A week of Science

We have been quite the scientists this past week!  To begin, everyone did an incredible job on their science fair projects.  I could tell every child was engaged in the project and loved to share it with the other students in the school.

Also, we have comparing different habitats and we are focusing on the desert and how its different from the rainforest. We have been using the ipad app "Kidspiration" to help up compare/contrast with pictures and words.  We will present those on Friday.  We also dissected the inside of a cactus.  This was very fascinating to the students, especially since they hypothesized many different ideas.  We also had all the scientific tools and documented our observations.  Please come see them on the wall in the classroom over the next couple of weeks.

Diary of a (insert animal)

For the month of March, we will be studying the writing of many favorite children's authors, to include Doreen Cronin (Click Clack Moo), Audrey Wood (Quick as a Cricket) and Dr. Seuss.  Today the Bumblebees begged me to read Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin. As I read, I began discussing how we can write about other people (third person) or we can write about ourselves (first person). The students were so excited to start their own diaries. They each chose an animal to "become." Here is a sampling of their work in progress.

AL: After hunting, I took a nap. (Jaguar)

ZK: This poor warthog can't catch a break in his diary!