0 Rotation one - complete!

We made it! The first round of specials rotations is now complete! We spent the first rotation together talking about notebooks and why they will be useful tools for us as we move through our year. The students understand that "real world" scientists and engineers use notebooks to keep track of their thinking and learning, noting progress and making changes and improvements to their work as they go. We will use ours in much the same way! Each student was given a STEM notebook to organize and set up, and our notebooks now each contain a table of contents, a glossary, and page numbers, as well as a bit of personalization in the form of a decorated cover and an "All About Me" page. The goal in asking the students to personalize their notebooks is to help them feel a sense of ownership and pride in their work, and to help them value the books as their own individual learning tools.

As we begin the next rotation, we get to start diving into the fun stuff! Stay tuned for updates - it's about to get exciting!