Components: Short videos, reading, and survey response.Preparation: The readings, videos, and survey give you time to reflect as both a learner and educator before your group discussion in Task D1. Watch videos below:
Kindergarten Reasoning and Questioning Strategies (2:16)
Kindergarten students reason about where the water went after it is dropped onto their wood. This is one of the teachers' first times teaching science and it is the first time she tried out some science talk moves. Her class is a K/1 community where all students have a hearing disability and have other special needs as well.
2. Second Grade, First Rocks (0:25)
This notebook entry is a result of a lesson where students explored different types of rocks for the first time. This teacher traditionally teaches science in a lecture format and this was his first year trying out notebooks. The notebooks helped students prepare their ideas and questions to share with others. This is a 2nd grade classroom community.
3. Read the article: Handling Children's Questions by Wynne Harlen. You will use ideas from this chapter to respond to the survey and also to engage in the group discussion during task D.
4. Complete Survey 3.C