Mrs. King's Brain Gymnasium

Are you up for adventure and excitement? Are you ready to exercise your mind? Take my challenge and exercise your brain! Your brain needs exercise to grow just like your muscles. Let's strengthen our minds with some great critical and creative thinking exercises!

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Join the fun and post your responses to my blog.

Knight and Pawns Chess Pieces Moving

If you're visiting my site, I hope you're up for some good old fashion brain exercise! I want to encourage each of you to exercise your right to think creatively and critically. Your brain needs to work out just like the rest of your body.

You will find a variety of challenging links for you to visit and create a workout for your brain. Your parents will also find some helpful tools to aid in your critical and creative thinking skills. Teachers can also discover some strategies to use in their classrooms to promote critical and creative thinking. I know your brains are getting excited just thinking about all this challenging work. Your brains are ready to expand their knowledge and enhance their thinking skills through activities you can find on my website.

Events and Announcements

Last updated on 10-04-07

Your October Project- Barge Building is due on October 26, 2007. Remember to include your reflections journal responses with your completed project.

Sign up for our monthly chess tournaments. We practice every Monday afternoon from 2:45-3:10 after car riders are dismissed. Our monthly chess tournaments are on the last Friday of every month from 2:45-3:30. Hope to see you there. Beginners are welcome!! Remember once you come to one meeting you're on your way to becoming a Chess Master and you're exercising your mind!

Want to see what's going on at our school? Check out our school website. It includes a monthly calendar and I-Parent. It also has upcoming schoolwide events. http://www.hart.k12.ga.us/northhart

Hot off the Press!

Let's Explore the World Around Us with a Critical Eye!

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During the week this week I challenge each of you to pick up a newspaper that is local and one that covers events around the world. Read an interesting article in the Hartwell Sun and think about how it impacts you and your surroundings. Discuss the article with your parents.

Now, read an article in the U.S. Constitution. Think about how the article impacts you and your surroundings. Discuss the article with your parents.

Each Friday our classroom will be transformed into Mrs. King's Cafe where we will discuss our articles and our opinions and conclusions with our peers. The environment will be warm and everyone's opinions and thoughts will be respected by all.

Occassionally, we will have guest reporters visit our Cafe and share their reporting skills with us. They will assist us in developing our skills to report events and happening at our school.

Why? We will soon be embarking on our own reporting mission as we create the Navigator's Journal, our school newspaper. Be preparing to be investigators and reporters of the facts. You will also have the opportunity to complete a job application for the desired job at our Newspaper Office. Watch the bulletin for more details!

Meet the Challenge! Can you match the tangram pattern?http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/games/area/tangram.html

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Is your brain craving some excitement? Try the link above. The pattern is not always as it appears. It will require you to tap into your mental muscles.

Hint: Think outside the box!