These Days in NELP

Here are some pictures from the NELP program!

Here are the first graders having a discussion about the Great Molasses Flood of 1919.

Here are the first graders having a debate about whether or not the government should organize ordinary people into teams to deal with disasters.

Here are some first graders playing while they work on their mid-term presentation. One girl (in the center) is doing a presentation about Vlad (Vlad the Impaler) Tepes who was Bram Stoker's inspiration for Dracula. So I've been making a lot of jokes about Vlad's curly mustache and wavy hair (and a few jokes about Justin Beiber just because I'm a little bit mean!)

In addition to this, the first graders have also been working on this year's Time Capsule project. They were working on profiles, including likes and favorites and so on, and later they will write some letters for themselves and the other class members. We'll also record a video. This time capsule will stay in the room until February 2013 when they'll open it up as third graders.

Here some second graders are looking at Ray Santilli's infamous 'Alien Autopsy' video on youtube as part of their 'research' for our debate this week. Our debate was about whether or not we should allow aliens to live here. The students did a fantastic job and were very creative. This debate, though kind of silly, opened the door for us to talk about immigration, colonialism and many instances in history, particularly the European discovery of America and its impact on the cultures there.

In class we read an article about the alleged UFO crash in Roswell, NM in 1947 and the myths and legends associated with it. I felt this was a kind of fun exercise in mass media pop culture because there are SO many references to this alleged event in movies, TV shows and so on. We also watched the pilot episode of the Roswell TV show.

Here are the second graders working on their special project: another class video. I was about to cancel the video project because I was worried that there isn't a large enough academic value, even though we're really not supposed to spend a lot of time on it. However, the students have assured me that it's not JUST fun (though that's a big part of why they still want to do it). They insist that they WILL learn some English through working together on the project, so I'll let it go forward.

Finally, here are some pictures of the third grade students having a discussion about the Mausoleum of Theodoric.

In addition to this, the third grade students have also been working on their video project: making Public Service Announcements. They worked on their PSAs today and they have some really good ideas, ranging from health and fitness to ecology to education.

Date: 2010⁄10⁄05 19:04｜Permalink｜Author：nelp

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