This week was really exciting for our kindergarten students. We are embarking on mini inquiry projects. Since introducing our Wonder Books, students have been working hard to identify wonders. It has been really remarkable to see kids talking about their thinking. We have been hearing kids talk about their wonders everywhere we go. Our next step was to narrow our wonders down to a big umbrella topic so that we could begin a mini research project. A lot of our students were wondering about the human body, so we decided to make that our topic. Over the past two weeks, students have used our time in the school library to read books on topics like organs, the 5 senses, earaches, and exercise to generate questions about the human body. We also used our time in the Dell Lab to visit kidshealth.org to learn more about then body. After coming up with lots of questions, I asked students to identify the one topic that they want to learn most about. Next week, we will put students into groups and begin researching our chosen topics. We can't wait to get started!
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Mrs. McGrane
I love teaching kindergarten literacy at STEM! It is amazing to be a part of the reading and writing growth of a kindergarten student. You get to see kids move from knowing some letters and sounds to being enthusiastic readers and young authors. Archives
March 2016
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