In case you missed the first 4 posts…Click here for part 1, part 2, part 3 and part 4.
Ready for group work!
After hearing each group member’s letter, the group decided on one animal. The researcher of the chosen animal became the group’s expert. The research was completed so now all the groups had to focus on was thinking of four opinions why the zoo should choose their animal. They also had to provide reasons to back up each opinion. Here is the group form that the group used to organize their thoughts. When finished each group met with me to review. Once they were cleared, they went back to assign each member a job to do in the presentation. Some of the jobs the groups created were: fact checker, presentation designer, photo manager, and captain. We used the Explain Everything app for this presentation. The groups found lots of pictures of their animal and worked very hard trying different layouts for the slides. They made final edits on the script for their presentation and then recorded. I was proud to see how much they cared about the project. Some students took 5 or 6 tries before they were happy with their final recording.
Here are their final presentations for the zoo! The zoo will choose one animal from the presentations. We are waiting for their final choice. Once we know the final animal, each group will design a zoo exhibit for it. 🙂
Click the links below to view each group’s presentation! 🙂 I am so proud of their hard work.
Part 6 will focus on designing the zoo exhibits.