How cool is this? (Grade School "Survival" Homework)
My daughter brought this home this week.
They've been reading books like "My Side of the Mountain" and similar, but this is the first I've heard of the fact that the entire quarter from a multi-discipline perspective is based on a survival theme. I scanned and OCR'd the first page of the handout, but it goes on over multiple pages to suggest projects like dehydrating foot, fire-making, fishing, making snares and traps, falconry (makes sense if you read the book), etc.
My daughter has requested her project be making a "survival pack" (modified BOB).
This will be much more fun than helping out with math homework!
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SURVIVAL FAIR is COMING March 13, 2015
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Please read, sign, and return by Wednesday, January 21, 2015!
Dear Parents and Students,
Quarter 3 is well-underway, and we are gearing up for an exciting cross-
curricular unit that will culminate with The Survival Fair on March 13, in the
CHCMS atrium from 10:30 A. M. until 12:00 noon. This special event will
showcase work from our sixth-graders who will be selecting a project,
Completing a presentation board, and creating a separate visual to explain or
demonstrate their topic when guests visit their stations. This
interdisciplinary project will be accomplished by doing certain assignments
at school, but the assembly of the trifold and visual component will be
done at home. Please mark your calendars now and plan to visit the fair to
view all the students' work!
What, exactly, IS the Survival Fair and why are we doing this project?
Understanding the purpose of this project is important. First, in Language
Arts this quarter, students are reading novels with a survival theme. They
will read, do related assignments in small groups, discuss and contemplate
ways that people have adapted to harsh arctic environments to Survive and
thrive. Likewise, in Science, Social Studies, and Bible, students will focus on
various aspects of survival. This project will give students an opportunity to
combine their reading, writing, research, critical thinking, science, social
studies, and artistic abilities to create a project that reflects their
integrated learning. Students will see how all disciplines are related and
complementary. Students will take one aspect of a broad topic (survival) and
do an in-depth exploration of a particular facet of survival. When each
student contributes a project of special interest to himself, everyone’s
learning is multiplied.
On the following pages, please note action steps to take so that you will be
prepared to meet all project expectations in a timely way. Parents, once your
student has decided what kind of project and visual he/she would like to do,
please sign the project proposal sheet, indicating that you give approval for
his/her choice. Bring your signed sheet to school by Wednesday, January 21.
Thank you for your support of your student and his/ her learning goals!
