My lesson was questioning ways we can make a real change to our school. it was amazing how my student came to the same thought with the right questions. I had them start by imagining their favorite place to be. 70% came up with someplace outdoors. Which work perfect to where I wanted them to be. The next question was what they like/dislike about our school? The wall color was the big answer...that and Mrs. Waltz (nothing we can do there). They also made comments about how we have an outdoor classroom but no one uses it.
We went out walked around the whole school look at where we could make the biggest difference. They showed me the outdoor classroom in the middle of the woods (SCARE). The class has decided to recreate the outdoor classroom in the unused gazebo. They would like to paint, plant flowers, maybe install benched along the sides, they also have this idea for this outdoors giant chess set. We also talked about how we can financially do this project. I was not sure this project would work but now I am so happy we are doing it.
We went out walked around the whole school look at where we could make the biggest difference. They showed me the outdoor classroom in the middle of the woods (SCARE). The class has decided to recreate the outdoor classroom in the unused gazebo. They would like to paint, plant flowers, maybe install benched along the sides, they also have this idea for this outdoors giant chess set. We also talked about how we can financially do this project. I was not sure this project would work but now I am so happy we are doing it.
Hi Adair! I am really pleased to her that your lesson idea is progressing well! Which questioning strategy did you use with your students? Can you comment on what you learned in the process as well? What worked? What might you change?
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't surprise me at all that most of them wanted to talk about outside improvements. Students are more alive outside and so much learning can take place without them knowing. I also really like how you took them for a walk around the school. That gives them the chance to look and think about more improvements they would make.
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