I'm so happy that it's summer time. I can't wait to sit back and enjoy my family, the warm weather (finally), and just relax. I didn't realize how much I needed this break! Anyway, I wanted to post about a few things that my students were working on....up until the last day of school. We learned about the solar system. I had the students do some research on each of the planets and put together a foldable planet book. As always, there are things to work on that I will improve upon next year, but the kids really enjoyed this project.
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| This is the foldable that the kids put together. |
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Here is a picture of the cards that they put inside. They had a picture and the planet name on the front, facts on the back.
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We also were doing a pioneer unit. The students read the book "If you traveled west in a covered wagon". This is a great question and answer book. The students looked through the table of contents and picked the 6 questions that they wanted to know the answer to. We practiced restating a question to answer a question, writing in complete sentences (and in our own words), and picking 2-3 other important facts that support the answer to the questions. We made our own covered wagon books.
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| Cover page of their covered wagon book. |
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Well, I hope I can find some things to continue blogging about this summer.
Andrea
