Wednesday 2 April 2014

Where in the World are we?

As a culminating activity for my "My Environment" social studies unit, I used an idea from Pinterest.  This was an ideal way for them to show all the groups they are a part of. (see link)

 Where in the world  I made a minor adaptation: I changed town to colony on the fourth page.  The page in the book are as follows:
1. student
Individual pages from "Where in the World are we?"
2. my class standing in front of our school
3. child standing in front of his/her house
4. aerial view of our colony (Google maps is a wonderful resource to show all pages in this book form colony to planet Earth)  I'm not sure whom to credit, but someone did a fabulous job of pinning each colony... see link Colonies on Google Maps
I'm not sure who is more excited about this, my students or me?!
5. map of Manitoba
6. map of Canada
7. planet Earth  

 The first sentence of each page was generic e.g: I live in the province of Manitoba.  Each student then  composed a second or third sentence, adding another detail about 
Where in the World are we?
My friend Kathy My Spare Moments did something similar using this Pinterest idea:
Me on the Map 
Perhaps she will share exactly how she used and adapted it.






Schuel Stoff: Land of the Silver Birch

Schuel Stoff: Land of the Silver Birch: Another Social Studies Post In SS students learn about their province and country and also symbols of the two.  After taking a UDL (Univer...

Land of the Silver Birch

Another Social Studies Post

In SS students learn about their province and country and also symbols of the two.  After taking a UDL (Universal Design for learning) last summer, I realized that I could integrate more music into other subjects.  I found a few versions of Land of the Silver Birch on You Tube and planned a few lessons...


1. Listen and Watch


    First we watched the clip (see link below), enjoying both the lyrics and pictures.






At our second and third viewings, I asked the students to take note of the symbols, places and other Canadian aspects. 
      

      2. Read and Highlight


      Next, I provided each student with a copy of the lyrics which I had printed on 11 x 17 paper so there would be plenty of white space around the words. We read through the song and highlighted words that they had seen on the pictures of the you tube video.  


 3. Sing-along

Then,  I used another you tube clip where the lyrics are provided, and the singing is somewhat slower than the previous version, which made it easier for the students can sing along.  

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlE9uB_23kw&safe=active   


4. Doodling

Finally my students added doodles around the perimeter of the lyrics based on what they had highlighted in session 2.