How have you changed as a group member this year in ETC? This year I changed as a leader and a follower. Earlier this year I was not as much of a leader, now I am.

How has working in ETC made you a better student in other classes? (Social Studies, ELA, Jewish Studies, Hebrew, Math, Science) Now I am a good leader. 

Thinking about my blog posts, I have improved by… Learning how to be a good writer in ETC class.

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

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 be as respectful as possible

My Individual Plan: I would put a strip of paper under a cup on the far left and make 2 more “stories” and put the cup on the far right.

Why I think my plan will be successful: it will be strong and far apart from other cup

My Groups Plan <insert photo or sketch and/or type out the plan> the Same thing

We chose this plan because… it smart

Possible challenges that may come up during construction… breaking of materials

Each group member will be responsible for… building and recording

After the Build

broke before pic

Our design worked well because… we won

This activity was challenging because… we had so little materials

This activity was comfortable because… I liked my team

I met my participation goal by… being very respectful

A strength of my team was… we got along

An area of growth for my team is… being more careful

For our next challenge, my new participation goal for myself is…  be more careful

Today’s Challenge: Using only provided materials (two pieces of construction paper, 1 pair of scissors, 1 ruler and one 12-inch strip of masking tape) create the longest paper chain possible.

Teamwork Rubric Focus:

My goal for teamwork today is… To be respectful the whole time.

My Individual Plan: I want to make as many 3×1 strips of paper as possible into a chain.

Why I think my plan will be successful: we will have lots of chains.

My Groups Plan: make 1 chain than cut strips and tape them together

We chose this plan because… It was a smart idea

Possible challenges that may come up during construction… Too think and break

Each group member will be responsible for… one person will cut one person will tape and one person will make it a paper chain.

After the Build

<insert photo of completed chain>

Our design worked well because… It was 841 inches long

This activity was challenging because… it was not

This activity was comfortable because… I liked my group

I met my teamwork goal by… Being very respectful

A strength of my team was… there was no arguing

An area of growth for my team is… N/A

For our next challenge, my new teamwork goal for myself is… Be more respectful