Researching Animals

We started our week by sharing with one another what we did over the long weekend. We drew pictures about our weekend and used them to talk about our weekends with our peers. We read "Not A Box" by Antoinette Portis and used our imaginations to think about common classroom objects such as markers and rulers to think about what else they could be. For example, "It is not a marker., it is a..." fishing rod, walking stick, magic wand. "It is not a book... It is a..." computer, bird, steering wheel, etc. Students applied their creativity and imagination and used whiteboards to transform different shapes such as squares, circles, and triangles into other objects as well. Encourage your child to try this at home with you. This can be done by drawing or simply through conversations with everyday items at home.

To start our research, we brainstormed ideas on what is important to learn about when looking at different animals. Together, we brainstormed that the diet, appearance, habitat, and interesting facts are what we need to look closely at to learn more about each animal. We then explored different artifacts about each animal such as photographs, books, puppets, etc to learn more about them. We also began to learn how to journal our findings in our thinking journals and tried drawing pictures and writing words as well.

We also practiced drawing the animals from the mittens using white boards as well.

We played Math Yahtzee as well to continue to practice counting and subitizing.

With a strong focus on Kindness this week, we wore bright colors, wore red and pink, wore our superhero shirts, and our PHS Spirit Wear as well. We thought about what it means to be kind in our classroom and tried to be kind KINDergarten students.