In social studies, we are studying the three common types of communities in our world: Rural, Suburban, and Urban communities. We've done our
research and now we are both writing our persuasive letters and creating visuals to show others our communities. Our visuals? The good ol' diorama!
We began working on Friday. First, we had to select a community type to work on. Next, we listed what we were planning to include in our diorama. Regardless of our community type, we had to list at least one building and one form of transportation we were going to include.
After planning, we started working! We are so creative - we're painting, building with sticks, designing buildings, using felt, paper, feathers, and clay to build worlds inside of shoe boxes!
They're still a work in progress - but they'll be on display with our writing at our next Family Friday!
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| Students use construction paper to build vehicles |
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| Students paint backgrounds |
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| Tree construction |
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| A farm house is built |
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| Building an el train in the city |
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| Adding a lake to the countryside |
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| Setting the scene |
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| Building some people with clay |
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| Using clay to build city structures |
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| Painting and cutting |
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| Hard work in action |
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| Populating the suburbs |
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| Adding rocks to the yard |
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Using our planning sheet (on the left)
to plot out the structures in the suburbs |
