Notes from The Learning Lab
Thinking caps...on!
How do you feel loved and appreciated?
How do you feel appreciated?
Here are the categories:
1) Gifts- Getting rewarded with special treats (sit anywhere in the class to work) or activities in the classroom (lunch in the classroom).
2) Spoken or Written Compliments- Being told "You are doing a great job," or being acknowledged as being a great role model or great student (either in front of the class, personally (quietly), or in a note.
3) Quality Time- Spending quality time that is uninterrupted by others with the teacher and/or classmates.
4) Acts of Service- A teacher doing something special for you like spending extra time to help you with a project or explaining how to do something a different way or working with you 1 on 1 (outside of the regular class time).
5) Physical Love- Hugs, high fives, pats on the back from teachers or classmates.
Ask your child which categories rank high with him or her or see if you can guess!
Student Perspectives
Now...Let's Talk Robots!
Toys...
Toys...
Toys!
From Toys to Modifications
A Peek Into Notebooks
Ava's Process
Brookelin, Emily, Addy's Toy
Bradley's Thinking
A Special Project
Here is the Student Perspective on Robots...
(and credit to Maddie too)
Reading Workshop
The Inquiry Process Continues
Ask- What questions do I have about my book?
Explore- What text evidence can I find to help me answer a question?
Model- What is a theory I could create that would begin to answer my question?
Evaluate- Was my theory correct in answering my question?
Explain- Explain your thinking about answering your question (using text evidence).
Payton
Matthew
Addy
Eva
Book Fair Shopping
Readers Thinking
Emily's Thoughts
Alyssa's Goal
Mason and Mr. Kimmel sharing thinking about SOS Files
Hear Readers Talk Books
Writing Workshop
Feature Articles Are More Than Informative
Lydia Putting All of Her Hard Research to Work!
Ava D.'s Voice is Coming Through in her Article!
Kaela's Progress
Student Created Videos to Embed in Their S'more!
Math Workshop
Fractions, Algebra, and Solving Einstein's Riddle
Jones (6th Grade)- Over the past two weeks, we have transitioned from learning how to add, subtract, multiply and divide positive and negative numbers to solving algebraic equations. We transitioned from balancing a pan balance to solving equations by moving variables and constant terms to one side of the equation solving for x. As stated above, these are multi-step problems that take a lot of patience and careful work.