Fourth Grade Lessons in the Spring
Semester
  
Social Studies
Fourth Grade OLC Social Studies Lessons:
The fourth grade teachers have several options from which to
choose for their students when they visit the Outdoor Learning Center. The
history classroom building houses a teaching historical museum and a one room
pioneer school house. The teacher may choose to teach the pioneer school house
lesson, the history artifact lesson or selected parts of each lesson during
their visit. The teachers receive training to teach the lessons at the OLC
prior to visiting with their students.
The Pioneer Schoolhouse Lesson:
This lesson is the recreation of a day of school in the life of
a child attending a one room schoolhouse in the mid to late 1800's. This lesson
mainly takes place in the portion of the history building which houses a
recreation of a one-room pioneer schoolhouse. The teacher may choose to have
the students walk to the barnyard to pump a bucket of water and pick up several
sticks of firewood to bring back to the classroom. The students participate in
several school activities which includes: writing at calligraphy tables with pen
and ink, math lessons using slate boards and chalk, spelling bees, practicing
recitation and reading from pioneer era reading books. The teacher and students
may choose to wear "period clothing" over their regular clothing if they choose
to do so. The teachers receive training to teach the lessons at the OLC prior
to visiting with their students.
The Historical Artifact Lesson:
This lesson utilizes the many historical artifacts on display in
the history classroom. Fifty artifacts are numbered and arranged for study in
the museum portion of the history classroom. The students may work alone or
with partners and move around to observe the artifacts and discover how they
were used by the early pioneers. Images of these artifacts and lesson
documents are available on the internet to the fourth grade teachers to use to
introduce the lesson at the campus before the OLC visit and to use for follow up
activities after the OLC visit.
Science
4th Grade OLC Science Lesson The science classroom at the Outdoor Learning
Center houses a diverse collection of exhibits, displays and specimens which are
used to teach the fourth grade lesson, "Adaptations in Living Organisms".
Ten "Adaptation" learning stations are set up in the science classroom:
With assistance from the teacher and parent volunteers, the students visit
each station on rotation basis. The students read the task cards at each
learning station and write a response on their student response sheet.
Digital images of the learning stations and lesson documents are available to
the teachers from the Katy ISD website. The images and documents allow the
teacher and students to conduct pre-visit activities and well as post -visit
activities regarding the Outdoor Learning Center "Adaptations" lesson.
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