Last week I introduced watersheds to the fourth graders after they watched a demonstration from the Audobun Society. One of the essential questions connected to the students understanding of pollution and how humans impact and could reduce pollution on the watersheds. The students were divided up into six groups so that there were four students in each group. The students had to include the following:
- type of pollution and picture of the pollution
- point or nonpoint source pollution
- how humans impact the pollution
- how humans can reduce the pollution
- COLOR
For their writing prompt I introduced informative writing. The activating strategy was a radio reading of, "The Lorax." Students brainstormed the different ways of pollution and how kids could help.
Then the students watched a clip of Kid President, "How to Change the World a Work in Progress" As they watched the video they recorded the different ways a kid could change the world. The fourth graders then had a write a five paragraph informative essay over the span of four days. Their writing prompt was: "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better, it's not."
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