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Taking Action in our Community

3/27/2015

This year, we have enjoyed donating to The Providence House. For our spring community service project, we decided to make Bunny Baskets for the children at the Providence House. Thank you to Mrs. Greer, who donated the baskets and supplies. Thank you to all of the families who donated sweet treats. Thank you to my amazing class of cheerful givers. It was a wonderful sight to see, students working together to bring smiles to other children. This is what it means to be human.

Please watch the video below to learn more about the wonderful services provided by the Providence House for At-Risk children, families and our community. They are Changing the Story for children and families, and we are taking ACTION to make the world a better place.

http://www.provhouse.org/

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Week 3; How We Organize Ourselves Chess Tournament & Spring Festival

3/27/2015

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Chess Tournament

Spring Festival Celebration

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Week 2; How We Organize Ourselves

3/22/2015

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After spending our first week exploring the function of economics in our local community, we began to investigate how it relates to our every day life and how we can use economics to improve our lives (responsibility). We also began to look at the lives of people who have made a plan to make money (entrepreneurs). We selected a famous entrepreneur to research for our biography report. Our big question is, How did this person's plan/life impact our world?

The entrepreneurs we chose for our biography report.

Trinity took action by bringing in a monopoly game to show the connection to our unit.

Jackson presenting his findings from his SOLE research.

March Fun!

Having fun with Mr. Bubbett. Looks like he's sitting on Lucy's head.

The leprechaun visited our room overnight and left us lucky coins.

Having fun at Discovery! Smoothies and ramps. We had a maze of race car tracks around the room. We were trying to see who could create the longest ramp, with hoops, and turns. Goal to keep the car on the track and finish first. Our newspaper club decided to film it. What a fun Friday!

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How We Organize Ourselves

3/15/2015

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An inquiry into...economic activities and their impact on humankind and the environment.
Central Idea: Economic choices provide opportunities.
Questions to explore:

How does an economy work? (Function)
What does it mean to make responsible decisions? (Responsibility)
How do economic decisions affect community/world and people in different ways? (Reflection)

Please visit our quizlet site to see new vocabulary words for this unit. quizlet.com Bechtelcis

Local Perspective The West Side Market Cleveland, Ohio

Global Perspective Ghana, West Africa One Hen

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Pasta for Pennies; Taking Action!

3/14/2015

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Pasta for Pennies Presented by Olive Garden is a service learning, character education and philanthropy program that gives students a unique experience BY making a difference through teamwork—working together to aid thousands of children and adults in the fight against blood cancers like leukemia.

With every unit of inquiry taught, IB students are encouraged take action to make the world a better place. We also take action as a team, recognizing how much more we can accomplish when we work together. Thank you to all of the families who helped our class beat our goal, by raising $310.00. This fundraiser meant a lot to us, as we have personal stories of family members and friends affected by leukemia.

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Right to Read Week, March 9th-13th

3/9/2015

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One World, Many Stories
Monday: CIS Spirit Wear, "CIS grows readers of the world!
Tuesday: Bring your slippers to school and "Slip into a book!"
Wednesday: "Fun Folktales" from around the world
Thursday: "Cultural Connections" Share a book or a personal story that connects to your culture, with a friend
Friday: "Is it a fair, fairy tale?" Debating classic fairy tales from around the world.

Fill your bag of books for daily D.E.A.R time (Drop Everything And Read)
Invite family and friends in to share a story!

Here are pictures from Day 1

Day 2: Can you guess who? We wore our slippers and "slipped into a book" and I think some slipped under furniture.

Day 3; Fun Folktales, From Around the World

Day 4: Cultural Connections

Guest Readers

Day 5; Is it a fair, fairy tale?
Celebrating our week of reading!

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End of our unit, Where We Are in Place and Time

3/9/2015

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Summative Assessment: Based on the needs of our community, come up with a new plan for Public Square. Create a design or map, and write a persuasive letter to City Council with the details and reasons why they should choose your idea.

Drawing political and physical maps. Explaining the form and function of each map.

Writing Fictional Narratives...imagining what it would have been like to have just arrived in Cleveland in the early 1900's. Based on what we know the land, industry, transportation, communication, and resources were like back then.

Learning about how to choose PEACE everyday. Stay tuned for the book we're writing. Thank you for sending in pictures and examples of how your child chose PEACE at home and in the community.