The teaching/learning process sometimes finds its most effective strategies in the daily happenings of everyday life. This is what students in Katrina Ercole’s and Joanne Loudermilk’s 5th grade class at Driver Middle School found when their highly creative teachers planned a full day of instruction around Loudermilk’s favorite snack “Cheez-its”. Core subject lessons in English language arts, math, social studies, science, physical education, health, and music were all taught using “cheez-its” as the content. Among the instructional activities taking place throughout the school day in February 2011 were:
· Cheez-it Scrabble
· Taste testing with graphing of the testing results
· The Cheez-it Challenge: building structures out of Cheez-its
· Cheez-it Science Surprise: how much energy can a cheez-it generate?
· Cheez-it songs, raps, poems
· Business letter lesson: each student wrote a business letter to the Cheez-it company
· Video on how Cheez-its are made
· Cheez-it dodge ball during physical education classes
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