Friday, March 22, 2013

Awesome Possum! Or is it Opossum?


While discussing activities that we did on March Break, Cole shared with us that his Grandpa told him about Opossums.  This lead to the reading of the story Possum Magic.  We also did some research on possums.  We discovered that in the Australia, where Possum Magic takes place, the animals are possums.  In North America, the animal is called opposum, although many people simply call them possums, either is correrct. We also looked at a world map to see how far Australia is.  Next week we will do more research.


Below, you can link to the Youtube reading of Possum Magic:

Possum Magic on Youtube


Cole illustrated a picture of a possum hanging by it's tail and one "playing possum", or pretending to be dead to avoid predators.

The book Possum Magic, by Mem Fox


Our Grandma Poss and Hush.

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