October

 SAIL has been harvesting great ideas this month! 

Fifth-grade math students created business plans while learning about the small business model. They are applying their understanding of decimals and percentages to the food truck business concept.

 Some students wanted to share their business plans rather than their pictures.  Others were hamming it up for the camera. 😊

In addition, all ELA students have been solving anagrams as a warm-up activity in class. Some students have expressed a desire to create their own anagrams to share with the class.

                                                                

Welcome Back to School!

S.A.I.L.'s voyage has begun this year. Here's a peek at our fourth graders in math.  

Golf, anyone? Fourth graders demonstrated how the angles of golf clubs relate to geometry.  The angle of the golf club affects the arch and distance of how far a golf ball will go.   

June

 Have a great summer!  

May

 In 5th-grade ELA, students delved deeper into the Civil War, exploring a painting by Maine native Eastman Johnson, "A Ride for Liberty." Additionally, they showcased their creativity by crafting a vocabulary guide for the Civil War using word illustrations.

5th-grade math students embarked on an exciting field trip to Mow's Munchies food truck to savor their very own creation, the delectable Buffalo Bombs, now proudly featured on the summer menu.

ELA students' original creative writing pieces were published in "Spooky Saga: A Paranormal Anthology." Each elementary school library received its own copy to share with students.

Math students embraced engineering challenges that put their critical thinking and building skills to the test.

                    How many pennies can you fit on a tin foil boat?  The record was 37 pennies!

How do you move three golf balls to a basket using your supplies without touching them? 

There are many creative ways to do it!

April

 4th-grade math students modified a mini-golf course into a tabletop version for the residents of Gorham House.  Students learned about geometry by building their mini-golf courses out of a box top in the fall.  

5th-grade math was inspired by the excitement of the Summer Olympics.  Students calculated the volume in an Olympic-sized pool and converted units to liters as they "sold souvenirs" of soda bottles full of water a gold medalist swam in.  

  

4th-grade ELA continued with Maine History. After an in-depth look into lighthouses, students wrote journal entries using sensory words through the eyes of a lighthouse keeper. Students also analyzed the figurative language used in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, The Lighthouse. 

5th-grade ELA students studied Total Solar Eclipses and Lunar Eclipses.  They learned about the general framework of a debate.   Narragansett students participated in a classroom debate.  Students decided if they were Team Total Solar Eclipse or Team Lunar Eclipse for the Most Spectacular Event In The Sky debate.  They stated their beliefs, provided reasons to support them, and defended a counter-argument.  The teams did a great job!

 

March

 Fourth-grade math students have modified mini-golf courses for the residents at Gorham House.  These students have applied ideas from their mini-golf courses and made modifications required for residents to play golf on this tabletop version.  Gorham schools are committed to caring for the community, and students have applied the Code of Conduct's compassion to provide fun activities for Gorham House residents.

4th-grade math students continued a Maine STEM unit by learning about renewable energy in Maine.  Students created turbines that would simulate power if a tidal turbine farm were to operate off our shores.  

 

5th-grade math students continued their work on understanding a total solar eclipse.  They measured the scale of the size and distance of the sun, earth, and moon to each other. 

 

5th graders at Great Falls finished A Mango Shaped Space.  This story tells of Mia's journey with synesthesia, which is a condition that integrates different senses.  Students made origami sunglasses and decorated them to symbolize how they could see the world if they had synesthesia.  

Other 5th-grade ELA students studied Greek Mythology and created their own myths.  

Fabulous February

5th-grade math students created their personal math operations using symbols, rules, and examples to teach their unique operations to classmates.  

4th-grade math students put on engineering hats and brainstormed ideas on modifying lobster traps to keep other sea creatures from possible entanglement in lines.  Great ideas were generated!  Some examples included using magnets, solid circle lines, lighted lines, and noise makers.  A special thank you to the Crowley family for donating their lobster trap so we could explore it.  

4th Grade ELA students created Maine Folktales.  Since folktales are passed down orally, students recorded their voices to share with Narragansett School Pre-K classes.  

4th Grade Maine Folktales

Read Across America Fun!  

Thank you, Mrs. Peters, for our fantastic door design at Great Falls!