Hoover Families and Friends - We are working with City High Ambassadors to collect as many PAGES as possible! Students are donating new and gently used books to the UIHC in-patient cart and library. Kids in the in-patient ward of the hospital will get to select a book from the cart to keep and enjoy. We are excited here at Hoover to over the special gift of passing meaningful texts from one person to another in our community.
If you have books - of all genres and for all ages - that you would like to donate, please give them to a 3-6 grader at Hoover or stop on by and drop them off in one of the boxes in our rooms. Thank you!
Inquiry Projects have been presented!
Students have culminated their research, collaborations and productions involved in solving their inquiry project questions:
What are musk deer? Do (and how do) animals truly adapt to new habitats? Do our pets prefer certain food and bedding? Why are meerkats fascinating? What is the life cycle of a chimpanzee? What are binturongs? What is interesting about an Arctic fox? Why are tarantulas so large? What is the environment of a panda like?
The PowerPoint presentations, diagrams, posters, models and research papers effectively answered the questions. Students also elaborated on their question to inquire further and take great ownership for their presentation of the information. Nice job 5/6 graders!
I've been so impressed with the positive collaborations students have had this year. Today, when students were coming up with their raps about design roles (structural engineers, architects, contractors and draftspeople), they showed such genuine interest in each others' ideas and suggestions. This has certainly been a Fall filled with great group work. Here is a group that worked together in science this Fall to present their Experiments with Plant study.
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