Students will conduct research on ancient civilizations that will inform their creative writing for their project. Students will practice vocabulary, reading strategies, research, taking notes, finding evidence and presenting for their final project. Through writing their own myth or chapter, students will understand the characteristics of a myth and what makes myths timeless. Through research, students will also understand how civilizations rise and fall and how the human characteristics of gods and goddesses play a role in how societies flourished and struggled.

Reading myth excerpts; discussing heroes; journaling about personal hero’s journey; speaking & listening norms. What are myths & heroes? Intro to Hero’s Journey; class norms; curiosity chart.

Implement a weather station project, where students build instruments to measure and record weather patterns, analyzing data as part of their science and math curriculum.

building project based learning opp for 4th and 5th grade

Students will use 2 minute videos from Black History website and an additional source to create a magazine. They will be in random groups of 3. They will use text f

I want a fun after school idea for a project for my Tk students. Hands on -- building, science related, make something

Introduction to the American Revolution

How can we learn from our past to plan for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics to eliminate negative impacts on community members?