We didn't have very many classes in May with testing and field day, however, the ones we did have were put to good use as students finished up their architecture projects and presented their work. We met in the cafeteria to present last Wednesday as teachers and classes walked through to listen to them talk about their projects and the process they went through and things they learned. It has been a great year in ALERT, I enjoyed working with your children and seeing them grow and mature. I hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable summer and I'll hopefully see you next year.
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Between testing and finished projects May was a VERY hectic month, as you can tell by how late I am attaching the blog post for the entire month. We basically spent all month finalizing architecture projects and practicing for presentations which went extremely well last Tuesday. Most of them seemed very excited about taking their projects home, hopefully they put them to good use - either as a display on a bookcase or shelf, as a fort, castle, or playhouse for their dolls or action figures. Have a great summer and I'll hopefully see you next year. The pictures in the slideshow are from the last two ALERT classes for this school year, as well as a few days in between when I was able to pull some of them for small group/one on one work for their architecture projects. They worked really hard on these this year and when they presented on Monday the 23rd they received rave reviews from the classes they presented. The teachers were very complimentary about how they shared their work with other students, not only the final products, their model house and Minecraft house, but also the process they took to get there, how much work was involved, and all the things they learned. Congratulations as you move into 6th grade, have a safe and happy summer! ALERT students this week spent all day building their model houses, working on their Minecraft house, and preparing for their oral presentations coming up at the end of May. They have made pretty quick progress, but not without having some hurdles to overcome. There have been plenty of support beams glued on the wrong sides of buildings, so front walls suddenly became back walls. As well as some misunderstandings of how walls actually look when they choose houses that aren't "typical." For instance, many chose modern houses thinking the square and rectangles would make things easier, but then having multi-layered side walls threw them for a loop. They have had to go back and re-look at many of our previous shape lessons to see who multiple 2D shapes come together to make certain 3D shapes, as well as how a 2D picture may show one measurement, but the 3D model may require some different modeling to actually make the pieces fit. |