*** We must apologize for the recent limited postings. Mrs. B (well, more accurately, MR. B) broke her phone which has been the prominent source of photos for the blog. Quite a few were lost when the phone broke :( Unfortunately, the following photos will not be of very high quality... one never appreciates camera quality until one goes back to a phone version from 4 years ago!
ANYWAYS! We have been traveling through time as we discovered all about what life was like during the Early American Colonies....
ANYWAYS! We have been traveling through time as we discovered all about what life was like during the Early American Colonies....
In groups, we traveled to the New World in a very crowded ship, created our own colony, set up rules, established a good place to build our settlement, and created a colonial flag.
We researched how clothing, houses, lifestyles, etc. changed from the 1600-1700s. We obviously, had to dress up, and we wrote compare and contrast articles on the clothing that different classes wore during Colonial America.
We "Ran" the colonies in the afternoons after M-Step to help us get some energy out while still learning content. One lap around the blacktop equaled "1 mile". Once we had arrived at our new destination (Massachusetts to North Carolina) we stopped and took notes on how the colony was founded.
In writing, we have been learning how to write strong opinion essays. Out latest debated which colonial region would have been the best to live in. We identified the main idea, found evidence to support our reasons for the text, and made resource maps about the cultures and economies of each region. **Essays are done - and beautiful! Pictures will come soon!
In math, we have been learning about volume, area, and perimeter. One of our culminating projects was to create a colonial village using our knowledge of these standards.
Students learned all about colonial bartering and trading during our classroom "marketplace" simulation!
All in all, we learned a TON and had a great deal of fun while doing it :)
All in all, we learned a TON and had a great deal of fun while doing it :)