Miss Kelly's Coming Attractions

Miss Kelly's kids can use this weekly "preview" to get a head-start on our time together! Or you can use it after your "Miss Kelly Day" - to help you remember what we did during our time together so that you can share it with your family!*


In Class This Week...

End of the School Year, 2008

Have a great summer! Play hard and get dirty!

Love, Miss Kelly


Munchy - Opinion - Number

Miss Kelly's classes start the day with a Morning Munchy - just a little thoughtful tidbit to get our brains chewing!
In our 3rd - 5th classes, we also have a Quote, a Number, and an Opinion to think over and talk about.

Morning Munchies
Starter-Thought

This week, your morning munchy will have something to do with...

Check back in August!

You can give your brain a head start by thinking about everything you know about this topic! Then, when you're answering
the morning munchy question in class, your brain will be rip-roaring and ready to go!
Opinion
Continuum

Agree or disagree...

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You can give your brain a head start by thinking about whether you "Totally Agree" or "Totally Disagree" with this statement
- or are you somewhere in between those two options?!

Number 
of the 
Week

  What might this number represent...

Check back in August!

Hint: Check back in August!.

Start thinking about what this number might represent. What connections can you make between this number and pieces or piles of information you have stored in your mind? Does this number have a personal meaning to you? Does it remind you of anything? Might it mean something in a particular field of study?

 

* Why post this online?
- so learners have an opportunity to read a little about what we'll be doing before coming to class... priming their thinking by accessing their prior knowledge!
- so learners have an opportunity to experience "open loops" - a "mental cliffhanger" where the resolution is not immediate.
- so learners can take part of their classroom home with them - to share with their families!
- so parents can use them as conversation starters! Instead of asking, "How was Miss Kelly's class today?" Try this, "Where did you put your clip on the opinion continuum? What was your thinking?" OR "Miss Kelly's quote this week was neat. What did your friends think of it?"
- so other gifted classes can use these, and the archives, as a resource.
- so people know a little more about what we do in here!