NEW STUDENT WORK - May 29
As we get more examples of student work I'll post the links to the materials here, on the blog. I'll move things to the Student Work section later, but for now you'll be able to connect to everything via new posts.
We have four great examples of student work this week. The comments before each link are from the teacher. I've also copied an example of student work from each activity.
First, from Brittany Austin, more examples of student journaling from her students at Fredericksburg Academy.
"My students
have been enjoying Forest Friday all year, and they are thrilled to take a
closer look at nature with the digital microscope I received during our
workshop. We drew
pictures of tadpoles and wrote a fact on May 13, and on May 14 we took the
4-year old class to the creek to release their pet tadpoles! The children got
first-hand observations and some really neat photos with a digital
microscope and redid their tadpole pictures with updated facts. On May 20, we drew buttercup flowers inside, and
on May 21 we went outside to sit in the grass and take a closer look at
buttercups with magnifying glasses and our digital microscope. The
children updated their journal after our observations."
Next, from Lisa Lewis at Fredericksburg City Schools, examples of Nature Journaling in the city.
"After an introduction to Sandro Botticelli, I had students complete an "Art in the Round", they needed to include the nature that we see in the city. The perspectives were eye opening. The lesson was not long enough to write but I hope to have some of them give more details if I can catch them in the morning. These are general ed students."
From Dick McGrady, Middle and Upper School English Teacher at Fredericksburg Academy, Micro Poetry.
"The second activity is a micro poetry activity I do with students from time to time. Students are asked to take a picture with an iPad or phone that will serve as the canvas for a poem or a quote or some artistic display. I did not give specific nature-journaling instructions to this one but that could easily be stipulated by a teacher.
For the micro poetry activity, it’s very adaptable and I’ve done both. It depends on the size of the group and the resources available. Because we had them using personal devices, for the purposes of classroom management, we opted to print and work on paper so we could easily monitor that they weren’t playing games or texting with one another. Other times, when using school devices with smaller groups, I’ve let them draw and write on the pictures digitally."
And, student work from a day-long field trip Fredericksburg Academy Science teacher David Steinberger led to the Chesapeake Bay.
"This event was two-thirds science and discovery and one-third fun field day. The attached activities were the guides (and students’ responses) to the various stations."
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