As far as I am concerned, March can march out of here. That was sure a rainy month. I love rain, but not when it is chilly out. This month we continued to talk about animals and how they survive. After last weeks lesson about chameleons,I decided to have them experience how camouflage works. I took out my magic wand (my pointer) and waved it over the children and said, "Abracadabra, Kalamazoo! You are now hungry birds!! POOF!" They said, "No we're not" I told them, "Stay with me here, pretend you are hungry birds looking for a meal. What do birds eat?" "Worms!" "Well, I just so happened to know that there are 60 worms (pieces of thread) scattered on the rug you are standing on. You have 20 seconds to eat (pick up) as many worms as you can." They scampered around finding thread from the rug and gave it to me. We then counted each color. We had 17 white, 4 red and 1 blue worm. I then explained that they missed quite a few more. There were 20 of each color on the rug. Some are camouflaged on the rug. Take another look. Then they started to find more red and blue worms on the red and blue areas of the rug. That is how animals protect themselves from their prey.
It was funny, the rest of the week the children kept bringing up pieces of thread telling me they found a worm.
It was funny, the rest of the week the children kept bringing up pieces of thread telling me they found a worm.
Did you know penguins have a waxy coating on their feathers? This is what helps them survive the cold waters. I had two paper penguins that I sprayed blue paint-water on. One penguin was colored with waxy crayon and one was plain. The plain penguin turned blue. The penguin with the waxy coating didn't. (Well, most of him didn't. I must have missed some white areas with my crayon.) 😀
Below we conducted a science experiment making glue. We used three different solutions (water, salt/water and flour/water). The water and salt/water only partially stuck. If we tipped the paper or tugged at the picture it came off. The flour/water stuck really well.
We have been practicing writing numbers 2 and 3 this week. I let them use their fingers instead of a marker since some of them haven't mastered the grasp of a marker yet. You can check out your child's writing on his/her Seesaw portfolio.
Thanks for the newspaper. Our Easter Hats are complete!!! Don't they look great?
This was fun to watch. One of the students love to pretend to be sick and have a doctor look at him. Most of the class was working on him for quite some time.
Our last meal with Sam the fish. Can't wait to see who will be the lucky winner at tonight's event!