Steps and planning page follow.
completed a reflection page.
At the end of our Roald Dahl unit (studying the fantasy genre in language arts), students were given a making prompt: make a scene or an object from your Roald Dahl book. Steps and planning page follow. Students created unique items over two blocks of time, and then completed a reflection page.
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At the end of the first quarter, we hold a "Writers' Tea." Family members join us as each student stands in front of the audience and presents a research paper they have written (on a choice animal or plant). Afterwards, we enjoy tea and refreshments. A thank you to parents for their support--we experienced an elegant afternoon featuring cucumber sandwiches and other fancy foods! A toast: to a successful first quarter!
A student enjoyed the grocery store / estimation lesson so much, she asked to make a lesson involving estimation and a hardware store flyer. Her prompt was to create a building project, then use the flyer to list estimated and actual costs. Projects ranged from planning to "build a mansion" to "replacing the door in my room." As students reflected on what they learned, one student shared: "Getting a new bathroom is expensive. An outhouse seems more economical." A salute to LC for generating this math lesson for us!
Students made Toma Todo games and played them within the classroom, as well as creating a set for the larger school community to enjoy in the waiting area by the front office. Our work linked with National Hispanic American Heritage Month.
A few weeks ago, our students worked on an exciting week-long project that involved both art and writing. Students used their imagination to transform something ordinary into a unique creation, and then continued to push their creative limits by using their object as a writing prompt. This project was inspired by a book called "Not A Box", which is about a bunny with a cardboard box and big imagination. On Monday, we began with a simple cardboard tube... After one hour in the Maker Space, students had produced all sorts of interesting works-in-progress, including some examples below (airplanes, a cannon, and a fairy house) : We then reflected on what we created, and made a list of things we still needed to do. Throughout the week, students had the opportunity to continue working on their object during quiet time in the classroom. The following day, students did a gallery walk to share their objects with one another. Next, we began to plan stories involving our objects and the bunny from the "Not A Box" story. Students typed the stories on their laptops. Each student was then given a printed image of their object and cut outs of the bunny character from the book. Using the cutouts, the object image, and black line drawing, they created illustrations for their stories. Here is an excerpt from the final product--a class book! In Language Arts, students have been studying the fantasy genre through the delightful works of Roald Dahl. Today, students created something straight out of Chapter 25 of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory--"candy-coated pencils!"
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AuthorMs. McGill is a public school librarian at Stony Point Elementary. She has previously taught all subjects in 4th & 5th grades, and creative nonfiction at UVa's Young Writers Workshop for nine summers. Categories |