The eighth grade students have finished reading a book "My Brother Sam is Dead" in their English Language Arts classes. It is a historical fiction story that takes place during the American Revolution. As the places in the book are real, students used Google My Maps...
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Recently, Mr. Reynold's CTE classes were having boat races in gutters turned race lanes. Students used the design cycle to plan, create, test, and re-engineer their boats. The boats were 'hot cut' by the students from foam pieces in the shop area. Mr. Reynolds...
read moreGot House Points?
Grisham has started the concept of houses this year. Yes, just like the ones from the familiar Harry Potter series. The practice is quite common in some countries. At Grisham, each student and teacher is randomly selected into a house. Each house has their own...
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Sixth grade scientists are using technology to learn about movement. Armed with digital data collection devices and motion detectors, students were able to detect various movements from themselves as well as other objects. the motion sensor uses echo location to...
read moreA trip back in time
Last week, seventh grade Texas History classes took a little trip back in time through the use of a trunk of historical items borrowed from the Alamo. Stations were set up in the library to explore various facets of life in order to feel Texas history up close....
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Mr. Reynold's CTE classes are using Sketchup this year for modeling. They have been practicing with the tool and are now working on creating houses. Sketchup comes with a robust set of library objects with which to build just about anything. In addition, add-ons make...
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