Day 1) We focussed on appearance. We asked ourselves and other peers in our animal group what the animals look like. We reviewed the word "appearance" and looked closely at how animal pictures were labelled. We used pre-printed labels, sounded out words independently, and copied print to try and label different parts of our animals as well including eyes, ears, nose, feet, tail, fur, etc.
Day 2) Students learned about the diet of their animals. We reviewed that "diet" means what an animal eats. We then looked through our resources and discovered what each of our animals eat. Did you know that a bear eats fish and berries? Did you know that an owl eats mice?
Day 3) Look closely once again at our resources, including photographs, books and videos, students then found out where their animal lives. This is called their "habitat." We learned that some of our animals live underground while some live in dens or in trees.
Day 4) We shared our findings with each other. Here are some things we have learned so far:
- "Foxes, when cold wrap their tails around themselves to keep them warm." -TJ
- "Foxes eat bunnies, mice, and eggs. Foxes make houses underground. " - LM
- "This is non-fiction information because we see what they do and not what we think they do."- BR
- "Moles dig lots of
holes and try and come back up to find lots of food." - LH
- "Foxes
can gobble up snowshoe hares." - SA
- "Bears
are different colors like black and brown."- HPD
Our afternoon Kindergarten students had their assembly on Friday, where they performed the book "The Mitten" by Jan Brett. We were amazed at the beautiful job they had done and were excited to see them play different characters and play musical instruments as well.
Please read your home reading book and another book daily with your child. Students will have the opportunity to exchange for a new home reading book daily when they bring back their previous book and their folders. Thank you!
We will be working with a felting artist next week. The red groups will participate on Monday, March 9th and the green groups will participate Tuesday, March 10th. We will need volunteers for those days. Please plan on staying for the whole morning or afternoon. Please email us if you are able to help out. Thank you!
We will be working with a felting artist next week. The red groups will participate on Monday, March 9th and the green groups will participate Tuesday, March 10th. We will need volunteers for those days. Please plan on staying for the whole morning or afternoon. Please email us if you are able to help out. Thank you!
