Fifth grade project

5th grade project is a beautiful integration of the Kumeyaay and students' own culture and identity.

Here are some images of kids doing a Science Lab experiment to test possible hypothesis. In our project, we are integrating the following subject areas:

• Reading and Writing

• Science

How acid rain affects rocks? 

Kids are observing what happens to the different types of rocks (Basalt, Sandstone, Marble, and Limestone).

How do weathered rock pieces more from one place to another? 

Here students are reading about the 'Kumeyaay Culture' and working in groups. As you can see, kids are writing what they 'Notice, Wonder, Making connections to their own culture, and Sketching using drawings to represent what they've learned'.

Here's another reading strategy from the rest of the reading.

After they've done this, students had to make a 'brain dump' of all the Kumeyaay facts they've learned during this task.

Basketry and Pottery

Students had written 'I am' poems at the beginning of the project. They will be receiving some good 

We did a Test Kitchen Idea for one of our classes. This one is connected to our 5th grade project. It's all about students reflecting and understanding as well as writing about their own identity/culture.

Field trip to the 'National History Museum' at the Balboa Park.