G1 Famous People
At a GlanceGrade: 1
Subject(s): Social Studies and Language Arts
Description: Students will learn about famous people in social studies, then write a narration in language arts. They will do a computer project using their narration.
Prerequisite: None
Grading Period: 4th Marking Period
Contact: Amy Dixon
Student Handouts:
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List of Famous People
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Research
SourcesThe teacher reads biographies to the students in class.
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Note TakingAs we read biographies in class, we collect information and add it to a classroom bulletin board to become a research reference. Categories include:
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NarrationChildren used information from the bulletin board and other facts that they found in the biographies to respond to a writing prompt. We chose to write in the first person, which can be challenging for first graders. For the Chatterpix project, the students wrote a narration that included:
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Presentation
Here is the gallery from the first grade class of 2014-2015. Here is one example:
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