Monthly Archives: February 2014

Lesson Reflections

Wow, this has been an amazing second year teaching. This fellowship has really made me challenge myself to bring exciting, hands-on, and content-rich lessons to my students. We started the year learning all about Nursery Rhymes which led to our first engineering project. The students were faced with their challenge: “What can you make at home that would protect Humpty Dumpty from his fall off the wall?” The response was overwhelming and the kids LOVED it!!!

Next came our Mayflower Project. Our class created our own Mayflower ships in class as well as at home. We had a blast showcasing our work to our school, community, and legislative officers.DSC_0002 DSC_0004 DSC_0005 DSC_0006 DSC_0007 DSC_0009 DSC_0010 DSC_0011 DSC_0012 DSC_0013 DSC_0014 DSC_0015 DSC_0016 DSC_0017 DSC_0018 DSC_0019 DSC_0020 DSC_0021 DSC_0022 DSC_0023 DSC_0024 DSC_0025 DSC_0026 DSC_0027 DSC_0028 DSC_0029 DSC_0030 DSC_0031 DSC_0032 DSC_0033 DSC_0034 DSC_0035 DSC_0036 DSC_0040 DSC_0041 DSC_0042 DSC_0043 DSC_0044 DSC_0045 DSC_0046 DSC_0047 DSC_0048 DSC_0049 DSC_0050 DSC_0051 DSC_0052 DSC_0053 DSC_0054 DSC_0055 DSC_0056 DSC_0057 DSC_0058 DSC_0059 DSC_0060 DSC_0061 DSC_0062 DSC_0063 DSC_0064 DSC_0065 DSC_0066 DSC_0067 DSC_0068 DSC_0069 DSC_0070 DSC_0071 DSC_0072 DSC_0073 DSC_0075 DSC_0076Our next project begins next week with Rubber band helicopters. Next month we are creating our own homes to withstand the devastating blows of the Big Bad Wolf!!! It’s been an amazing year and I can’t wait to see how they do over the next few months!!!