Three Ways to Learn

Build a Better Brain!

Dear Thinking Partners,

As you know, I think there are three ways you can Learn:                            

1)  Ask questions!

2)  Read!

3)  Hang out with people who are smarter than you are! Often!  

In order to think about your thinking, it is important to have dialogues with other thinkers.  Please sign-in here at Curiosita! to dialogue with others about the question of the day!  (Ask me for your log-in and password.)

Carpe Diem!
Mrs. Walters

Word

WORDLE allows you to create a Word Picture from text.

Go to www.wordle.net  (Note it's a dot.net location - not a dot.com)

1) Enter the vocabulary you wish to appear in your Wordle.

   *The more times you enter a word - the larger it will appear.

   *Phrases should be entered without spaces between the words.

2) When you have your text entered, click Create.

3) Now edit the font, color, layout with the available tools.

Ask me about how to save or print your final product!

Carpe Diem!

Mrs. W

Three Wise Guys

Ancient philosphers were known for their study of beauty, wonder, and goodness.  Three of these wise guys were Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle.  Their socratic questioning, writing of Dialogues, and teaching of great world leaders have all influenced our world even today.

Check out these FlashCards to see what you know!

Carpe Diem!
Mrs. Walters

Let's Begin at the Beginning...

Finally, our class is underway. We have been investigating the original meaning of the word GENIUS. We have found the Latin and Greek root - gen - means to beget, to begin, to give birth to. Also, the same root is used for jovial or joyful - as in the word GENIAL.

So, for 2012-13 we put the two together and created our own class definition of GENIUS, which is: To Give Birth to Joyful Learning.     That's our Mission!

Ancient Romans believed a GENIUS was a guiding spirit that was born with you. One who had a great guiding spirit was a great genius. That inborn genius was celebrated each year on your birthday! So, everyone was expected to have a UNIQUE kind of GENIUS. That would make us all geniuses in different ways. Today, research has shared that we all have many kinds of INTELLIGENCES. So those Ancient Romans were really on to something!

Feel free to join our journey as we engage in Joyful Learning!

Carpe Diem!
Mrs. Walters