The last couple of weeks are always crazed! I wanted to capture some of the moments at our Open House as a way of documenting how hard each child has worked this year and how proud they are of their accomplishments. I tried to get most families, and I apologize if I somehow missed yours. I'll be back at it with my camera at our picnic on Friday :)
Open House Festivities
American Symbols Project
This project was by far one of the highlights of the year! The children researched, collaborated, problem solved, and blew me away with their creativity. It just goes to prove that more of this kind of hands on learning that encourages choice should be an integral part of all classrooms.
Children began by researching the symbols using books, websites, and a phenomenal online database called Pebblego that was introduced to us by our librarian, Mrs. Groden. They then chose 1 symbol that they wanted to learn more about. After some practice with note taking we came together as a group to decide how we could represent our learning. We came up with what we ended up calling "Studio Centers." Children chose between building, project, art and drama, and technology. Once they had an idea they filled out planning sheets and then the fun really began!
Here's a behind the scenes peak.....
They were BEYOND excited to share their finished projects with you!
 |
| Bald Eagle Group |
 |
| Statue of Liberty Group |
 |
| The White House Group |
 |
| American Flag Group |
I hope you enjoyed our End of the Year blog post and learned a little bit about how our Symbol projects came together. Thank you for sharing your child with me this year and supporting our classroom in countless ways! This has been an amazing year with an exceptional group of children. I will miss them next year...but I know they are ALL ready for 2nd grade!
 |
| Mrs. Elrick's Class 2016 |
Hope to see many of you at our picnic this Friday, (June, 17th), but in case I don't have a wonderful summer and don't hesitate to visit!!
