Learning Never Stops

There is a definite buzz in the air.  The new unit has started. Students are excited and eager to know what we will be inquiring into . Warming up and creating a safe haven. TUNING-IN    as it rains outside. All we needed was hot chocolate milk :) Our new unit on Natural Hazards has just completed its first week. I had to pull things down from my boards and so they look fairly bare, but we do a lot reading and reflecting everyday, so it is slowly filling up with students' work.   Students have started bringing clippings on current natural disasters and are in turn, learn geography skills. I clearly need a title for this board! Hazard Hounders maybe? I used technology to provoke their thinking. This was a lot of fun specially since we had access to Ipads. The students had to use a QR code reader to find out what the mystery picture was. They then did a Visual thinking activity (10 X 2) to observe the picture carefully. We began with our ...