National Symbols

It is the end of another Social Studies Unit and the students worked on a group project. This project included doing research digitally and in books along with making a poster for display and including a powerpoint slide show to present and teach the class about their symbol. It was the first time that the students made slides for a powerpoint and did a great job. Make sure and check out all 5 group pictures on the classroom website. They all did a wonderful job on this project.

http://www.morning-sun.k12.ia.us/2nd/mrsmacsclass/Feb_Photos.html 

Groundhogs and Chinese New Year?

What do these two have in common? Not really anything other than the students learning about them the last couple of weeks. Each week we used nonfiction and some fiction reading during Daily 5 to learn more about groundhogs and Chinese New Year. Then, the students used their new knowledge to write two different pieces. They first wrote in 1st person as a groundhog and showed a map of their home. Some students decided to add extra things to their burrow to make it more exciting but all added the bathroom that they found very interesting that the groundhog had in its burrow. The next week, they wrote an information piece to teach others about Chinese New Year and made a paint-strip dragon to add to their story. Both turned out so cute!