Welcome to Stapleton's Passport to Learning Blog!

We can't wait to see the work you have been doing this summer. Please send us pictures or videos of your work so we can post them. Be sure it is a picture of your work and does NOT have you or other people in it.

E-mail your work to both of the e-mail addresses below:
mbiasella@framingham.k12.ma.us, jgelardi@framingham.k12.ma.us

Directions

Choose one literacy and one STEM activity to complete for each continent.

1.Record your activities on the log.

2.Have your parents sign off after you have completed 14 activities.

3. Gather all of your work together to turn it in to the coaches on Friday, August 28^th.

Below are the activities from the student brochure:

Literacy Activities (K-2)

1.    Interview someone who visited another continent.

2.    Talk with a family or friend who has served in the military or has been stationed in another country from one of the continents. Draw a picture or write a poem together about what you discussed. You can record your conversation & post it on the blog.

3.    Draw a flag from a country and then design your own flag and write about what it resembles.

4.    Look for and make a list of text features in a newspaper or article you read with a family member.

5.    Create a game using landmarks and historical sites from one of the continents.

6.    Create a word search in another language.

7.    Go to a museum or use a virtual museum and choose an art piece from another country. Write about your opinion on the artwork.

8.    Write a letter/draw a picture from the point of view of a person living in one of the continents.

9.    Read a book from one continent and pick 5 words to translate into a language used on that continent.

10. Go to the library & ask the librarian to help you find a book about another country. Write a summary about what you learned from the book and draw a picture.

11. Create your own activity based on your interests and learning style!

STEM Activities (K-2)

1.    Pick a country located on the continent and log and record the temperatures for a week.

2.    Create a movie using technology (ex. imovie) on facts you’ve learned about one of the continents.

3.    With a family member, read a recipe and make a food item from a country on a continent. Take a photo or draw picture of what you created.

4.    Draw a map of one of the continents and include land features (ex. mountains, rivers, ocean).

5.    Research and replicate a piece of sport equipment from one of the continents.

6.    Research how many Olympic games one of the continents has hosted and list the dates.

7.    Choose an animal and/or habitat from one continent, research, and write 5 facts about the animal.

8.    Compare the weather in 2 countries from 1 continent using a Venn diagram.

9.    Draw a diagram of a plant from another continent.

10. Create your own activity based on your interests and learning style!

Literacy Activities (Gr. 3-5)

1.    Interview someone who visited another continent.

2.    NewsELA.com: Use this website to find a current event, read it, and then write a summary.

3.    Interview family /friends who have served in the military/have been stationed in another country from one continent. Write a summary of their experience.

4.    Create a movie (ex. iMovie) about what you’ve learned about one of the continents or all 7.

5.    Research how many Olympic games one of the continents has hosted and create a timeline.

6.    Write and perform a song/rap about another continent’s famous people, landmarks, culture, etc.

7.    Create a game using landmarks and historical sites from one of the continents.

8.    Go to a museum or use a virtual museum and find an artist from another country. Write about the time period this artist’s work is from and create a timeline.

9.    Research the continents that have hosted World Cup or the Olympics. Write a news article about an event that took place during this event.

10. Write a letter from the point of view of a person living in one of the continents.

11. Read an informational text about one continent and create an alphabetical glossary of at least ten terms.

12. Research a continent’s famous natural disaster & write a reflection about how it could have been avoided.

13. Create a word search of at least 15 words in another language.

14. Write a biography about a leader from one of the continent’s countries using 4 different resources.

15. Go to the local library and ask the librarian to help you find a book about another country. Ask them to make a suggestion of a fiction or non-fiction book. Write a summary of what you read.

16. Write a story about a character living in another continent.

17. Create your own activity based on your interests and learning style!

  

STEM Activities (Gr. 3-5)

1.    Pick a country located on a continent and log and record the temperatures for a week & make a graph.

2.    Create a movie using technology (ex. iMovie) on facts you’ve learned about all 7 continents.

3.    With a family member, read a recipe and make a food item from a country on a continent. Take a photo or draw picture of what you created.

4.    Draw a map of one of the continents and include land features (ex. mountains, rivers, ocean).

5.    Research and replicate a piece of sport equipment from one of the continents. Write the procedures of how to make or use it.

6.    Choose an animal and/or habitat from one continent, research, and create a PowerPoint, poster, or book.

7.    Compare the weather in 2 countries from 1 continent using a Venn diagram. Write an essay comparing the weather to our country’s weather.

8.    Read a recipe and with a parent, make a food item from a continent. Take a photo of or draw what you created. Calculate the measurements for each ingredient you’ll need for a serving size of 12.

9.    Research a plant or animal and write a report about the effects on the continent if it were extinct.

10. Pangaea is back! Describe the problems that would occur if all 7 continents were back together again.

11. Log a country’s temperatures for a week. Take your data and come up with three questions you have and 1 prediction about the next week’s temperature.

12. Build a historical landmark from another continent using recyclable materials.

13. Create a budget for traveling to another country. Convert the U.S. dollars you’ll need into that country’s currency.

14. Find the percentage of land vs. water for all seven continents and record using a table.

15. Research an invention from a continent and improve it. Record the steps you took or record a video.

16. Create a test on the continents and give it to a family member. Correct and discuss the results together.

17. Create your own activity based on your interests and learning style!