Our culminating project for our community unit is in full swing!

First we drew some maps to plan out the community.  Students needed to consider what would be in the community and then prioritize all of their ideas.  A map was drawn!

Then students needed to decide on the order of events.  They used ordinal numbers to think about first, second, next, then, last. They also had to divide up the work.  What a learning experience it was to accept that not everyone could build roads. Some people needed to make buildings, some needed to make signs, and many needed to wait for a turn to do a job.

Next came the name.  There were many ideas, so we decided that a  vote would be best.  So much learning happened as students engaged in the voting process and accepted the majority’s decision!

The name chosen was, “Danger Town”.  A sign  was  made  and  posted.

Students are really enjoying their play and discovery in the community they created.