2) How different was the new findings from 1st cycle? 3) Student ideas and questions

- Students were using the sentence starters more consciously and selectively. 
- The use of symbols helped frame their opinion on their friend's input
- Their discussion was more diverse and showed some depth
-Some students were still afraid if their ideas were too off like when one mentioned that the bird's fats could insulate them from being electrocuted/ birds need to put only one leg on the wire and not both as it will form a closed circuit. 

4) KB principles that I have used in my lesson 

This round, I have used some KB principals such as Real Idea Authentic problems, Improvable Ideas and Idea Diversity. 

I am hoping that in my next KB lesson, I can use concept cartoons to allow students to take responsibility of their ideas by determining their learning outcomes. 

5) Difficulties faced that need help
- Students not open to knowledge building pedagogy or do not see its affordances and contribute minimally ( could be the nature of the cartoon posed that is not of interest perhaps?) 
- Time factor as some follow ups of KB lessons may spill over more than two lessons if we follow through. 

6) New ideas and questions based on readings:

After reading the articles by Dr Ong, I found the approach of introducing the lesson on life cycle of the dodo birds and explaining its extinction through KB very interesting. Likewise, I found the keeping the tissue dry experiment relatable as I did set this as a challenge to my P4 students. I did not however use any KB but relied on short cycle DI questioning such as rephrasing and summarizing to funnel the rest of the class discussion to explain how air occupied space and could not escape to keep the tissue dry in the inverted cup submerged in water.

- I think I need to be more explicit in my instructions and to record artefacts of their discussions, in stead of relying on class-based discussions. I will be trying out more explicit conducting of KB in the classroom in the next topic of Magnets.

Reflections on each individual’s inquiry in the past week:

I notice..:

A better way to do this…:

Plans for the coming weeks…:

Reflections on each individual’s inquiry in the past week:

I notice..: That students are very open to share their ideas in a safe environment. Students are capable to linking ideas from different subjects to answer their own questions. Such as how flooding would help the to irrigate various farming lands.

A better way to do this…: I could employ the voting process and maybe give more time for students to explore other promising ideas.

Plans for the coming weeks…: Sharing on KB strategy with the science department to help teachers discover the joy of students' collaborations on learning 

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Reflections on each individual’s inquiry in the past week:

I notice..:

A better way to do this…:

Plans for the coming weeks…: