Time to start Exhibition 2012!

We've all been waiting and now it is here!  It's time to start Exhibition 2012 and we are all excited to see what interesting topic we will be investigating this year!  As part of the Exhibition experience, the teachers and students will be documenting their process, learning and thinking through this blog and many other types of media.  We encourage all of you to read this blog with your families at home, participate in the polls and questions and leave comments on the blog posts.

To begin, look through the sites that are given in the box on the right for some ideas about important global issues that are happening today. After reading some of the sites, be sure to answer the poll question showing what you might be interested in investigating this year.  Finally, leave a comment on this post and share any other ideas you may have for our exhibition topic.  We want to know what you think!

Think about an important global topic that is interesting to students YOUR AGE and one that students YOUR AGE can take action on.  What do you think our exhibition topic should be this year?

Looking forward to your thoughts!

The Misses of Grade 5

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Online Resources for Children's Rights

Welcome back from winter vacations, everyone! Now that we're back, the real fun with exhibition starts! We are going to start investigating the topic more and more and really dig into what each of you finds the most interesting about Children's Rights and how you can take action on this topic.

To get started, there are lots of websites listed on the right hand side of the blog. I wanted to make sure you looked at two really good ones, however. The first is this website from the Chilean government which is really student friendly and uses cartoons to explain the rights of children here in Chile. Take a look by clicking here: Consejo Zona Niños

The second site is this great website from UNICEF which showcases cartoons that were made about each of the various children's rights that were agreed upon by the UN. They are great to watch and really explain what each right is all about. I posted one earlier about education when we first chose our topic. Here's another preview to get you interested:



Take a look at all of them by clicking here: UNICEF Cartoons ***This will link you to the UNICEF site on You Tube so please be sure to ask permission from your parents before you go out onto the web***

What did you think about them? I would love to hear if you liked them and what questions you have now that you have seen them.

Looking forward to your comments,
Miss Jessica