Team Members Teacher A: Tammy Adams* Teacher B: Sonya Colao* Teacher C: Lisa Thannhauser* Teacher D: Patricia Mattingly* Kimberly Schrader, Team Leader* *All members seeking CPD credits

 Action Plan Action Plan  On May 2 nd we had our bi-annual International Day Celebration. Our local television station was present and videoing all the activities, art work, and students as they traveled from “Country to Country”. (Mexico, France, China, Germany, Russia, and Japan)  The articles and links to the recordings have not been posted at this time. Channel 10 in St. Mary’s County airs continuously throughout the year and displays the activities that they attend.

 We each worked with our classroom neighbors during the school year to come up with activities to work on in our classrooms and grade levels. We wanted students involved with hands on activities while learning.  Students in grades 2 and 3 worked with Sue Trainor to complete songs and perform on topics related to their learning. 2 nd grade sang songs about habitats that we have around our schools. 3 rd grade sang songs about recycling.

 The students performed the songs for parents and the students in the school. They learned the process of creating the songs discussed rhyming and beat.  Our creations we made throughout the summer were on display and gained many inquiries about what we did and gained a lot of interest.

 Students will learn and perform one dance from each culture studied. Students will learn and perform one dance from each culture studied. Mexican Hat DanceFrench Can Can

France France is a country locate in Europe It has lots of different regions you can visit. You can ski the French Alps or go to the beach. Don’t forget the vineyards with all the grapes. French people love to eat cheese and bread There are lots of landmarks to see in France. Eiffel Tower, Museum, Arc de Triomphe People love the sport of biking and skiing. Bjonjour means hello and Au revior means goodbye Now you know about France!

 Students will be engaged with interview with different countries.

Students show a weather condition and what happens in association with this weather. Thunderstorm: Stay inside! Weather Mural: wind, rain, snow, sun Having fun in the sun

Using our senses to describe the seasons poetically.

Creating a Cause – Effect Sculpture: What is wind and what does it do?

Teacher C: Lisa Thannhauser Unit Plan Weather, Kindergarten

Teacher B: Lisa Thannhauser Lesson 1 Connection: Geography and Visual ArtsGeography and Visual Arts Students create puppets that wear appropriate clothing for a particular climate of the world; Students perform a puppet show portraying people of the world adapting to their climates Weather Puppets!

Teacher C: Lisa Thannhauser Lesson 2 Connection: Geography and Visual ArtsGeography and Visual Arts Students create a mural showing the climates of the world.

Teacher C: Lisa Thannhauser Lesson 3 Connection: Geography and Visual ArtsGeography and Visual Arts Students learn a song about weather. Students discuss ways to manipulate sounds/tempo to match mood of the song with each type of weather (soft, slow = snow) etc. Students create a dance, to go with their weather song, expressing the different types of weather through movement. WindThunder Storm Fog Rolling In

By: Patricia Mattingly Teacher D Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3

Teacher E: Kim Schrader Unit Plan Weather, Kindergarten

Exploring positional words through movementExploring positional words through movement. Around Above In the middle

Students created pictures using positional words. Students designed their works of art by drawing and then painting.

Positional descriptions and interviewing the painter about their picturesPositional descriptions and interviewing the painter about their pictures.

Thermometer CreationsThermometer Creations: Students created “hot” puppets, “cold” puppets, and “nice weather” puppets.