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It's Wednesday!
Today we had regular rotations but by-golly, it sure was fun. "Who is Golly? And why is she always leaving?" -Mr. More Humanities:...
Mrs. Stalheim
Oct 9, 20191 min read
Cruisin' Right Along
We're getting pretty invested in our Cultural Curiosity Cruises! Lots of us got our ideas approved and are already recording some of our...
Mrs. Motsinger
Oct 8, 20191 min read
Monday Funday
Today was a whirlwind of learning! Let's get to brass tax (Mrs. Stalheim just recently learned this phrase). Humanities: Students had two...
Mrs. Stalheim
Oct 7, 20191 min read
We've Been Sharked
FIRST!! We shared log-in codes for JUMPROPE with students this morning. They are written in planners. Places to look for it: page 1,...
Mrs. Motsinger
Oct 4, 20191 min read
Shark Tank Day One!
You know it's a special and fun day at school when you greet your learners and they might be more dressed up than you. We loved seeing...
Mr. More
Oct 3, 20191 min read
We're down to the wire
Tomorrow is the first day of Shark Tank presentations and the kids are feeling the push. We can tell they care about this because their...
Mrs. Motsinger
Oct 2, 20191 min read
Full Speed Monday
Our Design Thinking project is chugging right along. Today students learned about giving and using feedback to improve ideas. Being...
Mrs. Motsinger
Sep 30, 20191 min read
Friday, I'm in Love!
DAY 5 of Design Thinking! It's been a great day learning about prototyping. Each group made a storyboard to demonstrate the user...
Mrs. Stalheim
Sep 27, 20191 min read
Using all the Brains
Thanks to those of you who've already signed and returned the student release forms for my National Board work. If your student hasn't...
Mrs. Motsinger
Sep 26, 20191 min read
Design Thinking & Release Forms
I am pursuing my National Board Certification and need signed consent from parents to use student work anonymously as examples. You may...
Mrs. Motsinger
Sep 25, 20191 min read
Design Thinking: Day 2!
Today was an amazing second day of Design Thinking! We reviewed the design/engineering process and Mrs. Stalheim took us around the...
Mrs. Stalheim
Sep 25, 20191 min read
Design Thinking
We launched a new project today: Design Thinking. One of the big parts of Odyssey is our emphasis on using systems to create, evaluate,...
Mrs. Motsinger
Sep 23, 20191 min read
Thinking, Listening and Understanding
Now that we've put the crime scene behind us, after an amazing day of presentations, today we focused on thinking, listening and...
Mr. More
Sep 19, 20191 min read
Closing in on Who Done It
Another day of forensic labs today. We looked at the powders collected from two suspects' shoes, looked for evidence on the shirts the...
Mrs. Motsinger
Sep 16, 20191 min read
Inside the Forensic Lab
PICTURE DAY IS SEPT 17. Order forms were sent home today. Today was so fun! We took some of our evidence into the "lab" to perform some...
Mrs. Motsinger
Sep 13, 20191 min read
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation!
DUN DUN DUUUUUN! We had the police here at school this morning because there was a pretend situation at school! There was a crime scene...
Mrs. Stalheim
Sep 11, 20191 min read
Who's ready? I-Ready...bad puns and growth mindsets
Students finished up I-Ready testing today with a reading diagnostic (math was on Monday). While not formal assessments, the I-Ready...
Mr. More
Sep 10, 20191 min read
Happy Monday
Where did our sunshine go? Oh, well, the cooler weather is a welcome relief in a building that is still struggling with AC from time to...
Mrs. Motsinger
Sep 9, 20191 min read
Our First Friday!
Happy Friday Gryphons! Today was a day most 6th graders really looked forward to, the day they get to take their Chromebooks home. To...
Mr. More
Sep 6, 20191 min read
STEM Challenge
Today was our first collaboration effort with our peers in a Three Little Pigs STEM Challenge. Randomly grouped triads worked on...
Mrs. Motsinger
Sep 5, 20191 min read
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