Thursday, March 14, 2013

Balancing Act

As we progressed through the final week of completing the wonders projects, we balanced our regular curriculum with our project exhibits. The children have done a wonderful job meeting all of our academic and project goals.  They have been such enthusiastic learners, and are making fantastic  connections between our curriculum and their project requirements. We discussed how they have been utilizing their research, writing, and proofreading skills in order to create their project  documents. They incorporated their measurement  and fractions skills in preparing the actual exhibits and environments for the evening. They have also further developed their life skills of long-term collaboration and drafting and  revising until the product matched their vision. The children were very impressed with themselves when they realized how our Project Based Learning has allowed them to demonstrate their knowledge. Comprehending that  these are real-life skills is so important for them to know.

Teaching primary students about their wonders:

Google Earth overview of the 15 wonders
Third grade's Great Wall of China
Fifth grade's Aurora Borealis 
Fifth grade's Crystal Caves
Fourth grade's Taj Mahal
Third grade's Dead Sea
Fifth grade's Daintree Rainforest
Fourth grade's Everglades
Fourth grade's Petra
Fourth grade's Mt. Everest 

Third grade watching a DVD presentation of the book Little Nino's Pizzeria as a basis for our human resources discussion.


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