Day 7

Students came into class and checked the blog as usual. Then as a class we discussed some of the comments. Today, we read and discussed chapter 8 of the novel. A student brought up how the kids in the novel seem to be good problem solvers. I thought this was a great comment! Kim is the first character introduced in the novel and she is the one who really starts the big change in the community. Also a child came up with a solution to the garden's water problem. This led to a discussion about how many people view today's youth as problem-makers, not problem-solvers. I encouraged them to share this insight with their teacher partners to get an adults perspective of this idea.



Earlier today, I was filling out the Proposal Rubric for this class. One of the pieces on the rubric stated: Assessment standards and tools are discussed, created, and agreed upon. They are used by both teacher and students to judge and report on the quality of their products and performance. For this category, I gave myself a "still developing." Looking back, I wish I would have shared the assessment rubrics that I created for this project with my students before beginning the project. I plan to share the Critical Thinking rubric with my students tomorrow. When it comes time for students to develop their own "seed projects," I will share with them the assessment rubrics that I created and ask for their input.