It's been a great week in GT! Our class studied Bill Gates and his life this week, learning why he is a powerful person. We identified several traits that he possessed including creativity, helpfulness (philanthropy), and perseverance. We were interested to find out that Bill Gates was bored in school beccause he already knew a lot of the material. When he discovered computers at his new school, it helped him find a reason to learn again. After reviewing his bio, we tried some activities with Ozobot robots and coding them to do tasks. We realized we had to learn the language of this technology just like Bill Gates learned the language of computers. Sorry about the lack of pictures! Next time!
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Friday, January 8, 2016
Upcoming News
Dear Parents,
Please read the two news items below:
Advanced Studies will be hosting its first GT Parent Advisory Committee meeting on Tuesday, March 8, 2016, from 6:00-7:00 p.m. in the Lamar CISD board room. Information about the current GT program, the GT State Plan, resources for elementary GT parents and plans to start a GT Parent Organization will be shared. Parents will be given a voice on GT topics in the district. Please plan on attending and reserve the date on your calendar! A flyer will be sent home soon.
Also, I will be conducting testing for Frost students nominated for the GT program the next two weeks. GT pullout classes will be canceled next week and we may have interruptions to our schedule the following week. Thank you for your continued support of our program and the nomination process.
Thank you,
Leann Imrie
Please read the two news items below:
Advanced Studies will be hosting its first GT Parent Advisory Committee meeting on Tuesday, March 8, 2016, from 6:00-7:00 p.m. in the Lamar CISD board room. Information about the current GT program, the GT State Plan, resources for elementary GT parents and plans to start a GT Parent Organization will be shared. Parents will be given a voice on GT topics in the district. Please plan on attending and reserve the date on your calendar! A flyer will be sent home soon.
Also, I will be conducting testing for Frost students nominated for the GT program the next two weeks. GT pullout classes will be canceled next week and we may have interruptions to our schedule the following week. Thank you for your continued support of our program and the nomination process.
Thank you,
Leann Imrie
Wednesday, January 6, 2016
The Hour of Code!
All classes experienced the Hour of Code last week. We started out this year by watching a short video about the national movement and why coding is important. See more videos explaining this here. I don't know who or if any of my students will choose fields relating to computer science, but I do know I have classrooms full of problem solvers, innovators, and creators who will learn to use coding in many ways. I hope to revisit the hour of code this year and add even more experiences with coding. Once again this year, we accessed code.org and worked on courses for our experience level; students received an account that will keep track of our progress. We all have a new appreciation for computer science!
4th Grade: Making Plans, Making Progress
Our Frost Cardboard Challenge was a huge success and there were many "behind the scenes" activities to make our arcade games the best ever. This post is a recap of what we did before we invited our friends to play.
Much of our design process was recorded in a packet that we could refer to throughout the unit and was a place we could record our test and re-test findings. Once underway, we let our classmates evaluate our games; giving feedback to us by using 2 Stars and a Wish: 2 parts of the game we liked (stars) and 1 idea/suggestion (wish) to make the game better. Everyone was very respectful in the way they gave their constructive criticism, and in the end it just helped us make our games better for Arcade Day! Once games were evaluated and re-designed we had to decide which charity we wanted to gift our proceeds from Arcade Day. Class members brainstormed charities, then were given a slip of paper with a charity on it to research and report back to the class. We recorded our information on a huge piece of chart paper; then individually we came up to the paper, read the info and vote by tally mark which charity we felt best fit our class. We chose the animals in the Houston Zoo!
Post about our recent cardboard challenge day coming soon!
Much of our design process was recorded in a packet that we could refer to throughout the unit and was a place we could record our test and re-test findings. Once underway, we let our classmates evaluate our games; giving feedback to us by using 2 Stars and a Wish: 2 parts of the game we liked (stars) and 1 idea/suggestion (wish) to make the game better. Everyone was very respectful in the way they gave their constructive criticism, and in the end it just helped us make our games better for Arcade Day! Once games were evaluated and re-designed we had to decide which charity we wanted to gift our proceeds from Arcade Day. Class members brainstormed charities, then were given a slip of paper with a charity on it to research and report back to the class. We recorded our information on a huge piece of chart paper; then individually we came up to the paper, read the info and vote by tally mark which charity we felt best fit our class. We chose the animals in the Houston Zoo!
Post about our recent cardboard challenge day coming soon!
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