Ms. CAiro's Third Grade
We had the WONDERFUL opportunity to have Annie's grammie, Ms. Harper, come in and do an activity for her Graduate Building Literacy Through Play Course (though UNF) with our second grade class! This activity incorporated literacy, science, engineering, critical thinking, cooperative learning, social/emotional development opportunities, and (arguably the most important), PLAY! First, the children listened to the The Billy Goat Gruff. Then, the children were given the task to create a bride tall enough that a boat could fit under, yet sturdy enough to hold a small/medium/large billy goat. The child had one afternoon to construct their bridges, and then another afternoon to make finishing touches. We also tested the bridges to see just how sturdy they were...everyone's bridges held ALL of the billy goats! The children worked so well together. We have a class full of cooperative engineers...look out, world! The children, Ms. Harper, and I had such a wonderful time watching the children explore the materials given to them, build bridges to meet the challenges facing the billy goats (the troll!!), and solving problems that arose as they were building.
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