Spread the Word!

This is the last week of summer school.  Hard to believe we have been studying health for 4 weeks!  This last week we will spend working on our final project.  Students will create a poster to Spread the Word about what they've learned.  Our focus question this week is:

"How can we share and teach what we know with others?"

The initial activity was for students to make a list of different ways we communicate.  I was amazed at how creative their responses were!  We then emerged in a classroom discussion about why we share our knowledge and the effect it can have on family, friends, and community members.

The wordle our class created.

The final project is a poster students will create about one of the three health areas:  Personal Hygiene and Cleanliness, Food and Nutrition, and Exercise.  Today we talked about what will be expected of them by reviewing the rubric.  I showed them example pieces from last year to practice grading with the rubric, making sure to tell them that their posters need to be original and nothing should be copied from the examples.

The poster rubric

The rubric was put in action as everyone created a draft of what their poster will look like including picture ideas, their title, and facts that they want to share with their families.  On Friday families will be invited to the classroom to hear their child present.

Pictures to follow!