Thursday, September 25, 2008

Shape Up and Mysteries of the World

In Mrs. Zawis' class today we played a game called Shape Up were you sat back to back with another person and tried to copy the other persons design they made from the shapes. But only one person can talk! The listener has to try to copy the shape design that the speaker has in front of them ...exactly. They cannot ask any questions at all- the speaker has to be very exact in their explanation. They compare designs when they finish to see whether they match. We can really work on our direction giving and listening skills! We got to research the mysteries of the world and make wikis.One of them was Easter Island, another was mystery spots, bermuda triangle, and Amelia Earheart's disappearance.
-Scout and Sara
Check out our "Shape Up" slide show!


Thursday, September 18, 2008

Q&A

I'll post the questions that I receive as well as my answers here. Questions will also appear in the "comments" as well.
Was the man scary to everyone?- No
Did the man have any weapons?- No
Was the man in the mask going to hurt the other man?-No
Did the man not like the man in the mask? Does not compute
Did the man in the scare him? -No
Was man with the mask going to get hurt by someone else and not the other man? -No
Was the man with the mask sick so the other man was afraid to leave him? -No
Was the man in the mask someone he knew? -Yes
Was there something about the man with the mask that the man without the mask was afraid of? -No
Did the two men not like each other? -Does not compute
Did they know each other? -Yes
Was the man in a mask for a reason?-Yes

Good questions so far- keep up the good work and you will solve it!

Stories with Holes

Here is the new story! Post your questions in the comment area. Remember only yes or no questions!
The man was afraid to go home because the man with the mask was there.

Good luck,
Mrs. Zawis
the first thing we did was Geography Rhyme time where they give you a questions and you find the country, state, or city that rhymes with somthing else like the empire state bacon was new york pork super hard. next we did the rubber band design where we think of a design made mostly out of rubber bands you have to make somethig origanal. did I mention that it was a contest? finally we did a hard Stories With Holes no one coud figure it out but we finally did!
Andres

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Awesome day of Gifted Take 2!

Today was another great day of Gifted! We finished up our cubism project. If you don't know what that is, it is inspired by Pablo Picasso. Read the other blog by Carli to find out more.

We also made a Wiki about famous scientists. A Wiki is not a word in a rap, it is place to post or find out information. And you can edit a Wiki to add more. Brook and I did our Wiki on Thomas Edison. Be sure to check out ALL of the Wikis on eminent scientists.

Thursday, September 4, 2008

A Wiki Wacky Day


The first day of gifted was simply magnificent!W started off with some self portraits and not like our face....OUR NAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!we drew our names with our personality and hobbies.
We then stared busting our brains by finding states and countries in different sentences.For example:We went to the beach in a boat.and the answer is china.
We also learned about Picasso and did a cubism project.
And my favorite part WE STARTED THE MUSICAL!And i can't wait to find out some more songs.Can you tell that we have had a magnificent day in gifted.We've started learning about wiki's which is where you can go and edit information on different things and add to it . We are doing wiki's about different scientists.
Carli