Wonder Journals

Last Friday I introduced something new in the classroom: Wonder Journals.  I found that every morning when we come in from outside there is some down time while I assist students in taking off their winter gear.  Each morning I will display an image on the screen and when students are done putting away their winter clothing they will go to a table and draw and/or write about what they wonder about the image.  Our image this morning was a group of flamingos. Some wondering from students were:

Why do flamingos stink?
Why are flamingos pink?
Why do flamingos have a long neck?
Why do flamingos stand on one foot?
Why do flamingos always stand in a group?

These wonderings all come from: http://wonderopolis.org.  Each day the site features a 'Wonder of the Day,' with a short video, some images and an answer to the wondering.  After students shared what they wondered we looked at the wondering on the site: http://wonderopolis.org/wonder/pink-flamingos.  

Our book today was Supermarket by Kathleen Krull.  Students were excited to learn more about how food gets to the grocery store and were eager to share what they know about going to the grocery store.