This week in Social Studies we studied the Age of Discovery! We learned about famous European explorers: Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, Jacques Cartier, Henry Hudson, Juan Ponce de Leon, Pedro Menendez de Aviles, and Hernan Cortes. Students worked together to create lapbooks, while researching each explorer's sponsoring country, goal, route, and expedition result. They even made a timeline and map showing how the explorers reached the New World!
Today students researched insects of their choice! They used online resources to determine if their insects' metamorphosis was complete or incomplete. Next, they created 3D models showing each stage of the insect's life cycle. Then, they provided detailed labels describing each stage. Finally, the students wrote a summary differentiating between complete and incomplete metamorphosis on a separate piece of paper. The projects came out beautifully, and everyone created artistic and unique compositions of their insect's life cycle. Rubric*
Here is our class literacy board! The student get to practice our main skills throughout the week as I work in small groups. It's totally working for us. They love the freedom and choice with their desserts, but they get to work at their own pace too!
Read It: Students read 3 information cards about reproduction of plants, importance of plants, and needs of plants. Sort It: Students sort description cards in a Venn diagram for animal characteristics and plant characteristics. Draw It: Students color and label a plant cell using an information sheet. Tech It: Students watch a video on photosynthesis, take a fun online quiz, then write and draw about what they learned. Create It: Students build a puzzle of photosynthesis and draw a diagram. They explain the carbon dioxide-oxygen cycle. Explore It: Students observe the xylem in stalks of celery. AND FINALLY....
Analyze It: Students analyze a photo of phototropism. Explain It: Students draw conclusions based on a description of an experiment and data table about the amount of sunlight and height of 3 plants. |
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