As promised....learning and teaching in Ms. McLaurin's room!

I just spent wonderful time in Ms. McLaurin's classroom this afternoon. Students were working on writing in response to non-fiction texts. Ms. McLaurin and the class read a book about blue whales. They identified facts about blue whales, discussed what blue whales had in common with other mammals including humans and then made a list of facts about blue whales. The students were engaged and had all eyes on Ms. McLaurin as she walked 100 feet from her playground door, through the hall, into Ms. Garvey's room, out her classroom door, over the sidewalk and down two steps into the bus loop to model the length of the blue whale!!!! Students were amazed that a mammal could be that HUGE! After the students developed a list of facts about whales they were empowered to travel back to their seats to write about the blue whale. Students immediately grabbed their pencils and a clean sheet of paper and began to put the "lead to the paper!" What wonderful writers we have here at Banks Road Elementary. These students were excited to share their new learning with their teacher and I know that they will be heading home to share this knowledge with their parents as well! Here are a few pictures of the learning and teaching process. Enjoy!