4th graders arrived at school today to discover some shocking news...Mango, Bogey (Ms. Shypula's mascot), and Monday (Mrs. Weeks mascot) were missing! We met at headquarters to get our briefing from Agent Bryson and get caught up to speed. Check it out here
Quickly, 4th graders were transformed into spies and ready to use their fictional story element knowledge in order to gather clues and uncover the secret information. We started in the setting spy lab in order to determine WHERE our mascots went. Spies were given clues, which required the use of a magnifying glass, to find different settings. Once spies discovered the hidden black light numbers they were able to crack the code to discover that our suspect took Mango and friends to the book room.
Next, we headed to the character trait spy lab. Agents needed to read passages and answer questions to crack the secret number code. Once they determined the correct numbers they headed to Agent Shypula to get their next clue. With a seemingly blank card in hand, secret agents were able to use their spy black lights to learn that the suspect is cheerful, intelligent, helpful, and caring.
Finally, we put all our knowledge of the suspect's character traits and the setting together in our final plot spy lab room. With three QR codes in hand, agents scanned to reveal different Pixar shorts. Once they watched the shorts they determined the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. Correctly filled in plot diagrams granted them access to a number. With three numbers in hand students unscrambled them to open the briefcase and discover the confidential information. They learned the suspect has been lonely eating lunch at his new job at Howe-Manning School and decided to hide our friend to keep for themselves.
Secret agents safely rescued our beloved friends. Just another day in the life of a 4th-grade spy.
Case closed!
I loved finding clues to find out the suspect was Mr.Druan
ReplyDeleteThe most fun part about spy day was finding out that it was Mr.Drouin and saving MANGO!!!!!!!!! I wish it never ended.
ReplyDeleteMy Favorite part of spy day is when we had to find mango and find out who kidnapped the stuffed animals and liked the part when we had to do the clues and find out who it was from there.
ReplyDeleteThe best part about SPY DAY was when we got to go to the book room and find our classrooms mascots!! I was so happy when we finally got MANGO back in our classroom!! I was a little worried before.
ReplyDeletespy day was really fun because my favorite part was when we found out where they were hid and we found and saved mango. spy day was super fun
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad Mango, Monday, and Bogey are safe. Those pictures on the blog were tremendously eye catching! I am so happy I got to participate on spy day. I also hope Mr. Drewen doesn't ever feel like that again!This is the best blog ever! I hope we something fun like that some other time soon.
ReplyDeleteI loved how we had to crack the case and figure out who did it. Another thing that I loved about spy day was the in all the rooms we found out character traits in every room. Also in Mrs.Weeks room we had to do a plot and figure out
ReplyDeletethe code to open a suitcase and inside was a story the had character traits on it. That is why I love spy day!