Students have been engaged in learning about communities. They have learned what constitutes a community, as well as different types of communities that exist in our world. They have engaged in comparing and contrasting communities. Observing two communities of the past by visiting Plimoth Plantation provides real world application. Writing about the English Colonists and Wampanoag allows students to become authors and teachers as they synthesize their learning and produce a piece to inform others.
In the spring, students will be engaged in a unit about economics. They will be learning many new important words and concepts. Students will create a small business as a culmination to this unit, but for those of you who have had children experience third grade mini-society, this year's Young Entrepreneurs will look a lot different!
