All the students in the class are part of a book group led by an adult. Here's what each group is doing:
Orly's Group: We read a Comanche legend and wrote a paragraph about the main character. We then recorded this paragraph, paying attention to our phrasing as we read, on our ipads. We didn't learn very much about the Comanche from this book, so now we are researching the Comanche to find out more about their lifestyle. We are doing Google searches on our ipads to find out about their homes, their food, their clothing, and the resources they had available.
Mrs. Greenblott's Group: We are reading a book about Mesa Verde. We've learned lots of things but also have many questions. For example, how cold was it in winter? Was it enough to cover the windows with stone slabs to keep warm? It's really cool to look at pictures of homes built into caves along cliff walls. We are taking notes on stickies, discussing what we write, and then recording what we've learned, what we wonder about, and what we think on our ipads.
Laurie's Group: We are studying the Havasupai tribe. These Native Americans are from a canyon in Arizona. In reading a book about the tribe, we noticed that the people lived in a very dry place in the country but that they grew food in gardens. We wondered, where were these gardens? We used Google Earth to discover that the gardens would have been located along the lush floors of the canyon while the tops of the plateaus are too dry for farmland. We are also creating a book on our ipads to share what we have learned.
Deb's Group: We are reading a legend from Native Americans on the Plains. We are also researching what life was like for those Native Americans.
