New Adventures For The 1/2 Class
Posted January 29th, 2008 by MindyCategories: 1/2 | No Comments »
January is a busy month for the 1/2 class. We will continue to study Native Americans in North America, take a few field trips, and continue learning Spanish.
This month we will take a look at North American Native Americans after European contact. We will cover them by region beginning with Georgia and South East. These tribes include the Yamasee, Cherokee, and Chatot. Next, are the South Western tribes which are the descendents of the Anasazi. Some of them are Hopi, Navajo, and Jicarilla Apache. After we will study the Iriquos Confederacy, the Adirondak tribe, and the Manhattan tribe of the North East. We will travel back to the North West to have a look at the Stillaguamish, Maki, and Walla Walla tribes. Lastly we will study the Plains Indians. The Lakota, Shoshone, and the Pona are just a few of the tribes from the plains. We are gearing up for our research project in February. Each child will have the opportunity to research a Native American tribe and present the information to the class. More information will be provided in Februrary.
Our class will also take three more field trips during January. On the 17th we will go to Spivey Hall to see the Atlanta Percussion Trio. We have planned to take the children to Mount Arabia on the 24th if it is nice. Then we will go back to Spivey on the 29th for an operatic rendition of “The Three Little Pigs.” These three field trips are $5 each.
Students will continue to study “calendar” vocabulary in Spanish. As soon as this is mastered we will move on to “things to do” and “action” words.