Inside I have a sharing sign up sheet, my resource books, index cards, duct tape, and a few of my noise makers.
I have also been using the iPad app called Music Cues for morning meeting and closing circles. When students hear the song Walking on Sunshine (Morning Meeting) or Final Countdown (Closing Circles) they know it is time to begin greeting their classmates. When the music stops and the chime rings they form a circle for sharing and a group activity.
Both of my science classes saved Fred this week! Check out all the supplies my parents sent in! They rock!
Here is the story about Fred: Fred (gummy worm) loves to go out on his boat (cup). He is out on the water (desk) every day. But Fred can't swim so he must wear his life jacket (gummy Life Saver) every time he goes out. One day Fred went out on the boat on his own and forgot his life jacket. His boat flipped over and the life jacked was stuck under the boat. If Fred touches the water he will die because he can't swim. The students must find a way to get the life jacket out from under the boat and around Fred so he can swim to safety. Here is the catch... students can't use their hands to touch anything. Each student gets 2 paperclips.
It was great to see the students working together to problem solve. If Fred hit the desk they had to set everything back and start over.
This week our daily data question was about their favorite subject: science or math (the 2 subjects I teach them). Students used push pins to cast their vote. At the end of the week we recorded this venn diagram in our notebook and made a bar graph to display the results. Students then made 2 inferences about the graph we created and answered the question "Who cares?" One student said people who created apps might care because they would sell more science apps than math apps.
STUDENTS: What do you like the most about morning meeting or closing circles?
What I like about morning meeting is that we get to say hi and start the morning off good.
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I like getting to say bye to all my friends before I leave.
ReplyDeleteI like closing circles because it lets me say good-bye to all my classmates.
ReplyDeleteMakena Hall
I love morning meeting because I get to say hi to my classmates.
ReplyDeleteAvery
I like morning meeting because Austin says what he had for breakfast and it's a good way to start off the day.
ReplyDeleteI like saying goodbye to my friends at the end of the day. Jack
ReplyDeleteI like closing circle because I like to be able to say bye to my friends before we leave.
ReplyDeleteI like closing circle because I like to say bye to my classmates.
ReplyDeleteI love your daily data board--can you send me details on how it works and where I can find templates for the board? Thanks!
ReplyDeleteLaura rickslaura@yahoo.com
Hi it is Lexie and our science experiment was a little hard because we had to keep a sharp eye on the ball when it bounced and in Mrs.Smiths class we had kelp it was salty and felt like sandpaper.
ReplyDeleteWhat I like most about morning meeting is that I get to say hi to my friends and others in my class and my favorite thing about closing circles is that we get to vote our on opinions.
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