Live from New York it's...Professor Poppick! Streaming in from SUNY Purchase College in New York, Professor Dan Poppick popped in to have a conversation with Mr. Root and Ms. Cowan's 4th graders about writing poetry. Students were able to ask questions about the writing process and learned that it can take 10 minutes to five years to write a poem! Professor Poppick read aloud, with great gusto, Wallace Stevens' poem, A Rabbit as King of the Ghosts. When a 4th grader inquired, What's the best way to come up with an idea for a poem? His answer was, "Just empty your head and let the ideas stream in..."
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A new iPad roll out procedure this year left Kindergartners and First graders with the daunting task of setting up their own iPads and installing Apps with their own Apple IDs for the first time. Not a problem – our fabulous 5th graders came to the rescue. Giving up some of their own recess time, they worked in assembly line fashion to get their younger school mates up and running like they were on a mission (in fact, here's an example of one of their missions: Mission 1). As the year progresses even our littlest ones will become iPad experts. Way to be awesome!
Bridge Point transformed our old "Macbook" lab into a new collaborative learning, teaching and meeting place. BPE staff voted to have it called the Think Tank. With the idea of movement, learning styles and how the environment affects learning, all teachers have the opportunity to utilize this new space. Take a look at how the Think Tank turned out!
Bridge Point is getting ready for Science Day by launching our annual Science Day Logo Contest. Check this video out, we can't wait to see your designs!
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