Personal Inquiry Projects

Today, I talked with the class (minus the nine students who were away!) about the Personal Inquiry Projects (or PIPs) they are going to be starting later this week during Daily 5 time. They were really excited to hear that they are going to be able to pick a topic to learn about on their own. When I told the students that Mrs. Malkoske's Grade 2 students have been doing PIPs for a while, they said that our class should be, too! We talked about where they might get their information from ('Info sources', on the picture below), what supplies they might need ('supplies'), and who they might be able to share their learning with ('audience') when they are ready. One student asked if they could work on these at home, as well. When I answered that yes, they could, there was even more excietment (not just from the students, but from their teacher!). Later this week, I will go shopping for the supplies to help the students keep track of their research and their resources. The students have shown that they can be good readers and writers during Daily 5 time, and I am looking forward to seeing them use those reading skills to do their research, and their writing skills to share their findings! Their homework for tonight: think of a topic that they want to learn more about!