Text features

We are currently writing information texts during Writer's Workshop.  We have also been reading a lot of non-fiction texts as we determine importance in Reader's Workshop.   We have learned a lot about text features, and how they help a reader understand a text.  As such, the children have been asked to collect pictures to put into their own texts.  They may print them off the Internet, cut them out of magazines, or create neat pictures themselves.  Please let me know if you have any questions about this assignment.

Here are some photos send to us from Mrs. Pellegri.  Enjoy!

Synthesizing

The children have spent a lot of time over the past week discussing what it was like in the 1600's.  They worked with partners to complete a web quest to gather information about the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag tribe.  Then we went to Plimouth Plantation and saw many wonderful things that brought this period of time to life.  ]]

Earlier this week, they thought about all of the information they had read about, heard, and saw, and created a project to demonstrate some of that new knowledge. Here are some pictures of some of those projects.


Some of the children created suitcases for the Pilgrims'journey.  They put a lot of thought into what would go inside the suitcase, taking into consideration the most basic needs of the Pilgrims.  Some of the most common items they included were food, clothing, tools, and a bible.

 

 

Other children created clothing that they thought Pilgrims and Wampanoag people may have worn.  They were very thoughtful of their choice of colors, style, and decoration.

 

 



Other children created menus of what food was eaten in each culture.

 

 

 

 

 

Some children created a map of the Pilgrims journey, as well as a diagram of the Mayflower.

 

 

 

Some built Pilgrim houses,

 

 

 

as well as wetus.

 

The children thoroughly enjoyed this engaging project, and are prepared to learn more about these two cultures, and their impact on us today.

 



Pilmouth Plantation part 2

Here are a few more pictures from Mrs. Kerr.  Enjoy!

Plimouth Plantation Field Trip

We enjoyed a beautiful, brisk fall day at Plimouth Plantation today.  Take a look at these photos of our trip. Be sure to ask your children to explain each one.  They learned so much from this exciting experience!  Thank you to all of the chaperones for going with us today, keeping us safe, and helping to spread the enthusiasm.

 

Thank you to the PCC for funding our field trip.  It was a day we will remember forever!