Fifth grade language arts kids have been working recently to expand their knowledge of art. In my attempt to broaden their genre reading, we have turned to nonfiction reading for a while. To begin our focus on nonfiction, each 5th grader picked an artist and created a Prezi presentation sharing the artist's inspiration, artwork, and a summary of their lives. This project was focused (everyone same general topic, everyone searching for the same information, and everyone with the same project.) This week we opened up the world. We will spend some more time reading nonfiction, but this project will be a topic of their choice and a presentation project that befits the topic. We have kids interested in gorillas, how to split an atom, Revolutionary War battles, Olympic gymnasts, and many more topics I am anxious to learn about through them. Why do this? Nonfiction reading is VERY different from fiction reading. Many times as much learning comes from pictures, captions, diagrams, and graphs as from the content of the words on the page. Skimming and scanning become important. Knowing how to use the tabel of contents and index to narrow the search for the right information is necesary too. We'll also work on citing sources and creating a bibliography. Research skills will help students throughout their school careers and beyond. Check out this week's work below and stay tuned for more sharing of great projects in the coming weeks! Molly's Prezi: Picasso
http://prezi.com/jdrggcjz_lrm/picasso/?auth_key=82a69bd66d8e151fd740fca6a85e261c3e6ba9aa Ryan's Prezi: Vermeer http://prezi.com/7i3kyfcmfirp/untitled-prezi/?auth_key=581b4e1597db397d18ed994c19281affa8560f38 Madison's Prezi: Pollock http://prezi.com/-o1meomctise/jackson-pollock/?auth_key=2dda84b2b6103bccff539cce3098b14574c0220b
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