Sharing+Understandings

=Sharing Understandings=

__Student Fact Books__ Shared by Nancy Genatiempo
In second grade one of the science standard, 2.4.1, has students observing many different things in the living world. The teachers at my building have weekly units that are centered around different groups of animals, plants, and insects to help expose the students to a greater level of understanding on how the different features of an animal, plant or insect help them survive. The teachers work also on finding important information in grade level appropriate expository text. The students first brainstorm questions to drive their inquiry.Then students then gather their new information in different ways. The most popular is make a class book of facts. In a new fun twist the students could share their new information through a book of facts in Power Point. The untitled is a template for students and the Lions is an example of when the students would study mammals. The project could be adapted to learn facts about insects, reptiles, plants, or other living groups. [|Untitled] [|Lions] [|Ants]


 * The Musical Lives of Beethoven and Mozart by Jean Chelich**

For this project, I selected the topic of the musical lives of Beethoven and Mozart. This condensed version of a webquest could be used for elementary school students in either music class or regular classroom instruction. A collaboration between the music teacher, classroom teacher and librarian would be the most effective. The presentation could also be used by an individual student without the aid of an adult I completed the Mozart starter first and then converted the information for Beethoven. The links for both projects are [|Mozart] and [|Beethovan]. My template/starter for learners is located at [|Composer Template].