It was another exciting day in “Life Happens” class! This week we were able to complete 2 “years” of experience. Some of this weeks highlights: someone committed identity theft and has taken over the identity of another player, the same
Cupcakes
This math session was all about cupcakes! The Electrons partnered up to work on a math challenge to identify and value different types of cupcakes, icing, and toppings. Once they valued each element of the cupcake, they added the prices
Multiplication Equation
During our first math class, The Electrons did multiplication equation searches. They’re a lot like word searches, but instead of searching for words, we searched for equations. Each Electron chose to work on “2” or “7” times tables, depending on
Sociology
Today we introduced sociology as a formal discipline of the social sciences. Sociology is the study of societies and social institutions and our social and behavioral response to them. The sociological imagination involves our ability to understand the relationship between
Pay Day
We had a lot of fun with our “Life Happens” game today! We learned the basics of tracking our spending and got some practice. Everyone had their first pay day and paid their rent. Some of us had to pay
Webs
Writers made plans for themselves & spent some time writing. Then we had a mini-lesson on making Webs as a pre-writing technique…doing one as a group & trying them on their own. We spent some time sharing our writing and
Geo Boards
We had a great first day exploring the Geoboards with colorful rubber bands. We started off by doing some simple command instructions which they did. We then moved on to some complex commands. They handled that really well and when
Biomes
We had a fun first day. What a great group of kids! The first order of business was to decide on a theme for our classes this session. We voted and chose to learn about different animal habitats/biomes around the
Native American’s Day
For our first art project of the new session, we talked about Native Americans’ Day which was celebrated Friday, Sept 27 in some parts of the country. We discussed that all tribes are unique with unique cultures, beliefs, and histories.
Portraits
On our first day of Electrons Art, we started an investigation of portraits. We looked into the creative artist Hanoch Piven, a collage artist that creates portraits made of household objects. We created portraits and other artistic creations that were