Sunday, January 23, 2011

Inventing - 3rd Grade






Enjoy pictures from the 3rd grade Zippy Clippy invention project.
I have included links to our favorite invention websites:
Inventive Kids
Enchanted Learning

Here are the names of the inventions: Paperclip Nunchucks, The Hippy Clippy Dance Floor,The Fly High, The Speed Clip, and The Skinny Clip.

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Interest-Based Learning - 3rd Grade




My Wordle is created from text I wrote about interest-based learning. Ideas like
the following are contained in the Wordle:
• respects the uniqueness of the learner
• engages students’ curiosity and motivation
• promotes collaboration
• intrinsic motivation comes from students’ interests and satisfaction
• turns responsibility over to students
• choice in content and activities
• students contribute to planning of units and selection of topics for in-depth study
• reflection is essential

To complete the Wordle, I copied ideas students wrote on their Student Interest Inventory. Later this semester, we will share the results of projects based on choice and interest.