Friday, December 18, 2009
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
We're Almost There!
Friday, November 20, 2009
Reflecting on Action
Fifth graders just finished the action component of Exhibition. As usual, we were in awe of what the students accomplished. Some examples of the actions taken are shown above. Osei and Jairan brought in the pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, Joe Savery, and professional boxer, Lou Savarese, to talk to the kids about childhood obesity. Sunnie and Maia went to the Houston Zoo and conducted an interview about how they help endagered species as well as writing, illustrating, and presenting a children's book about these animals. Miranda and Jade wrote a letter to the president of the U.S. asking for help with water contamination and also made a movie to inform other students about the issue. Sharonya and Amna managed to have the entire school take a vow of silence during lunch to symbolize children all over the world who do not have a voice. Amy, Elissa, and Gabby created a painting that will be sold to raise money for a new child abuse shelter. Estelle and Cambre arranged for the Houston Police Department to bring in two different types of service dogs to demonstrate their abilities to all of fifth grade. Believe it or not, this is just a small handful of the actions that our amazing students have taken. Check out the comments to see what other students did.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Action Time!
For instance, Mitchell and Zachary’s topic is “How soccer helps under-privileged kids come together.” The idea is that by getting kids from different background; kids who would not usually like each other or even talk to each other, to play together, it will make the kids become friends and develop understanding. Their action is going to be to donate soccer equipment to under-privileged kids in Galveston and other areas around Houston through the Dynamo Charities Program. They are working with the Dynamo to gather equipment that will go to soccer underprivileged kids. Now that is making a difference!
Another example is what Aneil and Bowen are doing. Their topic “Biofuels” For their action, they made flyers about biofuels and handed them out at a local gas station to educate customers about the benefits of biofuels. They encouraged people to push their politicians to require more development of biofuels from renewable sources. They also are making a website about biofuels. The website isn’t done yet but the address will be http://www.biofuels-101.webs.com/ . See even kids can make a difference in their community!
Friday, November 6, 2009
3....2....1...ACTION!
This week, we started planning our action for Exhibition. Action is doing something to help the issue that we have chosen. An example… Say someone was doing "how deforestation affects the environment" for their topic. They could write a letter to the mayor to tell the mayor to make a proposal to help deforestation in Houston. This would be an example of "action". We have up until November 17th to complete our action. Action is NOT easy! It provides us with ability to do something major. Check out our video of Shruti interviewing Brayla and Clara about what they are doing for action and what they feel about exhibition so far.