We just finished our State Projects presentations this week (yes I know, cutting it close to the end!) and in "end of the year stress" fashion, I forgot to take pictures of their posters :o(. Instead I am attaching a slideshow of some of my favorites from last year. Last year's project was a little different as the students created parade floats about their state along with a written report. They did an AMAZING job, as you will see. The best part about this project was the creativity and the food. If you know anything about me, you know I like to eat! Probably at any given moment you can walk into my room and I am either snacking on something or there is food on my desk waiting to be snaked on, lol. So for extra credit I offered up points if they brought in a food from their state. I was very impressed with their effort and all the inventive homemade goodies they brought in: Peach floats from Delaware, Mississippi Mud Pies, Cowboy Stew from Montana, Buckeyes from Ohio, Whoopi Pies from Maine, and more. For a whole week I ate like a queen! If you click on the Smilebox below you will see just a few of my favorites (I had three classes last year).
Sabra
I am doing state floats for the first time and I am going to show my kids your class slideshow. Smilebox will give teachers a free membership that plays them with no commercials and allows you to upload your own music.
ReplyDeleteReally?!?! I love Smilebox! Thanks for the tip and I hope you have fun :o) My kids absolutely loved it.
ReplyDeleteI love this idea! I'm thinking about doing this since I'm teaching regions this year. Do you have the directions page/rubric at all?
ReplyDeleteI do indeed! Leave your email and I will send it to you :o)
ReplyDeleteAwesome! Thanks so much Sabra! Your site and blog is just amazing and I have been exploring like crazy. I wish I had your creativity and organization for that matter. My email is jswans81@gmail.com. Also, I was looking at your Geography Challenge interactive bulletin board. What kinds of worksheets or questions do you put in the bags? Do you separate by region?
ReplyDeleteHi Sabra! Love your Geography Challenge board! I am hoping to do that with my Fourth Graders in North Carolina. Where did you get all the pages you put for each region? I'm struggling to find good books for the regions :( I'd also love to do the state floats! Last year, my kids just did an acrostic poem powerpoint to wrap up our poetry unit for their state. I'd love any suggestions or resources you've found!
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Thank you so much! The book I used is called United States Geography Journey: Grades 4-6 by Linda Schwartz (it's yellow). I inherited it from another teacher so it is a bit dated but you can still find it on Amazon from other sellers for about $4 (can't beat that)! For the floats, the kids really went to town on their own since it was a take-home project but anything I come up with I'll let you know!
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