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In our second
grade class we have been learning about butterflies. We read
books, did an Internet workshop, looked at pictures, watched
videos, drew pictures, made butterfly books of our own, and had
two painted lady butterflies as classroom pets, from caterpillar
to butterfly.
I
explained to the class that they were free to choose any way they
wanted to show me what they learned about the butterfly life
cycle. Some children made models, some wrote stories, and some
drew pictures. Others used the technology to create their
project utilizing KidPix and Microsoft Word.
The
projects I have included were some of the best representations
of each format. Vanessa did her project on KidPix, Ranaja did
hers on Microsoft Word, Dexter drew his pictures and used
Microsoft word to write the stages, Abby drew hers and wrote a
sentence for each stage, and Justin used paper to create a model
of each stage of the butterfly metamorphosis.
Main goals
of the project:
1. Learning the life cycle of the butterfly
2. Learning research skills
3. Learning how to present information that was learned |
