State Reports
Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2019 7:43 pm
You all have amazing kids. Every week has a new delight.
Here is the plan for our mini-state history.
For next time, the goal is to write something on Kentucky history. Then the next co-op will be a paragraph/essay on a particular person in Kentucky history or a city/town in KY. I will give them information on one person and one city (I have not decided for sure which ones, yet - depends on the information I can find), you are welcome to let them select a different one and gather their own information.
For history, there are a lot of options.
I gave them some information from this website. There is a lot more!
http://lexhistory.org/edu/not-just-hunt ... kentucky-0
It is actually pretty fascinating. I gave them several ideas for their history of Kentucky writing. They can do a paragraph on
Native Americans in Kentucky
Early exploration/settlement (Daniel Boone figures strongly here
Civil War involvement/connections (both Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson David were born in KY within a year and 100 miles of each other, border state issues, a battlefield or two)
More "modern" developments - coal mining, gold bullion at Fort Knox, horse racing
Interesting stories along the way (some info in their notebooks on this)
It would also be great if they wanted to write a paragraph on several of these things and hook them together into a more complete report on KY history.
The curriculum offers a fact collection sheet (included in their notes), but I suggest using one of the graphic organizers (maybe a cluster one) and let them get a few facts in there about whatever topic interests them, then have them organize that into a paragraph - using the things you have worked on (topic sentence, clarity, organization, strong words, etc.). If you like, have them do it for another area, and if it works in your schedule, have them put that together into one document with an introduction and conclusion.
The main goal here is to be able to organize facts in a coherent and cohesive order! (and to get interested in our state
I did not give them any additional grammar pages for this time, but I did give them pictures of the state bird (cardinal) and the state flower (goldenrod). They should label those pages with that information (State bird: Cardinal) and anything else you would like them to add (why it was selected, details about the bird or flower itself, etc.).
So, at the next co-op, I will be looking for
a paragraph/essay on some aspect of KY history
the state bird page
the state flower page
Please ask if something is not clear.
Thank you!
Erica
Here is the plan for our mini-state history.
For next time, the goal is to write something on Kentucky history. Then the next co-op will be a paragraph/essay on a particular person in Kentucky history or a city/town in KY. I will give them information on one person and one city (I have not decided for sure which ones, yet - depends on the information I can find), you are welcome to let them select a different one and gather their own information.
For history, there are a lot of options.
I gave them some information from this website. There is a lot more!
http://lexhistory.org/edu/not-just-hunt ... kentucky-0
It is actually pretty fascinating. I gave them several ideas for their history of Kentucky writing. They can do a paragraph on
Native Americans in Kentucky
Early exploration/settlement (Daniel Boone figures strongly here
Civil War involvement/connections (both Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson David were born in KY within a year and 100 miles of each other, border state issues, a battlefield or two)
More "modern" developments - coal mining, gold bullion at Fort Knox, horse racing
Interesting stories along the way (some info in their notebooks on this)
It would also be great if they wanted to write a paragraph on several of these things and hook them together into a more complete report on KY history.
The curriculum offers a fact collection sheet (included in their notes), but I suggest using one of the graphic organizers (maybe a cluster one) and let them get a few facts in there about whatever topic interests them, then have them organize that into a paragraph - using the things you have worked on (topic sentence, clarity, organization, strong words, etc.). If you like, have them do it for another area, and if it works in your schedule, have them put that together into one document with an introduction and conclusion.
The main goal here is to be able to organize facts in a coherent and cohesive order! (and to get interested in our state
I did not give them any additional grammar pages for this time, but I did give them pictures of the state bird (cardinal) and the state flower (goldenrod). They should label those pages with that information (State bird: Cardinal) and anything else you would like them to add (why it was selected, details about the bird or flower itself, etc.).
So, at the next co-op, I will be looking for
a paragraph/essay on some aspect of KY history
the state bird page
the state flower page
Please ask if something is not clear.
Thank you!
Erica