Over the past couple of weeks we have asked the children what they wanted to learn about this year. We wrote down all of their ideas on large chart paper. On Thursday, we revisited this list and the children helped sort them into categories.
We then wrote down only the categories on a separate piece of chart paper. Each child was given two stickers to cast their votes for what projects they wanted to do this year. After all the votes were cast, we counted them - using tally marks and numerals as another method of indicating how many votes each topic received.
As you can see, we will be focusing on vehicles, animals, and movies this year. These will be our big projects, smaller inquiry projects also pop up throughout the year.
More to come as our inquiry unfolds...