Fifth Grade PEAK
February 6 and February 9
THEME:
- Students continued to write feature magazine articles. We highlighted the necessary tools to write a feature magazine article. Students worked on how to incorporate an authentic piece of research into their article - interview with an expert, survey, observation, etc.
Centers
Enrichment Centers:
Topic Study: We continue to work on independent research topics. Students are challenged to complete a project that reflect his/her learning style, shows depth of knowledge on a higher level of Bloom's Taxonomy, and answer/reflect on essential questions that are driving research.Math: Students work a their own pace through a series of algebraic lessons.
Science: We are planning our solar collectors for our contest. We will compete with all 5th grade students at the Alexander Doniphan site. Students are writing plan with rationales and building the solar collectors. We will test in approximately two weeks.
Personal Growth and Development
- Self- Regulation Goal Setting: Students learned about self-regulating behaviors such as:
extend effort when faced with challenge
be able to focus for long periods of time
set specific goals
self-monitor
adapt efforts to the task
These self regulating behaviors help students:
2. Improve your motivation
3. Control your cognitive strategies for learning
- Personality Style inventories: Students are completing a series of personality inventories. After each inventory, students write reflections and discuss outcomes with peers. Our purpose is to focus on ourselves as learners and learn how to maximize our learning opportunities and get along with our peers.
Topics covered so far include:
- Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic motivation
- Optimism vs. Pessimism
- Introvert vs. Extrovert
- Learning Style Inventory (Auditory, Kinesthetic, Visual)
- Online Learning Style Inventory (Multiple Intelligence Theory)
- Personality object (Blackberry, Teddybear, Magnifying Glass, and Spinning Top)
- Communication Style #1 and Communication Style #2
Perfectionism:
- Students read chapter 1 and 2 in the book: What to Do When Good Enough Isn't Good Enough - the real deal on perfectionism. We discussed actions, thoughts, and feelings of Perfectionists. We also identified the differences between trying to do well and perfectionism.
TEAM CHALLENGE: Each week will complete one team challenge. The Monday class ran out of time so we will complete two when we return. The focus of Team Challenges are creativity, cooperation,and communication.
PEAK Bits and Pieces
Email: kturner@liberty.k12.mo.us
Website: https://sites.google.com/a/student.liberty.k12.mo.us/peakturner/
Location: Alexander Doniphan Elementary School, Clay Drive, Liberty, MO, United States
Phone: 816-736-5400 2674
Twitter: @PEAKturner
Technology Buzz:
- Today students worked on their own Google Site -- we will use it as a portfolio to house PEAK work
Kahoot It:
- Students participated in an on-line quiz game that tested students' knowledge on the scientific method. The students have learned a lot about science this year!!!!
Google Drive/Classroom:
- We have organized our Google Drives
- Practiced sharing and saving documents
- Bookmarked important websites
- Actively working in Google Classroom
Evernote:
- Set up an account for our note taking research
Cacoo:
- Online Graphic Organizer tool to organize headings and subheadings
Powtoons:
- Set up a PEAK Powtoons account -- many have completed a vocabulary presentation in topic study via Powtoons.
Classroom Book Source:
- Students learned how to check out books electronically from my classroom library.
Tweet:
- There is a link on my student resource page for students to "Tweet" about the day. We will post 5 tweets a week on my classroom board - some even make it to real twitter.
- Please follow me on twitter - you never know when a tweet will post about your child's PEAK day!
Create a Graph:
- Applied our knowledge on how to make graphs online
Padlet:
- Online note taking application used during Topic Study