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Friday, January 23, 2015

Mr. X: Math Magician "Wows" Us!

We were lucky enough to have a surprise visit from Mr. X this week. He amazed us with his mathematical performance! All of his magic has a math foundation. As a former gifted and talented teacher (30 years), he related his performance and tricks to problem-solving and critical thinking especially for our class! Check out the video for a peek at the performance. Thanks Mr. X!

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Working towards a Growth Mindset

Today third graders were introduced to the concept of "Mindset" based on research by Carol S. Dweck. This year, we are exploring what it means to have a growth mindset. A growth mindset embraces challenge, learns from criticism, celebrates the success of others, and realizes that success comes from effort. As our intro lesson, students had a building challenge where we focused on learning from other's successes, and also from failures. During the activity, several students pointed out that they learned what "not to do" from their experience. Check out some of the towers created.

Thursday, December 18, 2014

Welcome to the World!

WELCOME POSEIDON!

Poseidon hatched today (December 18, 2014) at 12:34PM. Nate, the Marine Biologist, came in and helped Poseidon out. Check out this wonderful video of Poseidon coming out of the egg and into the world! (Video does not play on tablets or iPads.)

Poseidon will be making a new home at the Aquarium of Boise. For the first few months he will be found in the hallway across from the drinking fountain with a name tag on his tank. After that he will be moved to the tanks where kids can pet him. What a great experience watching him grow and develop!

Poseidon, we will miss you!

Thursday, December 4, 2014

Poseidon's Window

Poseidon, our bamboo shark got his (her) window to the world when Nate, the Marine Biologist from the Aquarium of Boise came in to cut open the shark egg and place the window. Watch the video to see this amazing change!