This week, I started helping one of my co-teachers in her 5th-6th grade natural science classes. I’m pretty excited about this new development because I think we can do a lot of hands-on experiments, crafts, and games!
However, as Friday was my 5th graders’ first day starting the new topic (cells), I decided to start off with a basic introduction. They don’t have a science textbook in English (only Spanish), so I made them an interactive notebook activity as a “cheat sheet” to introduce the information in English.
You can download the interactive notebook pages here (you have to print it double-sided, so they can fold it in half and cut it, so the heading windows will open to show the information). I printed off the pictures of the plant and animal cells that I downloaded from Biology Corner, and they cut, folded, and glued the interactive notebook next to it. Then we colored the different parts of the cells and their names (e.g. we colored the nucleus of the plant cell, the nucleus of the animal cell, and the heading “nucleus” all the same color), and, finally, we filled in the blanks in their notes (the answers are 1. controls, 2. functions, 3. covering, 4. liquid, 5. hard wall, 6. photosynthesis).
Next, I hope to make a 3D model of a cell to make class a little bit more fun and interactive, now that they have the basic information!
¡Buena suerte!
Inglés con Christina 