Inglewood
October 2007
Note from the Editor
2nd and 3rd Grade
October is my favorite
month (and not just
because it’s my birthday
month). Cooler air,
changing leaves and
Halloween. This month
each grade focused on a
different type of
mystery and/or problem
solving activity. Check
out the Inglewood
library for many puzzling
mystery titles to extend
this concept at home.
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gifted resource please
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This month we began
by reading a mystery
book called Puzzle
Island. We are trying
to solve a mystery
about a “thought to be
extinct” animal. Each
page of the book has
hidden animals that
will help lead us to the
final solution. We also
used our problem
solving skills with
Tangram puzzles and
word games.
By,
William
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4th Grade
5th Grade
6th Grade
This month we did a lot
of fun things. First, we
did One Minute
Mysteries. They were
awesome but hard to
solve. We continue to
work on our chocolate
mystery using decoding
strategies. We will know
who committed the
crime this week. Last
week we did creative
writing puzzles. We had
to make a definition for
a made up word and draw
a picture for it. We
worked together to add
things to the picture and
the definition.
By,
Lucas
We continue to work on
our designing structures
project from last year. We
are building toothpick
bridges to then test their
strength. We also began
and finished a mystery
book called Art Fraud
Detective. We compared
paintings to decide which
were real and which were
forgeries. Now we get to
choose an extension
project. I am going to
research painting styles
and show examples of five
different styles.
This month we started
with 30 Second
Mysteries to practice
our sleuthing. Then we
rolled into our marble
maze project. The point
of this project is to
design a course to go at
the slowest possible
speed. We are learning a
bout variables and what
we can change to make
our mazes more
efficient. To take a
break from the marble
mazes, we developed our
creative writing skills by
making definitions for
made up words.
By,
Elayna
By,
Ryan