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Curiosity Bag!
So we started talking about pumpkins this week- it will be a 2 week theme for us. I was at my grad class on Monday night and we were talking about interesting ways to get adolescents involved in reading (that's right- I teach K but have to learn about adolescents because the ELL certification will be K-12... BOOOO!). One of the other teachers started talking about an Inquiry Box because it went along with a strategy we were discussing. I thought this would be perfect for Tuesday morning!
I borrowed a smallish pumpkin from a coworker and put it in my computer bag. That's right, nothing fancy, just a computer bag. BUT I called it a curiosity bag and really played it up and got the kids excited. They had to reach in without looking, feel the pumpkin, and then go back and draw a picture of what they thought was inside.
They absolutely loved it! (as my husband says- simple minds!). I had all sorts of answers- ball, pumpkin, teddy bear (?), rock. They were so excited to find out it was a pumpkin. Sorry no pictures... Can't the school just hire someone to take pictures all day so we can document these good ideas????
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