Animal Body Parts

We are learning about farm animals and characteristics of animals. We created a class brace map that show the body parts of a pig. Then the students created and labeled their own diagram of a pig's body parts.

 

Go Away Big Green Monster!

We read Go Away Big Green Monster and made our own monsters and created a graph to show our favorite color monsters. I used the book to introduce the word wall word away and review the words go, big, and color words. The graph turned out to be a lesson on the same number as, but that's OK. I live for teachable moments even if they are not what I expected.

 

Texas Symbols Mural

Last week we learned about Texas State Symbols. We read some books and used the Internet as a resource to learn about the Texas State Symbols. We made our own representations of the symbols through various art projects and put them together to create a Texas Symbol Mural.

 

Non Fiction Zoo

We compared zoo animals all week in Science. We compared Giraffes and Zebras, Lion and Tigers, Flamingos and Ostriches, and  Hippos and Elephants.

 

Fiction Zoo

We read If anything Every Goes Wrong at The Zoo, The Animal Bop ( nouns and verbs) Flecity Floo and Never Ever Shout in the Zoo. The students did an illustration and writing response to each book.

 

Pet Show!

To end our study of body coverings, we had a school pet show. We had a gerbil, turtle, parakeet, tarantula, bearded dragon lizard, beta fish,ladybugs, and of course our baby chicks.

After the pet show we illustrated and wrote about our favorite part of the pet show.