Wednesday Wonderings

Each Wednesday in our class we have Wednesday Wonderings. This is a hands off time for me as the teacher - the kids work in SOLEs to answer a particular question. So far we've answered these questions:

How do my eyes know to cry when I'm sad?

Is it disgusting to eat bugs?

Why do people slip on wet surfaces?

The kids form their own groups of 4 or 5 (depending on how many are present that day). They get 2 devices per group, paper to record their findings on, and 40 minutes to research and prepare to present.

It's a great opportunity to watch them co-operate and collaborate - and to see who is able to do so successfully as well.

This term our big goal is managing self. They will be given a change to self reflect on how well they managed them selves during this time as well.