Lakeview Guided Inquiry Update
Kindergarten: How Can I Take Care of the World?
Recap
Focus Topic: Taking care of the world
Expected Student Choices: Environmental/Science and Community/Humanities
Each student has an inquiry journal, which we are using in every phase of our unit.
OPEN
We also went on a picture walk of various photographs around the world. We discussed whether they showed the world being taken care of or not, then we had students sort those pictures into the two categories (as seen above).
We've included some pictures of the students work below. It was so interesting that some students already knew how to take care of the world, while others weren't quite sure what that meant.
IMMERSE
We made sure to invite a variety of speakers that represented the environmental science as well as the community aspect of helping the world. Here are some of the speakers who have come:
- Weather Man
- Firefighter
- Food Bank Worker
- Small Business Owner
- Local Artist
- Conversation Officer
- Wild Care
- Sanitation Worker
Small Business Owner
Food Bank Worker
Weatherman
What's Next?
Explore- Inquiry logs with Kinder??? Yes!
Identify- Organizing books and thoughts using mind maps!
Gather- Reading and taking notes in small groups. THEN hands-on learning centers!Kelsey Gourd
Lakeview Elementary
Norman, OK
Email: kgourd@norman.k12.ok.us
Website: https://thedorkylibrarian.wordpress.com/
Phone: 405.366.5899
Twitter: @KelseyGourd