Happy Weekend everyone! Thank you for popping in as I link up with Andrea from Momfessionals and Erika from A Little Bit of Everything!
Lovely Landforms!
Do you teach about landforms? Besides learning the basic landforms, we learned about weathering which is the process of breaking rocks. Of course, living in Massachusetts in the winter, many potholes emerge so I'm always telling the kids to be on the lookout for potholes:
Who knew potholes could be so educational and useful? In addition, looking out for potholes while driving is a life skill ~ after all, kids start learning to drive years before they sit behind the wheel of a car! Think of all the money they could save on replacing the tires on their future cars.
Here's an anchor chart I made:
In addition, we made these fun landform books:
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What Students Learn in Social Studies in Kindergarden
Many years ago, I participated in an Atlas project for curriculum development for Social Studies. I wrote about my experience in my Morning Message the next day:
During the professional development, I was noting all this information my third graders were supposed to know. The next day, we started with the meaning of the Pledge of Allegiance. At last, I got one student to say it was an oath. My question - "What's an oath?" Student - "It's a promise." That was the beginning and end of what the student knew. Consequently, we went through the Pledge and discussed how it meant we would be loyal to our country and its flag.
I'd love for you to ask your students to see what their answers are ~ especially if they're a bit older. Next week, I'll be reviewing the Pledge of Allegiance question again!
Story Structure
Our standards-based report card requires us to assess out students in these two areas:
*Demonstrate an understanding of story structure.
*Determine and summarize important ideas and details of a text.
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