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Second and Students have been studying Gifts. This unit gives students the opportunity to discover extrinsic and intrinsic gifts available to them in their everyday lives. The unit employs a differentiated, integrated curriculum based on a broad theme. This all-in-one curriculum helps to ensure compliance with national standards, and most importantly, pique students natural excitement and interest in discovery. Sentimental, personal, historical, symbolic, endangered, and fragile gifts are explored. Students also will learn the concept of supply and demand when assessing value or worth. The process and science of the preservation of national treasures also is investigated by students. From Egyptian pharaohs to poor farmers, students will find that everyone has gifts to offer. Our Enduring Understandings so far are: Gifts have different values to different people, Preserved gifts reflect society’s values, and the value of a gift determines if it will be preserved. The tragic events of September 11, 2001, demonstrated again our planet’s great need for developing the highest intellectual, emotional, and ethical potential of everyone, especially those with gifted potential who will be leaders and opinion-makers in every field and nation—and who will determine whether our future will be filled with justice or devastation.-E. Susanne Richert, Global Institute In our Under the Sea Unit, students have just completed their graphic organizers on their sea creature that they have chosen. We are now working on comparing our research findings to the way the creature was portrayed in “Finding Nemo”, creating a PowerPoint about our creatures, and creating a new ocean animal (one that doesn’t already exist). -Ask your student which animal they researched Students have been using the Lego WeDo construction set and software to build robotics. The models feature working motors and sensors and students program their own robot. These activities help students to develop their skills in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, as well as language, literacy, and About Scratch With Scratch, you can program your own interactive stories, games, and animations — and share your creations with others in the online community. Scratch helps young people learn to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively — essential skills for life in the 21st century. Scratch is a project of the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab. Students are just starting

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Page 1: About Scratch · Web viewScratch helps young people learn to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively — essential skills for life in the 21st century. Scratch

Second and

Students have been studying Gifts. This unit gives students

the opportunity to discover extrinsic and intrinsic gifts available to them in their

everyday lives. The unit employs a differentiated, integrated

curriculum based on a broad theme. This all-in-one curriculum helps to ensure compliance with

national standards, and most importantly, pique students

natural excitement and interest in discovery. Sentimental,

personal, historical, symbolic, endangered, and fragile gifts are explored. Students also will learn

the concept of supply and demand when assessing value or worth. The process and science of the preservation of national

treasures also is investigated by students. From Egyptian

pharaohs to poor farmers, students will find that everyone

has gifts to offer.

Our Enduring Understandings so far are: Gifts have different values to different people,

Preserved gifts reflect society’s values, and the value of a gift

determines if it will be preserved.

Ask your child about King Tut, The Star Spangled Banner, and

our Egg drops!

The tragic events of September 11, 2001, demonstrated again our

planet’s great need for developing the highest intellectual, emotional, and ethical potential of everyone,

especially those with gifted potential who will be leaders and opinion-

makers in every field and nation—and who will determine whether our

future will be filled with justice or devastation.-E. Susanne Richert, Global Institute for Maximizing

Potential

In our Under the Sea Unit, students have just completed their

graphic organizers on their sea creature that they have chosen.

We are now working on comparing our research findings

to the way the creature was portrayed in “Finding Nemo”,

creating a PowerPoint about our creatures, and creating a new

ocean animal (one that doesn’t already exist).

-Ask your student which animal they researched

Students have been using

the Lego WeDo construction

set and software to build

robotics. The models

feature working motors and

sensors and students

program their own robot.

These activities help

students to develop their

skills in science, technology,

engineering, mathematics,

as well as language,

literacy, and social studies.

About Scratch

With Scratch, you can program your own interactive stories,

games, and animations — and share your creations with others in

the online community. Scratch helps young people learn to think creatively, reason systematically,

and work collaboratively — essential skills for life in the 21st

century. Scratch is a project of the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab. Students are just

starting with this program but have had some time to explore.