Reptiles In the Classroom!!

 

Some of the children became very interested in reptiles as they were researching what hatches from an egg.  At the writing centre, we made a chart of what reptiles they saw in books.  Here the students are drawing pictures. We learned that reptiles have scales and they usually have 4 legs or no legs. Some of the students are practising picking up the crocodiles that Kyle brought to school!! 

What will hatch out of the egg?

The children made predicitons about what will hatch out of the egg.  They drew pictures.  Here are some predictions:
1.  A snake
2.  A turtle
3.  A rainbow waterfall

We will have to wait to see!!  It should be hatched in the next few days!!

We've been very busy!!

We would like to welcome 2 student teachers to our classroom.  Miss. Drouillard and Mr. Junas are here until April 28th. 

We discovered what an egg would look like if we cooked an egg with Miss Drouillard.

First we made predictions.  Here are some predictions:

1.  It would be hot
2.  A red bird will come out
3.  Everything is going to turn out white
4.  It's going to turn to a hard boiled egg
5.  It will be scrambled
6.  It will crack open

We discovered that it turned solid.  When we cooked it in the microwave, we heard popping.  It looked like an egg that we eat at home.  It was still a little slimy!! 


Mr. Junas put some pictures of birds near the playdough centre and we took all of the playdough tools away.  We wanted to see how the children would explore the playdough.  Mr. Junas sat with a group of children and they discussed moulding.  They created playdough birds and it really got them thinking about the parts of bird.  One JK friend said that she put wings on her bird and they flap.  I asked her why do they flap and she responded that birds need to flap their wings to fly.  Great language development!!

 


We have been discussing and researching things that come out of eggs.  Here in the sand centre, one friend announce that a baby grasshopper has just hatched out of the egg.  " Hatched"  Great language development!!

Mrs. Boose (our noon-aide assistant) made a beautiful cake for our class.  We put it out for the children to draw it.  Although it was very tempting to eat, we are proud to say that the children were able to wait until 2nd nutrition break to eat it. 

Our Spring Scavenger Hunt

Spring is Here!!!!!

We found many signs of spring in our schoolyard!!!!!

After March Break!!!!!

Welcome Back!!

Here is what we are doing in the classroom!!  Keep practising at home!!!

Looking at money.  Naming all of the coins.  We are trying to figure out different ways to buy things in the classroom.  This rock is 8 cents.  The children found 2 ways we could buy this rock!!

Reading environmental print.  Thank you to everyone who sent in labels.  These 2 students are trying to figure out what this word says.  They know that they have been to this store. 

Coins!!!

We have been looking at money this week and the children are becoming very familiar with the names of the coins.  Here we have a centre where the children sorted and looked for the value of the coins. 

The children are creating a new centre in our classroom.  We thought it would be fun to have a grocery store in the classroom.  We have been reading flyers from local grocery stores and we made our own classroom flyer. 

The Last Two Weeks!!

We had to say goodbye to our 2 student teachers.  These are some of the things that we have been doing.

We tapped our rhythm sticks with the beat of the music!!!

We read the story The Three Little Pigs and we created the props and retold the story at the block centre!!

We discussed the importance of healthy food.  We loved our Pasta Day!!!  We sorted healthy and unhealthy food.  We retold the story The Very Hungry Caterpillar at the water table!

We searched for seeds!!

We created patterns, measured and made graphs!!

We played with worms in the grass and in the dirt!!