Sunday, June 19, 2016

Class discussion - the story behind the data

We had collected data and discussed what it indicated, but had not gotten to the “so what” part? After seeing our two line plots with all the data from all three homerooms, we sat down and went back to our original question - why is it important that we have a longer lunch and recess period. Why isn’t the 16 minutes enough?


Fourth Grade Line Plot:  4th Grade Recess Minutes




Fourth Grade Line Plot:  4th Grade Lunch Minutes


We broke up the discussion into two parts - first recess, then lunch. For each rotational period, we had two main concerns to address:


  1. Why are the 4th graders not getting the full 16 minutes lunch/recess?
  2. Why isn’t 16 minutes enough for lunch and recess?


Each homeroom separated into groups and came up with at least 3 answers for each question which are compiled below.


A list why of 16 minutes of recess is not enough.


A list of why 16 minutes for lunch is not enough.



It seemed like there was a consensus among the three groups. Recess was cut short because the teachers do not drop off the students on time and they lose several minutes lining up against the wall to begin play for recess. Lunch time gets cut short because they get in late from recess and because they are still excited, the 4th graders get moved to the end of the line which means they get their lunch last.

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