The Results are in! - Part 2

Announcing Grades K & 1 Survey Results

Note: Scroll over the graphs to see the number of responses in that area.

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Additional Read Alouds

The books depicted in the graphs below were not listed in the original Explore! Makerspace curriculum. I added it to the read aloud schedule based on Makerspace themes or concepts introduced as well as author celebrations (Eric Carle's Birthday). The results are from the Kindergarten and 1st grade students.

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When I returned from a conference in Colorado, I shared Eric Carle's Little Cloud. The students learned at the beginning of the June session that I love clouds. Using this book during read aloud had 3 purposes:

1. to connect to the beginning of the session About Your Librarian video.
2. to celebrate Eric Carle's birthday which was on Sunday, June 25 the day before I returned for the last 3 days of Explore. My substitute read aloud two other Eric Carle books during my absence to connect to Makerspace activities/themes.
3. to celebrate my return from Colorado where I showed them pictures of clouds I had taken on the flight from my window seat.

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Additional Activities

The activities below were not listed in the original Explore! curriculum, but added to give students more choice in rotations. Their feelings toward the activities are depicted in the graphs.

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Students' Comments During the Survey

The following comments were given by students when I pulled them aside one on one to explain their rating on a particular activity or read aloud.

These comments can be grouped into 4 categories: Preference or Lack of Interest (6), Feelings (5), Mindset (3), and Access (1)

Play-Doh Rating is Sad because "It is boring. All you can make is balls and worms. I like clay, not play-doh."

Marble Run - Sad Rating because "I hurt my finger on it."

Osmo - Love rating - because "I like technology. I have 2 phones and 3 tablets at home."

Marble Run - Sad rating because "Marbles are too tiny and keep falling out of my fingers." Gears - Sad rating because "I hate them. They're boring to me."

Marble Run - Sad Rating - "It makes me have stress. I don't know how to make anything."

Legos - Sad Rating "Kinda Boring"

What Do You Do With a Problem? - Sad Rating - "I don't really know what to do with a problem."

Links - Sad Rating - "They wouldn't share the links."

Links Rating is Sad because "I want to build a TV, but I can't."

Osmo - Sad Rating because "I didn't even play it."

Magnatiles, Play-Doh, Links, and Marble Run - Sad Ratings because "I like to build, but with other stuff. I like to cook."

Student gave ALL read alouds a Sad Rating. T - Why? S - "I hate to read. I hate to have books read to me." The student would not select even one book that she liked just a little more than the others.

Robot Mouse - Sad Rating "I don't know how to work it."

Marble Run - Sad Rating - "Because someone took my marble."

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Students' Comments During Activities with the Substitute, Ms. Cook.

While I attended my conference, Ms. Cook was so kind to record observations. In addition to the categories from the survey responses (Preference or Lack of Interest, Feelings, Mindset, and Access) Discovery/Questioning and Collaboration were also common themes.

Origami:

Can we make a dog? Or a boat? I want to make a boat!

What’s origami?

I didn’t know how to do this before, but this is really fun.

Who made up origami?

The animals are so cute.

Model Clay:

Look at this green I made by mixing colors!

Look, I made brown.

How? I made a purple planet.

I’m trying to make black. (hehe!)

Look, there’s a rainbow in my butterfly.

Binary Bracelets:

This is so hard.I don’t get it.

I did it!

I have the same two initials, so mine’s going to look the same.

Solo Cup Challenge:

We’re winning!

If we knock it over one more time, I quit!

No, you can’t! We need you!

[Student Name], we need you! Please!