Field Trip

It is Halloween season and Junie B. has a lot to think about, especially because Paulie Allen Puffer told her five scary secrets that have made this a very scary holiday! One of those scary secrets involves bats…that land in your hair! Through the use of creative drama and puppetry making techniques students will explore various emotions, all while practicing their communication and motor skills! This creative opportunity will allow them to design and create their own friendly-bats and realize that some things are not as scary as they seem! 

TH.2.F.1 - Creating, interpreting, and responding in the arts stimulate the imagination and encourage innovation and creative risk taking. 

TH.3.C.1.1. - Create an imaginative costume piece or prop out of everyday items found around the classroom or at home and use it as the basis to tell an original story.

TH.K.C.1 - Cognition and reflection are required to appreciate, interpret, and create with artistic intent. 

WL.K.12.IL.3.3 - Express degrees of emotion and respond appropriately to the feelings and emotions of others.

DA.K.S.2 - Development of skills, techniques, and processes in the arts strengthens our ability to remember, focus on, process, and sequence information. 

TH.1.S.2 Development of skills, techniques, and processes in the arts strengthens our ability to remember, focus on, process, and sequence information.

Everybody knows dragons LOVE tacos! But what happens when all the tacos in the world suddenly disappear and all the emergency supplies are depleted? Students will work together to help their favorite taco-loving dragons recover their favorite food and bring back the tacos! This story drama lesson supports reading comprehension and vocabulary development through an interactive read aloud experience. Students will focus on integrating critical thinking and problem solving skills to help the dragons!

ELA.K.F.1 - Learning and applying foundational reading skills

ELA.K.C.5 - Creating and collaborating 

ELA.K.V.1 - Finding vocabulary meaning

TH.K.C.1 - Cognition and reflection are required to appreciate, interpret, and create with artistic intent

TH.K.C.2 - Assessing our own and others' artistic work, using critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making skills, is central to artistic growth

Greg has started middle school and it feels like everything is going wrong! His quest to become popular has gotten him into all sorts of troublesome situations, but he is determined to document it all in his diary! With an emphasis in grammar, vocabulary development, and reading comprehension, students will collaborate together to hone in their performance and mad lib skills to explore scenes from some of Greg’s wildest adventures! 

ELA.6.C.3.1 - Follow the rules of standard English grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling appropriate to grade level. Express ideas in complete sentences using correct parts of speech. 

ELA.6.V.1.1- Integrate academic vocabulary appropriate to grade level in speaking and writing.

TH.5.C.1 - Cognition and reflection are required to appreciate, interpret, and create with artistic intent. 

TH.5.F.1.3. - Take creative risks through improvisation, using sensory skills to explore characters’ feelings and environments.

TH.68.0.1.4 - Discuss how the whole of a theatre performance is greater than the sum of its parts.