Wonders for Building a Classroom Community
- #137 What is a Random Act of Kindness?
- #502 How Can You Pay It Forward?
- #607 Are All Bullies Big?
- #634 What Would You Want on a Deserted Island? (This Wonder would be great to use on the first day of school for students to get to know each other.)
- #681 What's in a Name?
- #684 Are You Talented?
A Wonder to Share at Open House or Curriculum Night with Parents
Reading Workshop
- #21 What Fairy Tale Ending Would You Change?
- #40 How Can Four Legs Help You Become a Better Reader?
- #44 What is a Biography?
- #211 How Are Books Made?
- #226 How Can You Become a Better Reader?
- #254 Why Don't All Books Have Pictures?
- #269 Why Do They Call It a "Tall Tale"?
- #577 Are You a Bookworm?
- #611 Do You Judge a Book by Its Cover?
- #627 What's Your Favorite Fable?
- #662 When Does Nonfiction Become Fiction?
Writing Workshop
- #29 What Bedtime Story Would You Tell? (story telling)
- #58 What is a Letter Writing Campaign? (persuasive writing)
- #205 How Do You Write a TV Script?
- #240 Why is "lb" the Abbreviation for Pound?
- #294 Why Do We Use Different Words For the Same Thing?
- #413 What Do You Call More Than One Moose?
- #486 Do YOu Need a Pen To Have a Pen Pal?
Poetry
Famous Americans
- #59 Who Was the Most Famous Female Aviator? (Amelia Earhart)
- #106 Who Was Martin Luther King Jr.?
- #132 Where Was Abraham Lincoln Born?
- #136 What Was the Underground Railroad? (Harriet Tubman)
- #142 Did George Washington Have Wooden Teeth?
- #173 Who Was Clara Barton?
- #223 What Was the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
- #241 What Does It Mean To Stand For Something? (Rosa Parks)
- #401 What Is Suffrage? (Susan B. Anthony)
- #470 What Is a Civil Right? (Martin Luther King, Jr.)
American Symbols
- #151 Who Wrote the National Anthem?
- #257 Why Is the Statue of Liberty Green?
- #274 Who Made the American Flag?
- #351 Why Is the Liberty Bell Cracked?
- #404 Who Is the Unknown Soldier?
- #505 How Tall Is the Washington Monument?
- #462 Are Bald Eagles Really Bald?
- #505 Who's on Mount Rushmore?
- #527 Who Is Uncle Sam?
Inventors/Inventions
- #33 Who Invented Chocolate Chips?
- #75 Who Were the Wright Brothers?
- #99 What Is a Patent?
- #143 Who Was George Washington Carver?
- #166 Who Invented Basketball?
- #561 Who Invented the High Five?
- #582 Who Invented Play Dough?
- #639 Who Invented LEGO Blocks?
- #673 Can Kids Be Inventors, Too?
Map Skills
- #2 How Do Streets Get Their Names?
- #7 How Can You Be a Human Compass?
- #55 How Are Maps Made?
- #548 Can You See the Equator?
Space
- #11 What Causes a Shooting Star?
- #73 Why Is Pluto No Longer a Planet?
- #76 What Does the Moon Do?
- #94 What Is a Supernova?
- #128 How Much Do You Weigh On the Moon? (great for gravity, too)
- #215 How Long Would It Take To Fly To Mars?
- #332 How Hot Is the Sun?
- #422 Is the Sky Falling?
- #596 What Is a Black Hole?
- #608 Can You Only See the Moon at Night?
- #657 Where Is the Milky Way?
U.S. Holidays
- #39 What Is Veterans Day?
- #53 Why Do We Eat Turkey on Thanksgiving?
- #78 How Do People Celebrate Winter Holidays?
- #82 Do Reindeer Live Outside the North Pole?
- #122 Who Is Punxsutawney Phil?
- #141 What Is Presidents' Day?
- #337 Why Don't We Work On Labor Day?
- #541 Why Aren't There More Holidays?
Election
Plants
- #235 How Are Annuals and Perennials Different?
- #253 Are Tomatoes Fruits or Vegetables?
- #262 Can Plants Grow Without Soil?
- #288 Why Does a Strawberry Have Seeds On the Outside?
- #487 Do All Plants Have Roots?
- #589 How Do Seeds Sprout?
- #621 How Many Flowers Can a Bee Pollinate?
General Science
- #57 Why Do Bubbles Float?
- #98 What Is Static Electricity?
- #161 What Makes Sound Louder?
- #276 Does Matter Really Matter?
- #372 When Is Being Grounded Good?
- #437 How Are Sleds and Sleighs Different? (friction)
Weather
- #60 Why Do Different States Have Different Weather?
- #97 What's the Difference Between Snow, Sleet and Freezing Rain?
- #287 Why Does It Hail?
- #307 How Do Hurricanes Get Their Names?
- #329 Where Does Fog Come From?
- #334 What Is a Hurricane?
- #471 Why Do You See Your Breath When It's Cold?
- #522 How Much Rain Can a Cloud Hold?
- #591 What Is a Lenticular Cloud?
Animal Adaptations
- #1 Why Are Flamingos Pink?
- #51 What Do Bees Do in Winter?
- #62 How Do Fish Breathe Underwater?
- #120 Why Do Spiders Spin Webs?
- #188 Are Frog and Toads the Same? (great for comparison/venn diagram)
- #305 Why Would You Hike At Night?
- #342 Do Animals Play Hide and Seek?
- #378 Do Bats Need Maps?
- #483 What Is a Raptor?
- #513 Where Do Warms Go in Winter?
- #515 Why Do Giraffes Have Long Necks?
- #652 Where Do Bugs Sleep?
Just For Fun
Morning Barbara,
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for taking the time to organize these for everyone, it makes it so easy to find a Wonder!
Robyn
mrstsgrade3sclassblog.blogspot.com
What a great list! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteCathy
Thank you for sharing this with us! I have been wondering how to incorporate Wonderopolis into my classroom and this is GREAT!
ReplyDeleteI love this! Will definitely share the list with the teachers in my schools. So many great ideas to quickly build background knowledge with students. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comments, Barb. I'm glad you are finding this list helpful. Please let me know if I can help you in any other way. Barbara
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