A Place for Me to Work on my Journey Theme - Ongoing

This Year’s Theme: Journey Through 2nd Grade
The Journey
Learning can start you on a journey around the world
Let learning take you around the world.
Exploring Our World Together
The Journey Starts Here!

Décor:
  • globes and maps
  • old suitcases
  • map panels for curtains
  • US map carpet

Jobs:
  • 1 concierge per day to do all management jobs.

  • 1 academic steward to lead the class in drills, practice, etc.
  • 1 first class passenger who may read to a class bear, choose their seat, be the line leader and any other reasonable thing they ask to do.
Classroom Management:
  •  luggage tags for rr passes

Academic Ideas:
  • Books throughout the year with a journey theme
  • Monarch journey south
  • Write once a month about where they would like to journey to.
  • Learn about maps with the zoo maps I was given
  •  Travel in history
  • French word journee, which means the period of one day
  • Write monthly postcards about what they have been doing that month. Save as a record.of the year.




Vocabulary:
·  journey
·  trek
·  voyage
·  expedition
·  passage
·  navigate
·  circumnavigate
·  Traveler
·  Explorer
·  Voyager
·  Trekker
·  map
·  chart
·  itinerary = schedule
·  ticket
·  transportation
·  compass
·  compass rose
·  brochure
·  route
·  reroute
·  check-in (morning)
·  destination
·  take off (going home)
·  travel agent = teacher
·  excursion = reward minutes
·  luggage = homework folder
·  bus station
·  bus
·  coach = car (rider)
·  fork in the road
·  ocean liner
·  boat
·  set sail
·  get on board
·  set off
·  travel guide = textbook
·  passport = punch card
·  adventure
·  pass
·  plotting a course = goal setting
·  bon voyage = student moving
·  underway
·  path
·  trail
·  pathway
·  passageway
·  knapsack
·  rucksack
·  outing
·  sidetrack
·  explore
·  trip
·  embark
·  inn = The Journey Inn
·  boarding house
·  hostel
·  hotel
·  rooming house
·  contingent
·  troupe = group
·  scout = restroom monitor
·  steward

 Books: (no particular order)
  • Me...Jane
  • Grandfather's Journey
  • The Curious Garden
  • One Fine Day
  • Henry's Freedom Box
  • Swimmy
  • Arthur's Family Vacation
  • Three Billy Goats Gruff
  • How I Spent My Summer Vacation
  • The Relatives Came
  • We're Going on a Bear Hunt
  • Freight Train
  • Froggy Goes to Camp
  • Wizard of Oz
  • Magic Tree House series




2 comments:

  1. You've got a great start! I LOVE LOVE LOVE themes like this that are broad enough to be able to include so much creativity and yet fit the curriculum!

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  2. I have a journey/travel-themed classroom too! :) Thanks for the great tips and ideas!!! Great minds think alike :)
    Check out my Travel-themed Classroom Ideas

    ~Jessica
    Joy in the Journey

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