Weekly Activities

Weekly activities allow students to remain engaged and up-to-date on the Journeys throughout the year. It is extremely important to sustain students’ connection to the Journeys, because their enthusiasm is what drives their interest! In the past, weekly activities have included:

Using the Logbook

• Read-alouds
• Group presentations
• Creating an illustrated timeline of interesting events
• Tracking data from logbook for graphs
• Creating weekly travel guides

Maintaining a Map of the Voyage

• Appoint a weekly classroom navigator to mark the travelers’ location
• Plot the travelers’ location using longitude and latitude
• Use the map to measure distances

Communicating with the Travelers

• Create an ongoing classroom “parking lot”, where you can post a list of questions students have about the Journey.
• Send emails to the travelers
• Read Journals (updated weekly)
• Ask questions (using the website or email)