Terrific Tuesday

     Working with others is a skill every human must have to be successful in life.  Treating others with respect and kindness is something we take very seriously in our classroom.  We have many opportunities during the day to practice being productive together.

Read to Someone

We read aloud to partners EVERY DAY. This helps us build our confidence as we become independent readers.

Math Partners

We play games and practice skills with a math partner every day.  We will keep the same partner for most of the year so that we can build a relationship of trust and fun!

PBL

We launched our first Project Based Learning unit last week.  We began by learning who our team mates were and making a learning contract with each other.  Each learner has a different role with different responsibilities to help the team be successful.





We began DIY projects today.





One project included a bubblegum investigation.  Does your bubblegum change (get harder) when you drink ice cold water?  Why?








One group dug into our Science text to learn some matter vocabulary.  Next, they discovered solids, liquids, and gases around the classroom and created a graph to show their findings.  






Another group used books to learn more about materials and sort pictures into groups.




The fourth team used online resources to learn about how matter changes and investigated how the temperature of water plays a role.

Some of my favorite quotes about our PBL include:
"We taught ourselves!"
"Not just one person had to do all the work.  We all helped out." 
and
"I learned a lot."

It truly was a 'terrific Tuesday.'