Fifth Grade at St. Pete International Folk Festival
Source/Author: Sandy Janack, Fifth Grade Social Studies Teacher
November 03, 2017
On Friday, October 27th, the fifth grade students attended SPIFFS, the St. Pete International Folk Festival, which was held at Vinoy Park in St. Pete. This festival was a perfect complement to the fifth grade Social Studies World Geography curriculum. At the festival, students had the opportunity to experience and interact with approximately forty different countries’ foods, music, dance, art, language, and geography. At the different booths, students had the opportunity to learn how to say a few words in a language other than English, try an unfamiliar food, attempt to play a unique instrument, and chat with people from around the world. Students learned so much at this cultural celebration of the St. Pete community!
SPIFFS also hosted an art contest themed “Dance Around the World.” Prior to visiting SPIFFS, the fifth graders researched dances from around the world and completed multimedia artistic representations of a cultural dance in Art class. Mrs. Williams entered 12 students’ artwork in the SPIFFS art contest, and Shorecrest fifth grader Fiona G. won first prize with her multimedia piece depicting Israeli dance!
To further support the Social Studies curriculum, in Tech class the students will create greeting cards depicting holidays around the world.
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