Teacher Heck
Grade and School: 5th - Miller
Discipline Area(s): math science social science language arts arts
Project Title: Cell Poems
Project Goal(s): Integrate poetry and art into science curriculum
Process and Steps:
1. This took place at the end of the science unit "structure of life"
1. Brainstormed terminology dealing with at least 3 different one-celled animals
1. Review a) similes, b) couplets, c) haiku
1. Draw cell and color any way child wants
1. Simile and couplet must wrap around cell. Haiku is placed in any corner. If simile or
couplet don’t go fully around cell, must do sentence again. This takes planning.
1. Go over words with fine tip marker.
Materials Needed:
1. Paper
1. Colored pencils
1. Fine Tip markers
Essential Questions:
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1 What skills, elements, vocabulary were taught?
1. Review terminology
1. shape and line
1. Poetic forms
2. How did you assess the children’s understanding?
Correct placement of cell parts and usage of cell terminology
3. Where could you go from here?
Introduction of poetic forms into other curriculum areas
4. Other comments: