Frisco Elementary STEM News

 Hi, everyone, Cardboard Convention work time We are offering time at school for students to work on their Cardboard Convention project. This project is not required , but students and families can display their work on February 15 at 6:00 PM. Mr. Hansen and I are offering times after school on January 31, February 2, February 7, and February 9 between 4-5 PM. Please email this Cardboard Convention Permission Slip , if your child is going to stay and work in the LMC and STEM lab. If your child is a little confused, we will all make a paper prototype in STEM Monday and Tuesday. Chromebook Care: We are seeing a few more damaged Chromebooks recently, and right now, we do not have loaners available for students to borrow . I have two set aside for students who need to test. Central is doing their best to get repairs done. Please remind yourself of our repair policy in the One2World Handbook . For a brief period of time last year, if students were keeping the high quality, cloth, h...

 

 Dearest Frisco Families, LMC, Tech, and Inquiry This week, music begins, and I am teaching Library Media Center and Inquiry lessons. What does that mean, you ask? Inquiry is a key component to IB, even at very young ages.  Grades 2-5 will focus on asking different levels of questions to avoid asking the questions that are "Googleable". We will be talking about questions using slightly different language, but here is a short video  that explains three different types and why it is important to be thinking critically.  Approaches to learning are another key part of IB learning. Thinking skills are essential to continuing to apply learning outside of school. In our lessons, thinking skills look like the following. We can come up with creative ideas. We can think about our learning. Question hats (levels of questions) are one example. Kindergarten and first grade will be learning about how to prove their opinions. Prove it! (Imagine a game show host here.) Kindergarte...