January 18-21

 Eagles have completed their exploration of probability and are now learning the foundations of building games.  This week, Eagles worked to create games of luck and skill.  Tuesday, they were challenged to create a game of luck with the use of targets or dice.  Then, have a fellow Eagle test out the game and make adjustments based on the current difficulty. Many Eagles realized their game of luck was too challenging and quickly worked to make the needed changes, creating a game that increased the player's odds of winning. 

 

Wednesday, Eagles were challenged to create a game of skill; focusing on trivia, memory, or building. A few Eagles chose to incentivize their game with a large sum of 'money' being given to the winners.  These games became very popular.  Seems like some of them are tying in their previously learned entrepeneurial skills to sell their game! 

  

We can't wait to see how the Eagles mix what they have learned about games and game-making with their creativity to create their very own board games! Don't miss our Exhibition on February 11th to test them out! 

Friday, Eagles worked on their online game using Bloxels.  Eagles are creating games that require players to find the master's house, to destroy the king of the monsters, and to survive for a certain amount of time. Parents will also have the opportunity to playtest the video games Eagles have created at the Exhibition. 

 

In Writer's Workshop, our focus trait this session is Voice.  Eagles are challenged to improve their writing in one of the following areas; making my writing sound like me, assuring my words sound natural, connecting with the reader, displaying my personaility, and writing in a way that displays how I feel about my topic.  At the end of the session, Eagles will send their letters to their hero and patiently await a response.

  

This session, we implemented a new game of Freedom Levels.  Eagles have the opportunity to earn freedoms in the studio based on their hard work and kindness.   Every goal they set and achieve in Journey Tracker counts as a point towards their Freedom Level; reading Badge Book pages, completing handwriting prompts, Lexia units, Dreambox coins and more! 

Many Eagles are pursuing flow and working to earn the top level, Soaring, which requires over 130 points and a peer feedback score above a 3.  This takes a lot of hard work and dedication, but seems to be well worth the freedoms of Wednesday Computer Game Time, couch freedom, beanbag freedom, and the choice to eat snack anytime during the day! 

 

Faced with a high of 17 degrees and the rest of the church being occupied, our PE leaders were challenged with engaging 22 Eagles with PE inside the studio.  The two leaders chose to start with a Go-Noodle warmup video, UNO workout relay, and finished with a game of All My Friends.