Inquisitive Minds

A third grade friend earned a reward to read to another class and she chose US!  We enjoyed hearing her expert reading and storytelling skills.  

We wrote some fantastic sentences with our sight words last week and then went on a 'museum walk' to see the work of our classmates.

During our Project Based Learning (PBL) we completed some workshops to extend our learning.  For this workshop, we investigated what adding heat to ivory soap would do.  It was a very surprising result.  We determined that temperature definitely can effect the physical properties of a material!

In this PBL workshop, we learned and reviewed many of the concepts we will need to complete our final project.  We learned the differences in solids, liquids, and gases and how they can interact.  We watched as materials were combined to create something new.   And we observed as temperature played a part in changing the physical properties of materials.

Who knew Science could be so delicious?

The most exciting part of PBL is the investigations learners are doing independently.  They are asking relevant questions, seeking plausible answers and thinking deeply.  They are inquisitive, creative, and problem solving people.  These skills will serve them well throughout their lives.

We added a "new" and very popular way to work on words.  This typewriter belonged to my mother when she went to college.  I have thanked her many times for donating it to our classroom.