Student were excited to be back and wanting to work on their project. They were telling me what they have done during their spring break and that they traveled to some places and others stayed at home. I could see that they had some brilliant ideas and wanted to share, some were talking while someone else was speaking. I reminded them with our essential agreement and that we have to be respectful and good listeners. When I told my students about our gest speaker coming on April 18, I could see that they were anxious to know who that person was and they came up with good questions to ask the speaker. I was surprised to see that they come up with great detailed questions for our speaker. They wondered in what she worked so we did little of research about where she works and what her job is. I could see that our action plan is coming up great and after the interview I know that it will answer some of their wonders and know what they want to inform their audience. They are very hard working students and like to help each other, they are a great group to work with during these past months.
You are doing a fantastic job! I love that you are using the IB language and incorporating into your lessons (i.e. essential agreements). Holding students accountable to each other is such a great strategy….keep up the great work! LIsa