Science Fiction
Our genre study for the month of February is SCIENCE FICTION. Miss Marco has already talked with the boys and girls about the definition of science fiction. (involving science, aliens, time travel...something in the future). All students have received a rubric for this month's genre project--a movie poster! As a homework project, students will be responsible for creating a movie poster for their book, as if the book has been chosen to be made into a movie and the students are the designers. The rubric has specific points that are needed for the poster. If students have lost their rubric, they will need to purchase a new one for $200. I suggested that students have the book finished by the 12th/13th of February and spend the rest of the month working on their poster. Posters are due on the 28th of February.
Australia
We will also be studying the continent of Oceania in February. People often called the continent Australia, but the area is also composed of other island nations that are part of this ecozone. Some atlases refer to the continental area as Oceania instead of Australia.
On Friday, students chose a landform, landmark, animal, or plant from this ecozone to research. We will learn more about the countries as a whole class activity. Some of the most unusual names are the "running postman" (plant), "bandicoot" (animal), and the "breadfruit" (plant). Students will then be responsible for creating a fact mobile about their topic. This will be an in-class activity. Fun!
Surveys
After reading in our Time for Kids about a recent nationwide survey of kids and their worries, we decided to do a survey of our own! Each student has already developed their own survey question and written the basic part of the assignment. Don't be surprised if you find them polling people at home over the weekend! Everyone must poll at least 25 people and then begin to evaluate and calculate their results. We will be sharing our results in the form of a graph--students will have the option of a bar graph or a pie graph. This should be fun!
Upcoming Events/Useful Links
Please note the "Upcoming Classroom Events" section of the blog. This lists all the note-worthy classroom activities that will be taking place over the next few weeks. The NEW Celebration of Learning date is also posted. March 31 is the date this year. The time will be early: 4:30-5:30 p.m. (All Waukazoo teachers were only given the choice of two dates for their celebration of learning this year.)
I have also added "Useful Links." These tried and true links are for sites that are useful to the kids for research or current events as well as sites that might be helpful to parents. My favorite is the "Talking to your Kids About School," link. Great questions for parents!
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