Fun Times in 5th Grade Social Studies Class
Students worked collaboratively to guess the mystery location of another 5th grade class with an activity called Mystery Hangout. This was the 1st time Mrs. Z.'s 5th gr social studies class participated and they did a great job. Students from both schools take turns asking yes/no questions, using geography terms. The goal is identify the location of the other class before they guess ours. Even though the students asked great questions, the other school guessed Illinois before we were able to figure out that they are in North Dakota. This is a great activity for students to work together by using maps, online maps, formulating questions, speaking clearly, listening carefully, and using digital citizenship skills.
Students asked questions such as--
1. Are you east of the Mississippi River?
2. Do the Rocky Mountains run through your state?
3. Do you border Canada?
This is a great activity to practice geography and map skills.
Both 5th and 6th grade students enjoy Mystery Hangouts and I can't wait to help guide the students through the next one. Oh, the students have their shirts either inside out or backwards because we didn't want the mystery school having any clues about the name of our school or were SWS is located. My goal is to participate in Mystery Hangouts where the mystery school is in another country and even a different continent.
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