Students were given a beaker with soil and rocks. They were told they needed to come up with a way to seperate the two subtances without touching them with their hands. Here are some of the ideas.

We read about traveling the Oregon Trail. Students picked what they thought was the most important items to take on their trip. Below are the links to the students oral reports.

Table 1 http://got.im/eae

Table 2 http://got.im/eae

Table 3 http://got.im/qQA

Table 4 http://got.im/tsU

 

Small child runs on Morro Strand
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Observe – Tell what you see	She is running to the beach to have some fun.
Infer – Tell what you think happened before	She wanted to swim and now she is happy.
Predict – What do you think will happen next.	She is goanna be swimming and having fun at the beach and she is goanna be all wet and cold.

 

Child With Handful of Garden Slugs
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Observe – Tell what you see	I see a handful of garden slugs
Infer – Tell what you think happened before	They were walking by a garden and saw slugs
Predict – What do you think will happen next.	The teacher will tell them to let them go

 

 

Small child runs on Morro Strand
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Observe – Tell what you see	I see a little girl running to a log
Infer – Tell what you think happened before	Her family went to go swimming
Predict – What do you think will happen next.	She is going to go swimming

Observe – Tell what you see	Slugs and mud
Infer – Tell what you think happened before	He was digging in the ground and found slugs.
Predict – What do you think will happen next.	He will probably use the slugs as bait for fishing.

Student created video about planning our papers

School Tube Video