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All ideas and activities are based on South Dakota Content Standards

     
Art Students will understand the relationship between visual arts and history, culture, and society.
  1. Students will understand and use visual arts as means for creative self-expression and interpersonal communication:  Describe how visual arts tell stories or express moods or ideas 
  2. Students will understand the media, techniques and processes used in the production of visual arts Explore various media and processes used in the production of visual arts
 

Caricatures 
Chalk Talk

Perspective Drawing Paper Ladder
Music

Students will understand music’s relationship to society, the other arts, disciplines outside the arts, history, and culture.

  1. Students will use the performance of music as a means for creative expression and communication.
  2. Students will communicate their thoughts and ideas through the creation of music.
  3. Students will listen to, analyze, and evaluate music.
 

Chautauqua 
The Chautauqua Hymn

Original Song
Listen to the Performers Time to Play
Theater Students will understand the relationship between theater and history, culture, and society
  1. Explain how a dramatization can portray an event in history
Let Me Entertain You 
Students will use theater as a means for creative self-expression and interpersonal communication
  1. Present ideas or emotions through a variety of dramatizations
Children's Theater 
Reader's Theater
Mathematics

The Human Nature Club

measure time using fractions Train Schedules
solve problems involving money Dinner At the Grandview Expenses 
The Grand View Menu
What's to eat?
estimate and measure liquid volume in a variety of ways Lemonade
write and solve number sentences that represent word problems Big Trees
Science --understand basic structures and their functions in common plants
--describe behavioral and structural adaptations plants and animals make to survive in a given environment
Prairie Trees 
Big Trees
describe various influences human activity can have on ecosystems. Glacial Lakes  
Field Guide to the Prairie
describe important South Dakota natural resources. Big Trees
Social Studies trace the history of South Dakota Time Line
use appropriate maps for a specific purpose, including elevation, land use-resource, road maps and mileage tables, time zones, and migration/movement patterns Oral Directions 
Map Coordinates
Calculating Distances
examine various regions of the United States in order to focus on how the following affected development of South Dakota Aerial Photography
summarize the factors that affect economic systems, including family finance, drought, and tourism Advertisements
compare the changing roles and cultures of the individuals role according to gender, age, and occupation in various groups, such as family, community, and social class structure Debate
analyze the actions and rights of a responsible citizen, such as obey rules (classroom, family, community), the use of conflict resolution and compromise, voting rights, property rights, civil rights, and human rights Junior Town
trace the history of South Dakota with emphasis on notable South Dakotans Talk Show
Language Arts

Reading

demonstrate familiarity with a variety of award-winning literary selections

compare life experiences to situations/events found in literature

select appropriate strategies and rate of reading for different purposes

Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle
Reading Aloud

 

use appropriate context and semantic clues to construct meaning from text

use text and graphic features to categorize information and gain meaning from informational materials

Fictionary
The 1911 Lake Madison Chautauqua 

Writing 

write in response to information from various sources to develop personal understanding Diary  
Letter 

Postcard
examine how authors use descriptive words to describe people, places, and events Acrostic Poem 
Character Development
 
Compare Newspapers
use technology to share writing with others and to receive feedback Television Commercial
write to inform or entertain a specific audience Chautauqua Newspaper
 Design a Poster
 Advertisement  
examine an author's use of dialect or colloquialisms to convey a message Turn of the Century Expressions

Listening / Viewing

listen and share responses in group learning activities Read Aloud 
Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle
 
distinguish between facts and opinions

connect prior experiences, insights, and ideas to what is heard or seen

Debate: Prohibition
Debate: Women's Suffrage
make narrative and informative presentations that provide facts, details, examples, and descriptions
Travelogue 
Listen to Speeches
 Television Commercial

Speaking

make narrative and informative presentations that provide facts, details, examples, and descriptions

use notes or memory aids to structure presentations

Give Speeches 
Debate
explore the appropriate rhythm and pace to emphasize key ideas Reader's Theater 

Coral Reading 


The Star Spangled Banner
give precise oral directions/instructions Oral Directions
use the tools of technology to enhance spoken messages Travelogue 
Physical Education Students will participate in physical activity to achieve and maintain a health enhancing level of physical fitness.

Students will develop responsible and respectful personal and social behavior in physical activity settings.

Students will understand that physical activity provides opportunities for enjoyment, challenge, self-expression, social interaction, and employment

Time to Play

South Dakota Content Standards

Note:  There are many more activities in the Students pages that are not listed here.