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On this page I'll describe each of the family projects, and possibly show some examples of what
last year's kids created.
About Our Class
Favorite Links
"All About Me"
Poster
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DUE August 31,
2010
Create a poster that describes your child include pictures. Describe his/her favorite
things like food, toys, games, activities, holiday. Add where and when your child was born. Decorate the poster
with pictures, stickers, crayons, markers, anything you and your child would like to add to make it unique!
Standard: The student will be able to listen and speak to peers appropiately. The student will be able to talk
about his/her life and include important facts such as birthday, family members, likes and dislikes.
Build Your House
DUE September 30, 2010
Build a house with your family. Use any items you have at home like shoe boxes, or cereal boxes. Be
creative. The purpose is to learn your address, phone number and full name. The students will present
and give mini-speeches on Thursday, September 30, 2010, at 1:30 p.m.
Standard:
The Student will be able to recite his/her full name, address, and phone number independently.
"What I Want to Be When I Grow Up!"
Speech
Due October 29, 2010 With your family, talk about different jobs you can do as a grown-up.
Pick a job that you like. You will dress up as your career and in at least 5 sentences you will tell the classmates:
1. What job you want to have. 2. Why you think that job
would be good for you. 3. Who your job will help? 4 How do you get your job? college/trade
school/just apply? 5. What tools would you use? Standard: The student will be able to listen and speak to peers appropiately. The student will be able to talk
about making choices for his/her own future.
Fantastic
Turkey
Due November 12, 2010 Design your own Fantastic Turkey! I will send home a turkey body on the 29th of October.
Decorate this turkey as outrageous as you want... paint, feathers, stickers, pictures, cloth, shiny items, glitter,
etc. There
will be rewards for the "Best Dressed Turkey", the "Most Colorful Turkey", the"Most Unique Turkey",
the "Prettiest Turrkey", and the "Most Realistic Turkey!" The administration, office
staff, all Para-pros and teachers will be asked to judge the turkeys. Standards: Social Studies- The Students will learn about the National Holidays (Thanksgiving).
Language Arts- The student will describe the steps in a process. (by April they are expected to write events in a series,
so talking about How and What is a great way to lead into writing steps/series independently!)
Gingerbread Baby
#1
Due December 13th, 2010 Design your own Ginger
Baby!
I will send home a Ginger Baby on the 29th of November. Decorate e Ginger Baby as
outrageous as you want... paint, feathers, stickers, pictures, cloth, shiny items, glitter,
etc.
There will be rewards for the "Best Dressed Ginger Baby",
the "Most Colorful Ginger Baby", the"Most Unique Ginger Baby", the "Prettiest Ginger Baby", and
the "Most Realistic Ginger Baby!" The administration, office staff, all Para-pros and teachers
will be asked to judge the Ginger Babies.
#2 This project has no due date! Hopefully we will start recieving Gingerbread
Men by January 1st!
Each Gingerbread Baby visits with our Families and Friends. I will provide each family with 2 Gingerbread
men. Please pick 2 family members or friends that live in other counties, states, or countries. Send
them/give them a Gingerbread man, ask them to
decorate him so that he represents where they live. They are then asked to send the Gingerbread Baby
back to Harmony Leland in a self addressed envelope.
For example, my cousin in San Diego might decorate him with
sand from the beach or pictures/stickers from the San Deigo Zoo. When my family lived in Birmingham,
they decorated a Gingerbread man with a UAB Blazers sticker, an Alabama football jersey and the Alabama
flag. It doesn't have to be super fancy, just coloring it will do! Our goal is that it comes from somewhere else.
We will plot them on the U.S. map to show where they come from. If you send them to another
country, we will show that Gingerbread man on the world map!
Standards- Social Studies- Learning
about the different cultures and regions that our family members represent. Respecting differences.
Famous American/Inventor Speech
Due February 8, 2010 The families are asked to pick an influential person, a list of multi-cultural persons
will be provided. At home, research the person... find the birthdate, date of death, location of birth, and contributions
or inventions of the person. The students will give a speech on the 9th of February about their person. You may even
dress up like your person!
Standards: According to Picasso's scope and sequence of the state standards, January's Social
Studies focus will be Martin Luther King Jr., the struggle for peace and equality. Again, according to Picasso's scope
and sequence of the state standards, February's Social Studies Focus will be the Presidents of the United States. February is
also African-American Month,so we will be taking the liberty to blend the 2 topics for that second week of February.
Humpty Dumpty
Due April 12, 2010
As a family, create a 3-dimensional Humpty. The students will use mathematical processes to figure out
which Humpty is the Longest/Tallest, Heaviest, and "Fattest"/biggest circumference. Awards will be given to
the winners!
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