Sometimes writing a blog post can be as simple as asking a question and getting everyone to give a simple answer. Example: What was your favorite part of the field trip? Scott: the giraffes Mary: the elephants or What did you learn today in reading? Melanie Holtsman's next blog challenge.
I polled my kids today. First, a bit of background.
The maths inquiry is going great guns, the kids are using all the language of measurement, they are converting between informal and formal measurements, they're converting between inches and centimetres. They've constructed scale models of their planters and tested them out on the windowsill to make sure they fit, won't fall off, that sort of thing. They've gone back and double checked the volume of their planted because "7,680 cm cubed sounds like way too big". It's all great learning but did they really want to carry on?
This afternoon I gave them the choice; to actually build their box or not, individual choice. 100% yes. Hmmm, now on to the next challenge, where do we find the resources?
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