Monthly Archives: October 2018

Newspaper Shoe Challenge

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Teamwork Rubric Focus (Communication):

 

My goal for communication today within my team is…

Not to yell at my group

My Individual Plan

Take the smallest person and mold the newspaper around the shoe so it looks like a shoe but is made of paper.

 

Why I think my plan will be successful:

It will have the structure of a shoe

Our Group’s Plan 

To put a few newspapers on the ground and call it a shoe

 

We chose this plan because…

It has no loose ends and it’s going to work

Possible challenges that may come up during construction…

NONE This plan cannot be messed

Each partner will be responsible for…

putting the paper on the ground

After the Build

 

Our design worked well because…

It was easy to make

This activity was challenging because…

hard to walk in

This activity was comfortable because

We had a simple design

I met my teamwork communication goal by…

not yelling

A strength of my partnership was….

having the same idea

An area of growth for my partnership is…

To make our product  look better

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

My goal is to make sure we have the plan

End of NA Unit Reflection

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How do you think you have grown as a learner since the beginning of this unit?

I have learned about lots of things that I never would think about

 

What topic this unit has been most interesting to you? Explain.

The debate because I got to get both perspectives.

Think about our school values.

  • What has this unit made you wonder?
  • It made me wonder about others lives
  • How has this unit made you feel empathy?
  • How fortunate I am
  • How has this unit strengthened your feeling of Tikkun Olam?
  • I want to help up

 

What can we (your teachers) change to make this unit better in the future?

One more debate.

Native amaricain expersise

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Some Native Americans do not like the term Native American. Explain why they reject this name.

They like their old name

One person in the BBC Video said that living in poverty does not mean they are poor. What do you think he meant by that?

They do not have the resources to get out of the poverty sickle.

Some Native Americans approve of the team name Redskins. What is their reason for approving this name while others do not?

They are proud of there name

In the CNN segment, there was a story told about a woman who used to approve of the name Redskins, and now does not. What changed? Why does she no longer approve of the name?

People are making fun of her.

How can non-Native people help others learn about Native Americans current issues? What can we do to help?

Donate money to them to help them get out of the poverty circle.

Reflecting on ETC

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

 

Not always trying to control my group

 

How has working in ETC made you a better student in other classes? (Social Studies, ELA, Jewish Studies, Hebrew, Math, Science)

 

Yes and no because it has helped me on my blog posts but not on other things.

 

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

 

Yes. I have improved by making them more have more details and used more descriptive words.  

 

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

Revising in more detail.

Cup Holder Chalange

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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…

Not to dicktate my group

My Individual Plan 

It is to work in the hall and put them on the other side of the hall. for making the base were going to mold the cup with tin fiol on straws.

 

Why I think my plan will be successful:

It will be very far apart and tall and it will not fall off because it is sitting on a level platform

My Groups Plan 

To put the cups on the other side of the room for distance apart and for hight we are going to balacne it on straws

 

We chose this plan because…

It was far apart But not too tall

Possible challenges that may come up during construction…

Tape dose not stick to the ground.

Each group member will be responsible for…

Building and dockmunting

After the Build

 

Our design worked well because…

It was long it and did not fall for a while

 

This activity was challenging because…

We had to dockumint during the chalange

This activity was comfortable because….

We did not argue about much

I met my participation goal by…

Letting others do some of the main parts

 

A strength of my team was….

we worked well togther well

An area of growth for my team is…

to make sure we have a set plan

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

Not to yell at my group

Plant Observations in Organlic and Inorganic Material

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Throughout our science unit we have been focusing on organic and inorganic material. As an experiment, we decided to compare the growth of a bean seed in organic material vs inorganic material. We developed hypotheses and predicted what type of material our bean seeds would grow best in. Over the past three weeks we have observed our bean seeds once or twice a week to see how they are changing and growing. Below are my observations I noticed today.Here is a picture of my bean seed growing in organic material:

Here is a picture of my bean seed growing in inorganic material:

My observations about my bean plant that is growing in organic material are……
It grows alot better in organic material.
My observations about my bean plant that is growing in inorganic material are…..

It looks unhealthyand shrivled.
Conclusion: I think the plants grew better in organic material because of these reasons:
  1.It is natraul material
 2. It has good minarauls and vitamins.

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Native American Mascots

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Explain why or why not Mascots meant to resemble Native American people should be changed.

Yes.  They are offensive to the native Native American people.

Should Native American people be given something in return for these mascots? Why?

Yes. It will show them that they are sorry for making fun of them.

Do you think it would be important to you to change these mascots if a mascot was made of you? Explain.

Yes. I would be embarrassed because people were making fun of me on a national scale

Should these teams and the government give Native Americans reparations? Why?

Yes. It will show them that they are sorry for making fun of them.

 

Paper Chain Chalange

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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 not dicktate my group.

 

My Individual Plan 

My plan will be to use as little tape as posibble to tape them togther. But befure we need to cut them as thin as posibble.

 

Why I think my plan will be successful because it will not be using to much matiarils.

 

My Groups Plan

Will be to use as little tape as posibble to tape them togther. But befure we need to cut them as thin as posibble.

 

We chose this plan because it will not be using to much matiarils.

 

Possible challenges that may come up during construction are that it might fall apart because it is so thin.

 

Each group member will be responsible for 

  1. cutting
  2. taping
  3. dockumenting

 

After the Build

<insert photo of completed chain>

 

Our design worked well because…

It was long

This activity was challenging because…

nothing

This activity was comfortable because….

making chians is easy

I met my teamwork goal by…

not dicktating my group

A strength of my team was….

evreyone pratisapated

An area of growth for my team is…

not being  a sore winner

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

not yell

Solving Word Problems with Fractions

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Today in math we continued to work on solving word problems with fractions. When solving word problems we need to draw a visual to represent the problem, write an equation(s) with a variable to represent the unknown amount, show our work, and write the answer with a label. Shown below is what this looks like based on the following word problem:”Rex is making bread. He combines 1 3/4 cups of white flour and 2 1/3 cups of wheat flour. He adds rye flour to make a total of 5 cups. How much rye flour does he add?”

1) Here is a picture of my visual:

2) Here is a picture of my equation(s) with a variable to represent the unknown amount:

3) Here is a picture of the work I did to solve the problem:

4) My answer and label is…

5) Why does drawing a visual help when solving a word problem?
It shows it in real life.
6) How are you feeling about solving word problems with fractions? Is there anything that you still need help with or need to work on further?
I am feeling good. I want to work on rembering to lable
7) We have our Unit 1 test this Friday. Is there anything that you do not understand or want more help with?
No.
8) What will you do throughout this week so you are prepared for the test this Friday?

Do more math.

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Revisiting My Puzzle Piece

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

I need muisc because ti helps me focous.

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

Like it to be warm because I like it to be warm

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

I don’t think I would exept for the warm thing

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

Working in groups better.

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

not yelling during work time.