Town of Portland Diorama Project
In our first social studies unit, we studied our town. We talked about the different services, goods, restaurants, and schools in our community. This led to our culminating activity, a diorama of one of the important buildings in our community. Click on the picture to the right to see a slideshow of the students' work.
Landforms Webquest Project
Biography Project
Click to read who each student researched and the information they found out!
Click here for biography websites to help research your person.
The Monster Exchange Project
Click on the picture to go to our class page on the Monster Exchange website!
Our Flat Stanley Project
In our class, we have read the story Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown. This book is about a young boy named Stanley who is accidentally squished "as flat as a pancake" when a bulletin board falls on him. Stanley is very, very flat but otherwise fine. The story goes on to tell how Stanley discovers some real advantages to being flat. He can slide under doors, go down into sidewalk grates, and even fold himself up small enough to fit into an envelope and be mailed to California (from a city far away in the USA) for an exciting vacation.
To integrate social studies and learn about different places around the United States, we have made Flat Travelers to send to host families. Our Flat Travelers will be sent back to us with information about the area he/she traveled. Click here to see where our Flat Travelers have visited and interesting facts we learned. Just click on the push-pins on the map. Can you find your Flat Traveler?