As part of our English in Year 3 we have been attempting to use varied initiatives to keep children engaged and enthused. After our book reveal we read a short fragment of our novel (The Boy Who Climbed Into the Moon). We ended at a point where our main character - Paul, was considering what to do next. Rather than revealing to the children the decision he had made, the children came up with possible ideas as to what Paul could do. The children then picked two possible decisions which they transferred onto a decision wheel and had to come up with the positives and negatives of each idea.
Year 3 have been learning about different types of rocks. Granular, crystallised and fossilised. We looked at the formation of igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks. The children were given an assortment of rocks and were asked to group the rocks according to their appearance. We then sorted the rocks correctly and the children were excited to see if their predictions were correct.
I really like the idea of a decision wheel to organise your thoughts. Mr Wills and I very much enjoyed an enthusiastic discussion with Year 3 about their learning.
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