Today’s Challenge: Using only newspaper, 24 inches of tape, and one scissors, you and your partner need to create one shoe that fits either you or your partner’s foot. The shoe must be able to come on and off without falling apart.

Teamwork Rubric Focus (Communication):

My goal for communication today within my team is… Listening to their ideas and having them listen to my ideas 

My Individual Plan 

Take off my shoe, and surround it in newspaper. Then I will tape it together, take out the shoe, and put the newspaper shoe on.

Why I think my plan will be successful: Because it will fit my foot and it will be wider so it won’t break. Since it will be bigger, it will be easy to slide on and off of my foot. 

Our Group’s Plan 

we take my shoe off and rap paper on my foot with a Nike logo on it

After the Build

Our design worked well because…

it fit

This activity was challenging because…

we had to go thru 3 drafts before we got this

This activity was comfortable because….

it fit… eventually

I met my teamwork communication goal by…

by listening to others

A strength of my partnership was….

we were all 5th graders

An area of growth for my partnership is…

I think we did very good

For our next challenge, my new teamwork communication goal for myself is….

I don’t know yet

How have you changed as a group member this year in ETC?

I have been better by being a better team member.

How has working in ETC made you a better student in other classes?

I have been better by being a better team member.

Thinking about my blog posts, I have improved by….

I haven’t really improved.

In the future, I plan to improve my blog posts by….

being more specifec.

Today’s Challenge: Using only provided materials ( 6 straws, 1 piece of paper, a piece of tinfoil, 12 inches of masking tape, 2 paperclips, 2 pieces of string, 1 envelope, and 2 pipe cleaners)  create a structure that holds two cups as high as possible and as far apart as possible.

Teamwork Rubric Focus:

My goal for participation today while working in my group is…

to create the stucture without getting angry

My Individual Plan 

I was always horrible at strategy.

My Groups Plan

we tape the 3 straws together and put the cups on it

We chose this plan because…

it is smart

Possible challenges that may come up during construction…

it could fall over

Each group member will be responsible for…

1 person will tape the straws and stuff to the ground another person will be in charge of taping the straws together someone will be in charge of cutting tape.

After the Build

Our design didn’t work well because…

because we are not  geniuses

This activity was challenging because…

it fell over multiple times and we cheated by putting the box there

This activity was comfortable because….

it wasn’t

I met my participation goal by…

I didn’t get angry

A strength of my team was….

we started with a good plan

An area of growth for my team is…

thinking deeper in our plan

For our next challenge, my new participation goal for myself is….

I don’t know yet.

In August, I thought the following about myself as a learner:

I thought I was a visual learner.

Today, I would add the following to my puzzle piece….because…

I would add that I need my own space to learn in, because I need to work in quiet.

Today, I would tweak or modify my puzzle piece by….because…

I would not tweak anything, because I think it is all still true.

I think I’ve already grown this year as a learner by….

I do not think I have grown this year as a learner.

Thinking about working in teams in ETC, my classmates can best support my learning needs by….

Working independently, and giving me my own space to work and learn.