Back in January, we had a our annual Museum Exhibit Night (Read about previous Museum Nights
here and
here). This year, the theme of our first grade exhibit was "Exploring Our World." Through this theme, we incorporated our geography standards, field studies, and nonfiction reading unit.
Similar to last year, we created a map of the world on our shared bulletin board. (Although this year I learned that I could use my SMART board projector to trace on to paper, making the continents much more to scale). The kiddos labeled important geographical features, including oceans and mountain ranges. Our sweet Art Teacher worked with each class to create 3D landmarks and topographies.
Unfortunately I forgot to take a picture of the whole exhibit so these close-ups will have to do!
On the night of the exhibit, the kiddos got their "docent tags." They loved hosting their friends and families around the exhibit, pointing out their details on the map and their book club posters. We managed to pull in a number of standards and skills with this project and it was obvious with all of the connections that the kiddos made as they talked about what they'd learned!
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