ELA and Social Studies Lessons

• Viking project - After our ELA unit focusing on the viking history and Lore, the students drew their own viking ships and wrote a paragraph about what they had learned. 
  
• Romans - After we completed our ELA unit on the Romans, students made their own Pompeii Village, had a readers theater for Androcles and the Lion, and made Roman Mosaic Art.
  
• Kansas history - during Kansas history month, I created a website to allow students to explore various aspects of Kansas, our symbols, famous Kansans, and even had a link for students to play Oregon trail.
  

Oregon Trail Indian Center Indian Center Oregon trail Noun Town Roman Mosaics Roman mosaics Play Pause

I am an avid reader and book lover.  In my classroom library we have hundreds of books.  During every topic I like to feature different books to help students explore their topic on their own.  I also allow students to volunteer to do a show and tell on a book or create a power point to present to the class that fits with our theme.  

Exploring poetry during poetry month Students created reading notebooks as we studied each standard to refer to through out the year Creating a power point presentation on a famous hero Sharing a power point from home about owls during our Ecology unit. Kagan Cooperative learning Kagan Cooperative learning Kagan Cooperative learning Kagan Cooperative learning Play Pause