Sound Travels - Summative week

With Halloween just days away from our summative project*, the children decided to write a story about the characters they will embrace during this spooky fall celebration.  In connection to our unit, the children used their knowledge on Sound and used objects or musical instruments to accompany their story. 

The children showed interest in this project and were very confident that some of the stories will be scary ones while others will be great bedtime stories. 
After I jotted down their ideas, all the children used art as a visual tool to reflect the characters in their stories.  

The instruments or sounds written in the brackets show the connection between the stories and the sound unit.  

1. A Brave Knight - by Theo 

One night, there was a knight close to a swamp. An alligator came out.(Alligator sound) The knight attacked the alligator. The alligator died. (Trumpet) Safely, the knight walked out of the forest. 

2. Falling Snow by Serena 

During the day, in a castle lived an ice queen named Elsa. (Piano) She used her powers and froze the castle. Now there was an ice castle.(Piano)

3. Louis the Kangaroo - by Louis 

In a story there was a kangaroo. He jumped out of the book and went to my house. He jumped and I became a Kangaroo. 

4. A Giraffe - by Anila 

When I was at Palm Desert I saw a giraffe. The giraffe laid down for a nap and the baby giraffe went and joined his mommy. 

5. Zoe for Halloween - By Zoe 

Once upon a time, there was a girl named Zoe. She liked to walk around her castle, but suddenly, she got hungry so she sat down and had something to eat. 

She drank some water and after she was done, she put it in the sink.

6. Keira the Brown Bear - by Keira 

One day, Keira the bear was walking in the woods.(Accordion) Keira found her big stuffed teddy there. They met other bears in the forest and became friends. (Accordion)

*summative (project) assessment  - allows the children and the teacher to reflect on their learning in the last seven weeks of inquiry. This eighth week gives the children the opportunity to express the knowledge they accumulated along the way.