Are you curious?

This week 2nd and 3rd graders at Swift talked about what it means to be curious. They also wondered:  are answers more important than questions? We read and discussed excerpts from Pablo Neruda’s Book of Questions , as well as a poem written by a former Swift 2nd grader, Ayusha R., titled “Where is My Watch?” In the 2nd stanza of Ayusha’s poem, the poet attempts to answer the question by considering “Maybe,/ it was tired of being on my wrist,/ It went somewhere to rest.” Students then made lists of their own common, and imaginative questions.

Ms. Reed 3rd Grade

Alfa

Does time stop?
Do creative ideas have limits?
Is the black hole really a hole?

Why does the sun burn in the universe?

Why are storms dark?

Xena

What Roblox game should I play?
Why does time go so slowly? If I think about it less, will it go faster?
Where does the moon go when it’s day?
Why was Katseye’s first song “Debut?”

She'Ana

Why is the sun yellow?
Why does the clock make no sound?
Why do we need school?
Why can’t we ride a rainbow?
Why do we need rules?
Why do we need food?
Why do we need to sit down?

Mr. Ciccone 3rd Grade

Pranav P.

When the sun comes in the sky, why is it bright and sunny?
How do animals lose themselves?
Why are sticks easy to break?
What are we having?
Where are we going?

 

Aaliyah

Where do people go when they die?
What happens in a toaster?
Why do people die?
Why were guns invented?

Ishan

When thunder comes, is the cloud happy or angry?

Vale

How do birds play rock paper scissors?
What if birds spoke English?
When do birds shower?
Where does a bird go when eating?
Why doesn’t a bird speak human words?

Ms. Brist 2nd Grade

Max

How many people are named Logan?
Do shells have parents?
Why do squid have tentacles?
Why do flying bugs have legs if they can fly?
What are the ingredients in crystals?

Aydin B.

How did Einstein invent E = mc2?
How do dreams work?
What was the first fruit to exist?
Why do religions exist?

Aylin

Why do we need to go home at 3:00?
Do cats get married?
Do dogs wear cat ears?
When did you go to the cat’s party house?

Nicole

Why does a dog bark?
How did the world get started?
What is Yissachor doing?
How does a rainbow look like that?
Why does a fish have shoes?

Ms. Liz 2nd Grade

Pradipti

Why does my brother leave the door open when sleeping?
Why is space big?
Why does chocolate melt?
Why is candy sticky after you lick it?
Why is water clear?

Arush

Why does a dog smell people’s footsteps?

Abignaa

Why do humans write?
Why do they say “an apple a day keeps the doctor away?”
Why are dogs a dog?
How do you draw a perfect line?
Who made colors?

Ben

Is space actually endless?
How did there get to be animals, humans, and plants?
What’s the smallest thing in the world?
What’s the biggest thing in the world?
What was the first thing to live?