picto, and wordles
* Research Project Presentations
* Statistics- data, careers, sports
* Wonderopolis
* Limmericks
* Chaucer Storytelling
* Robin Hood Stories
* Made Christmas Cards for Nursing Home Residents!
* Armor & Knights
* Medieval Times vs Today- clothing, fabric, numbers, etc.
* Coat of Arms
* Chivalry
* Castle/Medieval Trivia
* Castle Finale: Building their own castles! Marshmallows and craft sticks!
January brought us to different continents! 3rd grade explored Africa, 4th explored Australia, and 5th explored South America
* Maps
* Vocabulary
* Videos & Slide Shows about each country
* Latitude & Longitude
* Research topics for book project
* Each grade wrote & illustrated their own book! If you did not order one, I have extra in the classroom that you can come look at! They did a fantastic job!
* Penguin Awareness Day! <(")
* Absolute vs Relative location
* 4th - Aboriginal Art
* Book Cover Contest
* 3rd - Hieroglyphics, King Tut Painting, Nile River Barge & Pyramid Construction
* 5th - South American Bromelaid tropical plant container activity
* 5th - Rainforest
* 4th - Compass Rosi Ghost Ship
* 3rd - Acted our a play about Egyptian history- Isis & Osiris
* Used Padlet pages on the web for discussions & interactive content development, several parents and teachers participated!
* 5th - Began developing their own websites!
* 4th & 3rd did their own version of Tangram Challenges
4th - Design and create your own games! Clear instructions!
* Began HA Buddy Pen-Pals between 3rd & 5th grades
* Money from around the world - class collection of $$
* Math Centers
* 4th - Australian Game Day
* Brain Aerobics Challenges across the grades
* 4th - write letters to our Air Force Pen-Pal in Japan!
* Study hermit crabs - our new class pets!
* Dolphins and Sea Life
* Sea Turtles and Marine Careers
* 3rd African Games
* Created an under the sea wall!
Other Activities That We Have Been Doing to Finish the Year Strong!
* 5th - Science Fair Mystery Theatre!!!
* 4th - GOAL Projects! Prewriting: freewriting, listing, questioning, mapping, outlining, and brainstorming. Then paragraph construction of our goals!
* 3rd - Super Hero Biography Research & Posters! Dress up like your character for presentation day!
* 5th - Slime Science Experiment!
* 5th - Leonardo DaVinci Science - Nature exploration day (outside) and creation of DaVinci notebooks as well as Human Measurement day. Were DaVinci's theories correct?
* Idioms!
* 4th grade 1000 ticket reward party!
Still to come! We have many things left to look forward to as we finish out a wonderful 2013-2014 school year!
* 4th grade - Change Unit
* 3rd Greetings from Somewhere book and activities
* 5th modeling with clay
* 3rd and 5th Pen-Pal Party
* Final Literature Graduation Ceremony!
* More Roman Numerals!
It has been an honor, joy, & blessing getting to know all of these phenomenal children this year! I hope that you all have a fun & refreshing summer! =)
We started the year out strong, jumping right in with a "Back to Business" unit! During this unit, all 3 grades were introduced to many things!
* High Ability Expectations
* The Doctorate of Literature Program
* HA Journals & Folders
* The "Attack Penguin" for speech prompts & math challenges!
* Personal Assessments
* SWOT Analysis
* Business Research
* Business Plans
* Invention Creations!
* Marketing
* Filming Commercials
* Online Business Essentials Scavenger Hunt
* Finishing up with a Commercial Viewing & Popcorn Party Day
Next up, we went Medieval! September brought about our Castle & Medieval Times Unit!
* What I know & what I want to know scrolls
* Maps of Medieval Europe
* Research Medieval Countries
* Catapult building and contest!
* Venn Diagrams
* Medieval vocabulary
* Illuminations
* Castle research
* We made our own ink from berries and parchment paper to write on
* Wrote medieval poems
* Last Name Activities & Research on Names
* Medieval Game Day!
* Research Proposals
* Research Project
* Castle life videos
* The Feudal System
* Guilds
* Medieval Science - medieval deodorant/globes
* Medieval food was brought in by several students
* Graphing- bar, line, pie, picto, and wordles
* Research Project Presentations
* Statistics- data, careers, sports
* Wonderopolis
* Limmericks
* Chaucer Storytelling
* Robin Hood Stories
* Made Christmas Cards for Nursing Home Residents!
* Armor & Knights
* Medieval Times vs Today- clothing, fabric, numbers, etc.
* Coat of Arms
* Chivalry
* Castle/Medieval Trivia
* Castle Finale: Building their own castles! Marshmallows and craft sticks!
January brought us to different continents! 3rd grade explored Africa, 4th explored Australia, and 5th explored South America
* Maps
* Vocabulary
* Videos & Slide Shows about each country
* Latitude & Longitude
* Research topics for book project
* Each grade wrote & illustrated their own book! If you did not order one, I have extra in the classroom that you can come look at! They did a fantastic job!
* Penguin Awareness Day! <(")
* Absolute vs Relative location
* 4th - Aboriginal Art
* Book Cover Contest
* 3rd - Hieroglyphics, King Tut Painting, Nile River Barge & Pyramid Construction
* 5th - South American Bromelaid tropical plant container activity
* 5th - Rainforest
* 4th - Compass Rosi Ghost Ship
* 3rd - Acted our a play about Egyptian history- Isis & Osiris
* Used Padlet pages on the web for discussions & interactive content development, several parents and teachers participated!
* 5th - Began developing their own websites!
* 4th & 3rd did their own version of Tangram Challenges
4th - Design and create your own games! Clear instructions!
* Began HA Buddy Pen-Pals between 3rd & 5th grades
* Money from around the world - class collection of $$
* Math Centers
* 4th - Australian Game Day
* Brain Aerobics Challenges across the grades
* 4th - write letters to our Air Force Pen-Pal in Japan!
* Study hermit crabs - our new class pets!
* Dolphins and Sea Life
* Sea Turtles and Marine Careers
* 3rd African Games
* Created an under the sea wall!
Other Activities That We Have Been Doing to Finish the Year Strong!
* 5th - Science Fair Mystery Theatre!!!
* 4th - GOAL Projects! Prewriting: freewriting, listing, questioning, mapping, outlining, and brainstorming. Then paragraph construction of our goals!
* 3rd - Super Hero Biography Research & Posters! Dress up like your character for presentation day!
* 5th - Slime Science Experiment!
* 5th - Leonardo DaVinci Science - Nature exploration day (outside) and creation of DaVinci notebooks as well as Human Measurement day. Were DaVinci's theories correct?
* Idioms!
* 4th grade 1000 ticket reward party!
Still to come! We have many things left to look forward to as we finish out a wonderful 2013-2014 school year!
* 4th grade - Change Unit
* 3rd Greetings from Somewhere book and activities
* 5th modeling with clay
* 3rd and 5th Pen-Pal Party
* Final Literature Graduation Ceremony!
* More Roman Numerals!
It has been an honor, joy, & blessing getting to know all of these phenomenal children this year! I hope that you all have a fun & refreshing summer! =)
Doctorate of Literature Degree Program!
In High Ability, we have a literature degree program that encourages all students to read as many books as possible! In order for a book to qualify, it must be at the student's grade level or higher. There are 4 possible degrees that students can earn!
Associate's Degree - For reading 20 books
Bachelor's Degree - For reading 50 books
Master's Degree - For reading 75 books
Doctorate Degree - For reading 100 books
Here is the list of graduates in each grade level and the number of qualifying books that they read this year! Each degree comes with prizes as well. AD - Diploma, Graduation Hat, a Graduation Duck, and a book. BD - Diploma, Graduation Hat, Graduation Duck, another book, and a notebook. MD - Diploma, graduation hat and duck, another book, and a special reading log. DD - Diploma, graduation hat and duck, another book, and a personalized "Doctor Your Name" 3 ring binder!
3rd Grade Graduates!
Associate's Degrees
Ethan, Katy (22 total), Kaitlyn, Hannah, Jackson, Kylee, Kylie, Ryan, Ryder, Alli, Tarra (27 total), EJ, Paige I. (39 total), Paige A, Brianna, Madison, Olivia (20 total), and Josie, Eli.
Bachelor's Degrees
Ethan, Hannah, Kaitlyn (65 total), Jackson, Kylee, Kylie, Ryan, Ryder (51 total), Alli, Paige A. (71 total), EJ (51 total), Madison, Josie (68 total). Eli (68 total), Brianna (55 total).
Master's Degrees
Ethan (81 total), Hannah, Jackson (84 total), Kylee, Kylie, Ryan (75 total), Madison.
Doctorate Degrees!!!!!
Kylie (119 total), Hannah (100 total), Madison (105 total), Kylee (105 total).
4th Grade Graduates!
Associate's Degrees
Walker (20 total), Jacob, AJ, Paxton, Cass, Bryce, Hannah, Wyatt, Gabby (23 total), Abby, Emily T., Jack, Ian, Jackie (22 total), James (38 total), Jackson (36), Emily B., Seth, Isaac (24 total), Luke (42 total), Eli (20 total), Ethan (20 total), Sebastian (28 total), Aden, Joy, Megan, Kayla, Sam (48 total).
Bachelor's Degrees
Jacob (50 total), Paxton, Cass, Bryce (58 total), Hannah, Abby, Emily T. (61 total), Ian (50 total), Emily B. (55 total), Seth (56 total), Aden (65 total), Joy, Megan (59 total), Kayla, AJ (56 total), Wyatt, Jack 72 total).
Master's Degrees
Paxton, Hannah, Abby, Joy (77 total), Cass (79 total), Wyatt (90 total).
Doctorate Degrees
Paxton (114 total), Hannah (120 total), Abby (162 total), Kayla (103 total).
5th Grade Graduates!
Associate's Degrees
Riley D. (26 total), Zach (20 total), Liam (20 total), Jessie (23 total), Kimber (23 total), Brayten (29 total), Jack (20 total), Jake (31 total), Emily (31 total), Bertie, Brady (24 total), Kiana, Logan (20 total), Isabelle (20 total), Jaden (20 total), Elaina, Mac (33 total).
Bachelor's Degrees
Bertie (50 total), Kiana (50 total), Elaina (59 total).
Master's Degrees
None
Doctorate Degrees
None
Associate's Degree - For reading 20 books
Bachelor's Degree - For reading 50 books
Master's Degree - For reading 75 books
Doctorate Degree - For reading 100 books
Here is the list of graduates in each grade level and the number of qualifying books that they read this year! Each degree comes with prizes as well. AD - Diploma, Graduation Hat, a Graduation Duck, and a book. BD - Diploma, Graduation Hat, Graduation Duck, another book, and a notebook. MD - Diploma, graduation hat and duck, another book, and a special reading log. DD - Diploma, graduation hat and duck, another book, and a personalized "Doctor Your Name" 3 ring binder!
3rd Grade Graduates!
Associate's Degrees
Ethan, Katy (22 total), Kaitlyn, Hannah, Jackson, Kylee, Kylie, Ryan, Ryder, Alli, Tarra (27 total), EJ, Paige I. (39 total), Paige A, Brianna, Madison, Olivia (20 total), and Josie, Eli.
Bachelor's Degrees
Ethan, Hannah, Kaitlyn (65 total), Jackson, Kylee, Kylie, Ryan, Ryder (51 total), Alli, Paige A. (71 total), EJ (51 total), Madison, Josie (68 total). Eli (68 total), Brianna (55 total).
Master's Degrees
Ethan (81 total), Hannah, Jackson (84 total), Kylee, Kylie, Ryan (75 total), Madison.
Doctorate Degrees!!!!!
Kylie (119 total), Hannah (100 total), Madison (105 total), Kylee (105 total).
4th Grade Graduates!
Associate's Degrees
Walker (20 total), Jacob, AJ, Paxton, Cass, Bryce, Hannah, Wyatt, Gabby (23 total), Abby, Emily T., Jack, Ian, Jackie (22 total), James (38 total), Jackson (36), Emily B., Seth, Isaac (24 total), Luke (42 total), Eli (20 total), Ethan (20 total), Sebastian (28 total), Aden, Joy, Megan, Kayla, Sam (48 total).
Bachelor's Degrees
Jacob (50 total), Paxton, Cass, Bryce (58 total), Hannah, Abby, Emily T. (61 total), Ian (50 total), Emily B. (55 total), Seth (56 total), Aden (65 total), Joy, Megan (59 total), Kayla, AJ (56 total), Wyatt, Jack 72 total).
Master's Degrees
Paxton, Hannah, Abby, Joy (77 total), Cass (79 total), Wyatt (90 total).
Doctorate Degrees
Paxton (114 total), Hannah (120 total), Abby (162 total), Kayla (103 total).
5th Grade Graduates!
Associate's Degrees
Riley D. (26 total), Zach (20 total), Liam (20 total), Jessie (23 total), Kimber (23 total), Brayten (29 total), Jack (20 total), Jake (31 total), Emily (31 total), Bertie, Brady (24 total), Kiana, Logan (20 total), Isabelle (20 total), Jaden (20 total), Elaina, Mac (33 total).
Bachelor's Degrees
Bertie (50 total), Kiana (50 total), Elaina (59 total).
Master's Degrees
None
Doctorate Degrees
None