Timeline Time!

Tracking the Coca-Cola Company over the last decade and beyond has been a task the students are working on this week. It follows both math and social studies learning standards. The students were so actively engaged in finding facts on their iPods! They first listed information based on their decade learning teams, then added it to the timeline from

1886-2020 (The Future of Coca-Cola...).

This will be a good foundation to our further study. SO exciting! Look at them go!

Reflections....

The students are writing weekly reflections about their learning! It has been amazing for us as teachers to read, discuss, collaborate and share what the students have written. They are asked to reflect on their learning and the project based learning approach that they are involved in. The ideas for future learning that they have shared are very powerful! They are really showing respect for us, and they have appreciated that we are inquiring what they want involved in their learning. They can share the good, bad, ugly...

We have been WOWed by the information that they have shared. Here are some quotes:
-"I enjoy learning and that time is going so quickly, we are having fun learning."
-"Lunch time (12:25) comes so quickly, I don't want to leave our classroom, it is so fun"
-"It is hard to get organized, I need to work on it, but I know it will help for Junior High."
-"I like learning with difference subjects working together."

To see the students so engaged is motivating to all!

Coca-Cola through the decades.....

The students are really jumping into their learning. Today as part of language arts, they worked in the decades learning teams....
THE GOAL:
-The students are finding information regarding the Coca-Cola company in regard to their particular decade they are studying.

- One focus group is drafting a letter to the Coca-Cola Company to inform them of the project we are doing and to get more information regarding the company.

The best part, the students are VERY engaged in learning. They are often moaning when it is time for lunch, they are not ready to stop their project time! This is so encouraging!
-Mrs. Branham

Our Learning Journey Begins...

It all started on November 15, 2010.... After many weeks of enjoyable and preparation it was time to begin. Our rational was, making learning engaging, enjoyable, and connected! The students had some anxiety and were not quite sure at first. Now that it has been a little over a week, the students are adjusting better each day. They are seeing the value in what we are doing and they are getting used to the routines and procedures. One student said in a reflection "it makes learning so much easier when it is connected", well said!

Each week we are integrating more of the curriculum focus on the theme project! This week we are working in small groups to research the Coca-Cola company over the decades and how the company has evolved. We are also working on finding the 200 countries that have Coca-Cola products in world. We will be writing to students in those countries to request a coke / can from their country! Happy Learning is ahead....the students are discovering so much and they are so excited about learning! One said "I can't believe it is already lunch time, we have been so busy this morning learning, the time flew by!"

-Mrs. Branham