Neighborhood Study

Today we launched our social studies unit - the neighborhood study.  Students began by responding to the prompt: "Write and draw about what you see in your neighborhood." After the writing assignment, we started reading the book, "This is New York" by Miroslav Sasek.

After reading about famous structures, interesting neighborhoods and the many cultures that make up NYC, the first graders had their first "how to draw" lesson around cityscapes.  We used the book "Make a World" by Ed Emberley to learn how to use simple shapes to make a city skyline.  After sketching with pencil, we used black sharpie markers to trace our lines and next we will use watercolors to paint our cities.

This is just the beginning of our exciting work around our neighborhood! We are so excited to continue our study!