03/21/2026
Fourth Grade reading AIG students spent some time learning about kid inventors through our Jr. Great Book nonfiction text and some research about kid inventors. Some common inventions were created by kids. After reading the nonfiction texts, students worked with The PBL project: The Next Great App lesson where they learned a little about mobile apps before brainstorming ideas for their own “next great app”. Students had to come up with two ideas then conduct some action research from their peers to help them narrow it down to one. Once the chose their best idea, they created the icon, explained what it was used for, how users would interact with it and the intended audience. Each student presented their idea to the class and we voted for some “awards” (most useful, most creative, biggest time waster, etc.). Students had to really think this through in order to convince us that their app was “The next great app”. The apps are now displayed in our class on a giant phone/tablet.
