Mr. Quinn's Classroom

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Welcome to the 5th Grade K.E.Y. Classroom!

Mr. Quinn

Hello and welcome to my web page! My name is Mr. Quinn, and I have been teaching Project KEY, Kokomo's gifted and talented program, for the last eleven years. I love teaching the 5th grade. I graduated from Indiana University in 1995 with a Bachelors Degree in Elementary Education. To better serve my students I went back to school in 2001 and completed all of the coursework for a Gifted and Talented endorsement at Purdue University. By the way, did I mention that I am huge Indianapolis Colts fan?

Click here to access my supply list!

Scenes from the 2004 School Year

Special Visit with U.S. Senator Evan Bayh

Special Events

Throughout the year, our class participates in many different activities. Click on the titles below to see some additional images.

Many of these pages are graphic intensive! So they may take a minute to load, but they are worth it!

Archived Images from the 2000-2001 School Year

Check out the web pages one of my students, Eric Jiang, completed during our invertebrate study!

Click here to learn all about echinoderms!

Some Helpful Links

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Thematic Teaching

The thematic teaching approach is used primarily in the areas of science and social studies. When possible, the theme is then carried over into other subjects as well.

Scientific Overarching Theme: Classification

Life Sciences: Classification of Living Organisms, Study of Invertebrates & Vertebrates, Introduction to Genetics, Animal Adaptations, & Introduction to Ecology (if time allows)

Physical Sciences: Introduction to Elementary Chemistry, & Independent Study of Motion Forces

Earth Sciences: Introduction to Geology, Geological Resources of Our Earth, & Dynamics of Severe Weather

Health: Human Body Systems- w/focus on skeletal, muscular, circulatory, and excretory, & Communicable and Non-communicable Diseases

Social Studies Overarching Theme: Birth of Our Nation

Prehistory of North America, Exploration, Discovery, and Conquest, Colonization: A study of the Original 13 Colonies, The Revolution, The Constitution and Our Government, The Growth of Our Nation, The Civil War, The Geography of the United States, and a U.S. State Focused Research Paper

Literature

Independent Reading (supported by group discussion)

Sing Down the Moon, A Wrinkle in Time, The Call of the Wild, The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Johnny Tremain, The Westing Game, & The 21 Balloons

Take On-line Book Report for Johnny Tremain

A Look at the Classics (Read Aloud)

Around the World in Eighty Days, Moby Dick, Short Stories by Poe, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Frankenstein, The Wind in the Willows, Treasure Island, A Christmas Carol, Journey to the Center of the Earth, The Invisible Man, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Alice in Wonderland, & The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Watch out for the lightening! You know how I love severe weather!

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This page was last updated on 02/24/07.

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