What we've been doing: We just finished up our plant unit. I had the boys create a landscaping project. They were to design their own backyard and list characteristics about the plants. We got to Skyped with Uncle Tony who shared about his love and knowledge of plants. I would love to have guest speakers come talk to the boys, but it would be a little challenging to fly people all the way to the DR. It was wonderful for the boys to see a connection between what we learn in class and real life. Uncle Tony did an awesome job telling them to find a job that they love. He explained that he originally wanted to go into accounting, but then realized that was too boring. Uncle Tony told the boys a job wouldn't seem like as much work if they really enjoyed doing it every day. THANK YOU Uncle Tony for taking the time out of your day to talk to us.
We also had our first field trip in connection to the landscaping project. We went to the nursery. The boys had to interview several workers. They also had to identify the plants they were going to put in their backyards. They pointed out the different leaf types, leaf arrangements. They figured out if they were compound or simple leaves. They applied all the knowledge from class into a project.
We left with a class plant named Steve and we stopped by the ice cream store on our way back to class.
Here are some pictures of two of their final projects.
Teaching is always full of adventures.
Con mucho amor.
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