Day Two went very well. The students enjoyed an activity about working well in groups.  I wanted to jump right into a research project, so we took the questions from the first day's activity and made an Inquiring Minds Want to Know bulletin board.  The students broke up into groups of four, brainstormed first for a topic selection and then began working on their first inquiry project.  As expected, there was a wide range of reactions and accomplishments for the work period.  Overall, the students did a fine job getting their projects up and running.  Because they created the questions, there was quite a bit of excitement and buy-in to the activity. 

Day Three consisted of taking the main ideas surrounding successful group work and creating a poster for the classroom that we can all refer to when working.  The posters were based on 7 solid principle for meaningful interaction in groups.  The students did a whole class activity to explore the seven principals, then broke into their respective groups to complete a poster.  I must say, in three short days, they've done a good job decorating the room!  The beauty is, the kids saw that their work was going to have an audience, so they tended to notch up the quality.  So far, so good!