This week we continued on with our Statue of Liberty PBL. Students used books as well as a teacher-created website to research more facts on the Statue of Liberty. They really got into it and I love how excited they were to tell me the new facts they found!
We worked on inferring this week in reading. I love using pictures and videos as a way to introduce inferring/drawing conclusions, which is quite a tricky concept. We used the pictures above that I found on Pinterest a few years ago and had to infer what was happening in the picture. Then, I showed them the Pixar video. This was a new video to most of them and they were dying laughing. But, they also made some good inferences too :-).
We are finishing up our first Writing Workshop unit on Narratives. Students this week finished editing their pieces and writing their final drafts. We'll have our first author's celebration this Monday!
I love this quote! So important to remember! If kids can see and feel our passion for what we're teaching them, they'll love what they are learning even more! A little inspiration for my Five for Friday.
Last weekend I was back up in Cedar City, Utah. We went to another football game and also visited the C Overlook, which is about 2,200 feet above the town. Beautiful views from up there!!
Have a wonderful weekend!!
I love to use the Pizar birds video at the beginning of the year. We connect it to the whole idea of being bucket fillers instead of bucket dippers. A PBL about the Statue of Liberty sounds perfect.
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Thank you for stopping by Jan! Great idea to connect that video to bucketfilling! I'll have to remember that for the next time I show it. Have a great weekend!
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