I wonder...

By mid-October I was starting to feel comfortable as the full time teacher. It was still stressful, and it was still very long hours, but I was starting to feel like the students respected me and we had built some great relationships. One of my favourite things that I implemented into the classroom were questions boxes (I wish I had pictures). I had two boxes. One was labelled: "I wonder..." and students were able to ask a question about anything they wanted. Sometimes they were about me, sometimes they were about the curriculum, and sometimes they were completely random. I always tried to find out the answers to the best of my ability. I answered them once a week and it was always a fun part of the day. The second box was labelled: "I wish we could learn about..." and the students were able to give me ideas for lessons. It was great! Students can be very creative! I actually got some really cool ideas from them! Every time I taught a lesson someone had suggested, I made sure to tell them. This usually made them more interested.

Student Question: What is the difference between different types of salmon?

Sockeye

Coho