IPS/Butler University Laboratory School

Today was a busy day! During school today I worked with the Neptune group and the Mars group on their planet representations. The Neptune group worked on a video the first so today we revisited the video and talked about what we liked and what we thought we could do better when we revised it. It was an excellent example of revisions and editing work to get a more refined piece. Isaac noticed that he was moving around and “twisting his neck” so he thought he could do better. Sydney noticed that their voices were a little soft. I noticed that I was doing too much talking so we all worked on our noticings to improve our work and it really helped us make a more polished video to share with our families.

Then it was time to visit with the Mars group. They had made a poster with one of their Butler teachers. So, I had them explain their poster, tell me what they liked about it, and tell me what they did not like or things that could be better. It was another example of really looking closely at our work and editing it to make it even better than what it was!

I cannot tell you how excited each group is to work on their posters…it has been a real treat for me to work so closely with each group as they have worked on them.

Today we got our chickens! I wish you could have seen the children during recess. Let me paint you a picture. The children are running around enjoying playing with each other when all of a sudden they see a truck pull into our parking lot with the chicken coop in theback. The children all run towards the fence of the playground yelling “chickens! chickens! chickens!” and then follow the truck as it drives down the parking lot. It was such a sight to see! Each class got a chance to go out into the yard today to meet the chickens and learn about our responsibilities as caretakers. We look forward to watching them grow!

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