colonial days

Dear Room 12 Families,

*Save the date Colonial Days February 22^th*

We have begun our Colonial unit in Social Studies and all students have been assigned to a New England, Middle or Southern Colony group.    Students will be working on their in class presentations (for the next couple of weeks in class) and will be starting their independent activities (to be done at home).  Towards the end of the unit, we will be having “Colonial Days” with Ms. Nunes’s Class to showcase what we have learned.  We will be dressing up in colonial costumes (as best we can) and sharing their at home created colonial mini-project .  This will take place on February 22^nd   after lunch.

There are a lot of great craft ideas on the internet, and I linked a few to my blog as well. This mini project will be due on February  22nd and there will be a written paragraph about the project that was made see rubric on the reverse).

Clothing ideas:  kaki pants (or any pants) rolled to the knee (baseball pants also work great),  knee high socks, white collared shirt, long skirts, scarves,  apron,  bonnets, plain shoes

 

Some project ideas to get you started…

*sew a small quilt (or the beginnings of one)         * make a model of a colonial town

* homemade candles      *weaving      * make a horn book    *silhouette  art     *handmade pillow

*corn husk doll       *clothes pin doll     *rag doll     *cross stitch/ embroidery

*handmade baskets      *make and example of a horn book

*tin work (making something out of tin can eg. lantern)

*baking projects

Individual Project and Paragraph

Individual colonial project and paragraph write up are due Feb. 22^nd  and will be showcased that day during “colonial days”.

Your project should relate to our theme of study:  Colonial America and reflect the thought and effort you put into the assignment.

Paragraph includes details about what you made, how did you make it, and why you chose that project and how it related to our colonial area of study.  Neatness, correct grammar, spelling and punctuation are important.

This is how your project will be graded:

Grade	Effort	Achievement
A	I chose a project that related to Colonial America.  I worked on my project until it was complete.   I spent time thinking about and planning my project. I made the very best project that	My project turned out great.  My paragraph was well written, clearly answered the prompt and had few or no errors.
B	I completed my project. I tried to do a good job. I created a good project that related to Colonial America.	My project turned out pretty good. My paragraph was complete, clearly answered the prompt and had some errors.
C	I put some effort into my project.  I stopped when it got to be to hard or time consuming.  I just wanted to have something to turn in.	My project was not as neat My paragraph did not clearly answer the prompt and/or had several errors.
D	I did not really try on this project. It was not my best work. I just wanted to have something to turn in.	My project was not finished or really rushed. My paragraph was incomplete and filled with errors.
F	I did nothing	I did nothing