We learned all about the
big, mean, ferocious, and deadly ALLOSAURUS {and adjectives. Thanks to the kids
for coming up with those awesome ones right there}. I figured we needed
something pretty intense to spice things up after learning about the
stegosaurus and the triceratops last week. The kids are getting pretty good at
writing non-fiction texts about the dinosaurs they learn about, and they come
up with some great adjectives. Adjectives make reading more interesting!
Just to stay on the topic
of dinosaurs, I’m going to jump over to our storytelling centre so you can see
what they got to explore this week.
It’s a dinosaur sensory bin. Sensory bins
are wonderful, especially for those kinesthetic learners. There were so many
textures to play with in the box, and lots of different sized toys to go with
it. I borrowed the sand from the kindergarten room and bought the glass beads,
stones, bird/dinosaur nest, and mini dinosaur toys at Michael’s. Much to my
surprise, there was literally no sand on the floor. Such responsible kids I
have in my class.
In science we learned all
about renewable energy with a focus on wind energy! In order to learn what
renewable energy is, I turned to “the funny scientist man” {as referred to by
the Grade Ones}, Bill Nye!
Then we talked about
windmills/wind turbines. They were fascinated, but had no idea how they worked.
So I showed them this:
Thank goodness for YouTube…and
it’s media literacy ;)
I have this great book
called The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. It’s based on a true story of a boy in
Africa who built a windmill to generate energy for his suffering village. The
kids were all over that because it made them think of their own buddies in
Uganda.
We ended our wind power
lessons off with a little craftivity by making pinwheels! They had a blast and
a handful of them brought them back to school over the course of the week to
play with at recess.
Some other pictures of
the classroom this week!
A little addition to the
math wall
A great book that explains
that big idea in energy: Energy makes things happen!
Reflecting on wind energy.
Also learning what “pros and cons” mean
Well that was short and
sweet for this week. I am almost done my first draft of report card comments.
For those of you who are also working on your report cards, I’ll leave you with this:
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