5th Grade Fall Festival |
| The Fall
Celebration has become a fifth grade tradition at Heathwood Hall, with
students sharing their creative talents as they finish the first semester's
major writing projects and a study of Latin America. The combined lessons
leading up to this fun event illustrate how studies in several different
subjects can be connected -- or integrated -- to help students understand
and learn material more deeply. The fifth grade Gourd Project (see photo
above) is a good example of integration. In this study unit, students
examined plants in science -- including Gourds -- and displayed their
cell models. Humanities classes then wrote creative legends about their
gourds after studying the importance of these members of the cucumber
family to the Ancient Maya, Incan and Aztec civilizations. Artistic inspiration
was supplied by perennial guest and Heathwood friend "Miss Mitzie,"
and by art teacher Clare Scurry. The event culminated with an autumn feast
overflowing with culinary contributions from each student's family. The feast began after the fifth graders shared their gourd stories with writing partners, and ended when four year- old "Book Buddies" joined the fifth grade in celebrating the blessing of writing and good stories. |
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