First Grade Research
After starting their research in March, first grade completed the remainder of their research in April. The research was conducted using the Guided Inquiry Design Method. In the Open Stage, the students learned about the concept of time and chronology by learning about what timelines are and creating their own timelines. In the Immerse Stage, they scanned QR codes that took them to a board created in Board Builder in Discovery Education. The boards were designed to show what communication, recreation and transportation was like when their teacher and other staff members were in first grade. The students loved this activity!
The following week, the students participated in the Gather Stage. They rotated through six stations. Three of the stations they used iPads to go to the PebbleGo database and they learned information about communication, transportation and recreation in the past. At other stations, the first graders tried to write with a feather pen, chalk and use wooden word blocks to spell with as students did in the past. At each, station the student cited their source and wrote a sentence about what they learned at that station.
To wrap it all up, the students created a page about one station of their choice and illustrated and wrote about what they learned. They also self reflected on their learning.
