Teaching

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GOLD FEVER!

These are some of the students' "Saturday Night Activities" during our gold rush simulation. Students wrote poems, songs, and skits; some drew picures of mining equipment, gold mining towns, and other glimpses of the California Gold Rush. A few of them were displayed on a bulletin board in our classroom.

Polyhedra Constructions

After learning the properties of polyhedra, each student made their own construction.

Endangered Species

This was an interactive bulletin board that focused on endangered species. Students selected pictures of animals and matched the animals with the countries in which the animals live. One of the activities during this unit was a research paper. Each student chose an endangered animal to study.

Native American Legends

After gaining insight into the art of Native American storytelling from Dr. Weighill Howaste (Chumash medicine man and storyteller), students crafted their own legends and shared them with classmates and parents.

 

6-Point Designs

After a series of lessons on 6-point constructions, my students created these designs.

 

Math Experiment

Students made predictions and conducted experiments in probability by dropping coins on a mat that they had shaded in with a variety of colors prior to carrying out the experiment.

 

Read-In

Each year my students work toward a read-in. They earn points as a class for cooperating with each other, demonstrating good listening skills, and working diligently.

The students get comfortable and read their favorite books for most of the day!

 

 

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