Spiders and Bats
With Halloween quickly approaching, our class recently completed a unit on spiders. We learned that spiders are not insects but are arachnids. They have two body parts, eight legs, and most have eight eyes. We identified the parts of a spider by using the overhead projector and a diagram for each student. Jeffery caught a spider in his bug catcher box that he got from the treasure box and planned to share it with the class, but it died before he could bring it. Elle brought a scorpion encased in a glass cylinder and we compared it to the diagram of the spider. We discussed how it was different and the same. We learned alot about spiders and look forward to learning new facts about bats the week of Halloween.
Uncategorized | Comment (0)Grandparents’ Day
In September we celebrated Grandparents’ Day by inviting our grandparents to visit our classroom. We each had written about how our grandparents make us happy and presented these as they entered the room. After Mrs. Dennis’ welcomed everyone and read some “funny quotes” that children made about their grandparents, we interviewed our guests and shared their responses with the group. Mrs. Dennis then read The Relatives are Coming and talked about when her grandparents would come visit. We then got into small groups and several grandparents read books to us about the family. We had a wonderful day and made some great memories with our grandparents!
Uncategorized | Comment (1)The Day and Night Sky
Recently, we learned about the day and night sky and the planets that are in our Solar System. Many informational books were enjoyed along with the video “The Magic School Bus Lost in Outer Space.” Students completed an observation activity of the night sky with a grown-up and drew a picture of what they saw. These are on display in the hall outside our room.
