Thursday, March 17, 2011

ELL Activities for the Week of 3/14/11

Hello Parents,

Here is a list of the lessons and activities that were presented in ELL class this week.  Many students asked very insightful questions about our topics this week and were very eager to participate in class.

Kindergarten-Neighborhoods/What is a community?/Where can we shop?/Different kinds of homes we live in

First Grade-Maps and Globes-What country do we live in?/What is the name of our state?/What city do we live in?

Second Grade-Economy/Money-What are goods?/Are goods grown or made?/How do goods get to the store?/How do we pay for goods?

Third Grade-Government and Leaders-What is our capital city in the U.S.?/Who is our current President and Vice President?/What are symbols?/Name symbols that represent freedom in this country.

Fourth Grade-SouthWest Region-Identify the four states that make up the SW region./Design a foldable about the SW region including specific details about that region./Saguaro Cactus timeline and semantic web

Fifth Grade-American Revolution/Taxing/Declaration of Independence-Discuss taxing and why it became a problem with the British/Timeline of events leading up to the Revolutionary War/What was significant about the Declaration of Independence?

It was a great week in ELL class!  Let's keep it up!

~Mrs. Bennick