Thank goodness my technical difficulties are now completely
finished! I got my computer back from the
repair shop and now it charges and I can type without my fingers messing up on
the j and u! Pure heaven! But, then again, maybe I’m just going the
other way too. At least I feel that way
at this point of the day! It’s been
Social Studies Craziness all day today!
Here’s what I’ve been working on. I know it is a rough sketch of a crazy idea,
but it is totally coming together in the document I’m working on. It is a Government Project made from
foldables. Homeschoolers know it as a
lapbook. The idea is that you create a
folder and put all kinds of fun stuff inside while you are learning about a
topic. The foldables inside the folder
make it fun to read and learn. What a
better way to learn about the not-so-hot topic of government! I think the kids are going to just LOVE
it! They will get to use computers to
research some of the information, do some drawing, and learn at the same time! Here
are a few sneak-peaks of the pages!
The craziest part was I decided to build in some formative
assessments as I went. That was not in my original plans, but, when I looked at
the road maps (that, my friends, is such a dreaded word to me), I decided they
were a necessity! I found this cool
little website on some quick formative assessments:
I decided to try out the one called “As I see it…” for one
of the quick assessments at the end of the lesson. Here’s a sneak-peak of how it looks!
Overall, I’m really excited about this project. I haven’t been able to print it off and build
it, so it won’t be up this week. I would
like to get it up as soon as possible, because this is our first unit of study
for Florida! I just have to make sure it
all fits. The nicest thing about it, the kids do the work. There is nothing better than facilitative
teaching in my opinion. And this will be
one of those moments!
Hope you like it.
Leave me a comment to let me know what you think so far too! My next crazy Social Studies project-Explorers!
First time reading this blog, thanks for sharing
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