Students in grades one and three have been working on design challenges related to the book during LMC lessons. Mrs. Watanuki, the Advanced Learning Facilitator, has encouraged students to think like engineers and design new nests and baskets for Celeste in order to meet certain needs. The first graders had to design a new nest for Celeste that would allow her to have a place to hide, a place to store food, and a cozy bed for sleeping. The third graders were given situation cards that told about specific challenges/goals that Celeste was trying to accomplish. They had to engineer a basket to meet the need using items such as raffia, straws, cotton balls, etc. We loved to see the students’ creative ideas coming together!
Second graders practiced thinking like John James Audubon. They created bird journals during LMC lessons. They observed, measured, and drew birds in their journals. Since we didn’t have real birds to work with, we used stuffed animal birds. Then, they took notes about birds from a database that included facts, photos, videos, and even bird sounds.
