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This group of fourth graders has a huge heart for those around them, and it is evident in the PBL Project they worked on this year.  One amazing quote we heard this year from one of our favorite books, THE BOY AT THE BACK OF THE CLASS said this, "The entire world is full of hearts searching for a place to call home."  This made us realize our work here at Lakewood is very important. We needed to make new students find a home at our school.

Our Focus Skills were:
Collaboration and Global Thinking
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

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We began looking at photos of students who were new to school and used our Empathy Map Paper to reflect on how they might feel in those different situations:

* Leaving Home on the First Day  At Your New School
*Walking through the Hallway for the First Time at Your New School
*Meeting Your New Teacher
*Being on the Playground on the First Day at Your New School

We also observed situations on our own playground, hallways, and lunch room to see first hand what we noticed new students were experiencing at our school.

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PBL Project Board in Class

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Each of the students had their own Digital Notebook to record notes, information, questions, and reflection during our  project.

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Students working on their observations in their PBL Notebooks.

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Students read four books this year that allowed them to  discuss and investigate the challenges characters faced moving into a new community for the first time. Students recorded their "Noticings and Wonderings"  on Google Slides and Google Jamboards and shared them with one another. Students then worked in teams to brainstorm a list of questions to ask new Lakewood students with the goal of finding out what their experience was like joining the Lakewood Community. They created Google Surveys and sent them to all of the new Lakewood students.

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Example of One of the Student Survey Forms

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Example of One of the Student Survey Forms

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Students created Survey Jamboards and Google Form Surveys to send to new students.

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Questions for new students at Lakewood Elementary - Google Jamboard

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Questions for new students at Lakewood Elementary

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Students waited for the results to come in and began recording the data into their own Google Documents. Below is an example of the data.  Next, students worked in teams to analyze the data and decide on ways to share the results with our Lakewood Stakeholders. They created team posters to show all of their data results using skills they learned in math like line plots, pie graphs, charts, and tables. Finally, students shared the data with their own classmates and then with our Lakewood Committee Stakeholder Members.

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Students working in teams to look at data results.

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Students used a form to record all of the survey responses.

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Students worked diligently in teams to create the solutions to making a new student or family feel more welcome at Lakewood Elementary.

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Here are the Finished PBL Projects! Please Click and Explore~

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Here are the Finished PBL Projects! Please Click and Explore~

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Teacher Directory
Students on this team emailed each of the teachers to receive a selfie-photo and identify the number of years in education each teacher had earned in order to create this Teacher Directory.

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Meet Lakewood Elementary - Slide Presentation
Students worked as a team to determine the most important information they wanted to share with new families about our school.

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Students created a color-coded map with pictures that would allow a new student at Lakewood to find their way around the school more easily.

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Students were eager to share their Brochure, School Map, Slide Presentation, Teacher Directory, and Welcome Video with the PTO, Mr. Ghareeb, and other elementary schools. They are excited to offer new students and families resources next school year to make them feel welcome and more comfortable with their Lakewood family.

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Lakewood Elementary Brochure

Students did research on our school and interviewed staff and students to find out what information would be helpful for families. They wrote their paragraphs and created the brochure, and then practiced folding it into thirds so it could fit easily in a brochure/pamphlet style.

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Our "Welcome Video" Presentation
Students created informational videos to help new families and students learn more about Lakewood, our special programs, and our amazing playground.

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This class worked so hard as a team to accomplish their goals for our PBL project!

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Examples of our Team PBL Survey Data Posters

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Examples of our Team PBL Survey Data Posters