When we did this project, I wanted my students to study U.S. regions (a 5th grade state standard), use research and writing skills, use technology in a new way to add to their project toolkits, and to apply creative and logical thinking skills.
I showed my students the goals and an example of a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure slideshow I made about Canada. Then we discussed what we thought a good project would include. Some of their ideas:
Students worked in pairs, trios, or individuals, according to their preferences, and they also chose the region to focus on for the project. Some had background knowledge about specific places, and others were researching everything. The slides started with a choice about which state or city to visit, and each choice led to another choice, or a dead end, with regional highlights as part of the virtual tour:
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As part of our poetry unit, my fifth graders and I read a great book called The Best Part of Me. It's a collection of student poetry combined with photography by Wendy Ewald. My students and I discussed different poems from this book and why they did or did not necessarily speak to us. We looked at elements like repetition and figurative language that the authors used. It wouldn't have been any fun if we hadn't tried our own! Here, used with permission by the authors, are some of our poems. What strategies do you think these authors have used successfully? My Eyes
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