What do you wonder?

Curiosity is an important part of every child's development, both in and outside of school.
Recently some of our students had the opportunity to get some of their questions answered by a special guest.

Our second grade teacher, Ms. Lisa Harman, shares:

Hoping to inspire curiosity and strengthen problem solving, one second grade class has started working on a weekly ‘Wondering’ question.  The idea was developed with the help of UVA students from Dr. Elgin Cleckley’s Design Thinking course.  The first question posed to students was “How many school buses are there for all of the ACPS?”  Students worked in pairs, groups, and individually to figure out their answers.  They shared their thought process with classmates and voted on the four answers whose processes they thought made the most sense.  

This week, Mr. Jim Foley, the Director of Transportation for ACPS, came to second grade to share information about our county’s school bus fleet. He also gave the students the actual answer: 220 buses!  Mr. Foley also shared the elaborate process for canceling school for weather events and answered other transportation questions.   It was an exciting way for students to check their work!  They are looking forward to next Wednesday’s Wondering! 

One group sharing their math work with the class.

Students count the buses on a diagram of those at Baker-Butler to get started on their calculations.