Hopefully your children are busy at home preparing their dioramas and paragraphs for the State Fair. You may have noticed that I have been giving less written homework the last week or so to give your children more time to complete it. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
The children are working equally hard at school. While we are focusing in on one small aspect of their state at home, we are looking at the entire state at school. The children have completed research sheets to gain general information. We have practiced using a Table of Contents and an index to help them find this information. We have learned about agriculture and manufacturing. We have learned that states became parts of our nation at different times.
This information will be compiled and shared on a large display board that will represent each region at the state fair. They will be displayed along with the children's dioramas. Together the children will look carefully at their collective states and analyze why they are grouped together. Most importantly, we want children to understand that where people live in our country will affect how they live.
We hope you can make it to our state fair on Thursday, February 12 at 9:00 in the Miriam Kronish Performance Center.
No comments:
Post a Comment