In our study of Computer Science, CLUEsters learned about apps. We researched one of the most popular and diverse apps in the market, Angry Birds. CLUEsters used creativity skills: fluency, flexibility, originality, and elaboration to design their own Angry Birds app. They illustrated a cover and wrote a description.
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Makenzie R, Kaya, and Rumya participated in the school poetry slam. Kaya and Rumya wrote their poems in CLUE as part of our unit on inventions. CLUEsters had a group discussion about ways to contribute and give back to society. They decided to help St. Jude. After doing research, CLUEsters collected crayons, stickers, coloring books, and activity sets for children at St. Jude to have fun while in the waiting room.
CLUEsters developed their invention poems by pretending they were inventions. Each
CLUEster brainstormed for different inventions, then chose one they would like to be. They thought of characteristics of themselves as inventions as well as how the world would be different without them. They used their vivid imaginations, dictionaries, and thesauruses to assist them in brainstorming for lots of creative ideas. Fluency, flexibility, and originality became evident as each line described and explained important roles of interesting inventions! CLUEsters participated in an introspection activity called either/or. The teacher divided the room into two sides with masking tape. Students had to choose between two things. They moved to the side of the room to represent their choice. Students had to discuss and defend their choices. It turned into a fun debate about creating games versus playing already created games. CLUEsters have been reading The Phantom Tollbooth. It is a fascinating novel about a boy named Milo, who is bored by everything. When a tollbooth mysteriously appears in his room, he drives through only because he’s got nothing better to do. But on the other side things seem different. Milo visits strange lands and meets intriguing characters, and even embarks on a quest! Along the way, Milo makes discoveries about life.
In the story, Milo travels to Digitopolis, the land of numbers where he meets the Dodecahedran. The Dodecahedran has 12 faces, each with a different emotion just right for any occasion. Cluesters created their own dodecahedran with 12 emojis and a corresponding descriptive sentence. Lucy CLUEsters went on a field trip to the Benjamin Hooks Central Library. They did a scavenger hunt to discover all of the wonderful things that the library has to offer.
CLUEsters have been reading The Phantom Tollbooth. In the story, Milo travels to various lands, and he learns that words can be very powerful.
Cluesters created a parts of speech poem. Each line has different parts of speech: adjective, nouns, conjunctions, verbs and adverbs. Line 1: One adjective and one noun Line 2: One adjective, one conjunction, and one adjective Line 3: One verb, one conjunction, and one adjective Line 4: One adverb (ly) Line 5: One noun or pronoun (synonym) CLUE Students have been learning about Computer Science and Robotics. Students transformed a radio wave into a creative new idea. Students used Fluency, Flexibility, Originality, and Elaboration to design their picture. The picture was made into a book cover. Students brainstormed a title and wrote a descriptive book summary. They also wrote a "review" from a fictional news source.
Students investigated the different lobes of the brain. The students brainstormed occupations and analyzed characteristics of the occupations. Students then generated a cranium with those characteristics that correlated to the specific lobes.
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AuthorMy name is Donna Ratchford. I am a CLUE teacher for Shelby County Schools in Memphis, TN. This is our class blog. Archives
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