Week of September 8-11

It's been amazing to finally meet with my students this week!!! We viewed a video on "grit" to gain a better understanding of what it's all about, and we started to look for words and images that represent what it means to us.  Here's an image that I especially like because in order to have grit, you must have a growth mindset:

 For homework, I asked my 3rd and 4th graders to continue to research the meaning of "grit" and to come prepared with words and images to add to our classroom poster. I challenged the students to come up with their own quotes and images that have special meaning to them and can motivate us throughout the year.

In 5th grade, we will be using algebra and computer programming to create our own video games. We reverse engineered a simple game called NinjaCat to see how the individual parts work using a coordinate grid.  For homework, students were asked to draw a sketch of a game they are interested in creating making sure to include a player, a target, a danger, and a background.

Click here to play NinjaCat