For the past 2 weeks, students of Team 24 have been submersed in a study of our world- in particular, the continents and oceans. We often warmed up with an interactive website on the SMART board, which I have added to the blog under Our Favourite Websites (right sidebar of the blog). Through this website, we identified the continents and then the oceans. We came up with a few tips and tricks to remember a few. For instance, we noticed that Asia is the continent with the shortest name, but is the largest continent. In my best Australian accent, I would say "Down under mate!" to remind the class that Australia is UNDER the equator. The Indian Ocean we discovered was the ocean surrounded by for As: Australia, Antarctica, Asia and Africa.
We had a couple of favourite songs and poems to help us out as well! The following was a poem I introduced about the oceans. It helps to remind us of the names of the five oceans. Take a listen!
We also had a catchy tune to help us learn the continents! I discovered it on Youtube and it was a hit!
It was a short, but exciting unit! Up next? Growth and Changes in Plants! Yahoo!
~Ms. Burland
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