Culminating Activity - Franklin College

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will need to be dug. The students must record their findings on an index card. They need write the name and depth for each flowering plant along with drawing a line the length of the depth. During writing, the students have been working on writing a newspaper article about plants. Each student already know their topic. The topics are: one of the stages of development, a part of a plant, one item a plant needs, photosynthesis, etc. The students have to include a main idea with supporting details. The students are only responsible for their topic. As the students finish writing their article, the teacher must proofread it and have the student makes corrections. The students then can type their newspaper article in order to display them in the hallway and read it aloud for their guests at the end of the day. For spelling, the students are required to take their weekly spelling test. The weekly spelling test’s words correlate with the basal reading story and the phonics lessons. However, the week’s challenge words revolve around plants. They have to spell these words: sunlight, soil, scatter, spread, flower, root, leaf, stem, germination, and photosynthesis. The teacher needs to encourage the students to take the challenge word’s spelling test, but it is not mandatory. After lunch and specials, the students are allowed to go outside in order to plant seeds and some already gown plants. (The teacher has already asked the students to bring in a small, hand-held shovel.) The students need to bring their index card with the depths of how to plant each flowering plant and their hand-held shovel. If a student does not have a hand-held shovel, the teacher will provide the student with one. The teacher needs to bring the seeds that are sorted according to the type of plant. The students are given the opportunity to plant the seeds around the school in order to help improve the school’s
landscape. They are paired with a buddy and can only plant seeds on the side of the building the adults and teacher are on. The guests have already been asked to participate and help their child. With about thirty to forty minutes left in the day, the teacher needs to get the fruit. The students and guests can choose from an apple, banana, or grapes to eat as a snack before getting on the bus to go home. While they are eating their snacks, the students present their newspaper article. Each student has to read his or her article aloud. After all of the articles have been presented, the teacher and students must take down the classroom’s decorations in order for the students to take home their decorations they made. The teacher will publicize the “Fun Friday” along with the activities that will be completed by sending a letter home to the students’ parents/guardians. If the students’ parents/guardians wishes to participate in planting the seeds and watching their child present his or her newspaper article, they will be invited. The teacher will also send a similar letter to the school board members and school cooperation administration because they too will be invited.
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