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Scholars Showing Off

11/29/2011

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For the next two weeks we're showing off our scholarly minds and taking district benchmark tests.  That essentially means we're super busy making everyone else jealous of our enormous brains.  To keep all of our fans out there happy, we've decided to post a few pics of what a typical day may look like in the Hive. 

Be jealous.  Be very jealous.
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Spotted: Our Bowls in the Newspaper

11/21/2011

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One of Cunningham's class of 2019's bowls was featured in the Austin American Statesman newspaper today.  http://galleries.statesman.com/gallery/empty-bowl-project-112011/#331487
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The Empty Bowl Project

11/20/2011

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We had an amazing time at the Austin Empty Bowl Project today.  We saw a few of our Cunningham artists' bowls, but most had already been chosen!  After choosing our bowls, we went outside and sampled wonderful gourmet soups.  It was such a great experience AND for a very worthy cause.  Since only two artists could attend, I thought I'd share some of the fun details from our day. On a side note: Thanks so much, Ms. Caughey for being an inspiring art teacher, and for providing creative, engaging and thoughtful opportunities for the Class of 2019 scholars.   
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Hungry for Hunger Games?

11/17/2011

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...Well the Hive has an answer for that.  Every Wednesday from 2:50-3:30 the Hive Society will turn into the "Hunger Games Hob" for any interested 5th graders.  Essentially, we'll be listening to 40 minutes of the first book on audiobook until we've completed it.  Come join us!

On another exciting note, some of our favorite block 3 ladies made a Hunger Games website following their lit circle experience.  They have a blog going, as well as recommendations and interesting insight on the text. If you're Hungry for Hunger Games then you should DEFINITELY check this out:  http://hivehungergames.weebly.com/

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Questioning the Author

11/14/2011

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Another week of exploring college-level texts has left our brains full and content!  We spent the first two days reading and analyzing the short story, The Stolen Party.  Ms. Smith first encountered this text in college, but she thought we could get a lot of valuable things out of it as well.  We forged ahead and did a great deal of questioning the author...Why she wrote it, why she chose the structure, why she ended the piece the way she did, why she chose particular characters....it was pretty intense.  If you want to learn more about Lilliana Heker (the author) then click here. 

We're looking forward to next week because we're going to be looking at really obscure expository text features and the information we can glean from them (we'll tell you what glean means next week...just be patient). 
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A TED Worth Spreading

11/3/2011

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Hey scholars...below is the link to the awesome video we watched today in the Hive.  I know a lot of you were interested in watching it again (and again): 

                                    TED: A Park in the Sky

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