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Back to SchoolTitus 2019-20

Mrs. Walls

•22nd year in CB•14th year teaching Pen•Former 1st and 2nd grade teacher•Titus/Linden•3 children (ages 12, 10, & 6)•Twitter @cbcwalls•Check website at the end of every week for updates.•SeeSaw

Primary Pen:

Thursday: 1:15-1:45; 2:25-3:10 & Friday:10:55am-11:400am

3rd Grade:

Thursday: 8:40-10:10 & Friday:2:15:- 3:10

4th Grade:

Monday: 10:00 – 11:05 & Friday: 8:40 – 10:00

5th Grade:

Monday: 8:45-10:15 and Tuesday: 2:40-3:05 and Thursday 10:55-11:40

6th grade:

Monday: 8:45-10:15 and Tuesday: 2:40-3:05 and Thursday 10:55-11:40

PEN Times

Primary PEN

Detective Science

❖ Solving mysteries

❖ Logic puzzles

❖ Breaking codes

❖Who Borrowed Mr.

Bear Day – Monday,

January 13th

Power Up

❖ How do machines

make life easier?

❖ Simple and complex

machines

❖ PEN Arcade (early

June)

Third Grade

Game On!

❖ Intro to game design

❖ History of gaming

❖ Game mechanics

❖ Create your own game

Architecture

❖ Study of architects and types of

architecture

❖ Design a facility

❖Walking tour of

Doylestown (Octo(

(October)

Fourth Grade

Creative

Problem Solving

❖Invention Convention –culminating activity (May)

❖Identify a problem and solve it with an invention

❖Much of the year is about collaboration and problem solving as a team

Fifth and Sixth Grade

Robotics

❖ Design a variety of

robots

❖ Evaluate the BEST

robot

❖ Use that robot to work

to solve a variety of

challenges

Changemaker Challenge

❖C the Opportunity

❖B the Change

❖Work as a team to solve a local or global issue

❖Present the solution to the problem at Robotics Day (late May, early June)

Conferences

❖ Individual GIEP at annual date – check with your teacher if you would like to know when your child’s GIEP is due

❖ Parental request – phone or in-person meetings

❖ Because we are meeting individually for GIEPs this year, we will typically only attend conferences at parent or teacher request, and based upon our availability.