The Parts of Thinking

      Today we continued on with several of the activities from last week.  Students were able to take a closer look at their heart rate data and describe the data set using the measures of central tendency they have learned.  They also finished up part 2 of our Children's Guide to Critical Thinking which focused on the parts of thinking: Purpose, Question, Information, Concept, Assumption, Inference, Point of View, Implications and Conclusions.

     We did our daily brain workout with our morphic thinking.  The kids really enjoyed this song that was our lead in to our boundary breaker sharing.  We also looked at a different type of grid reasoning puzzle and used out Habit of Mind, Persisting, to try out some of those.  We also created some similes as our spontaneous problem.  Students made comparisons of themselves when managing and not managing their impulsivity.  They came up with some cute ones!

• When I manage my impulsivity I am like a graceful gazelle.
• When I don't manage my impulsvity I am like a kitty pouncing on a mouse.
• When I manage my impulsivity I am like a cool steady river.
• When I don't manage my impulsvity I am like a nonstop talking parrot.

     Our CSI focus today was on the close reading of an articles about fingerprints.  Here is what we discovered... 65% of people have a loop fingerprint, 30% have a whorl, and only 5% have a arch.

     Finally, we checked out our new Renzulli replacement.  The company has revamped and renamed the program.  We will now be differentiating with online enrichment using GoQuest.  See everyone next week on our CSI field study!