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Frogs everywhere!
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Through poems, non fiction and fiction texts, writing, and science activities, we have been discovering all the creatures that lay eggs! Reptiles, insects, fish, amphibians, and birds all lay eggs of all colors and sizes. This week we looked at the life cycle of a lady bug, and then spent a while on the life cycle of a frog from tadpole to adult frog. It's cool that we can hear frogs every night at home now too! The kids completed a Frog booklet this week and read and shared information and pictures they found in our large frog book collection. We also enjoyed reading Chickens Aren't the Only Ones with the follow up response page listing animals that lay eggs.
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| The Ladybug life cycle! |
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| Our Frog booklet |
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| Sharing about Hummingbirds |
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| Reading group sharing about Snake facts |
We paired up or formed groups to read about various ways animal parents take care of their young when we read Animal Parents.
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| Science reading buddies! |
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| Partner reading in science |
Our informational writing genre
integrates very well with the science
themes of Animals and their Offspring. Many kids have written
about creatures in the animal kingdom. Other information topics have included rock climbing, places to visit (Maine, Florida, Cape Cod), restaurants, knights, planets, storms, and Nail Salons!
When we return from vacation, we will touch on the life cycle of butterflies and then wrap up with a mini unit on birds.
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| Taking turns reading Animal Parents |
Our final science unit will be Earth & Space.
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| A beautiful read-aloud! |
One of our favorite read-alouds this week was The Velveteen Rabbit, a story from another era that stirs imagination and emotions with its rich vocabulary and sweet desire for a little rabbit to become Real through the love of the little boy. Bringing in a life-like straw rabbit in a wicker cage, from home added to the story fun!
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| The Velveteen Rabbit! |
We enjoyed a Reader's Theater skit this week as well. We will be performing many more when we begin our Fairy Tale reading genre after vacation. This one was The Little Red Hen.
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Performing The Little Red Hen
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Great job on the Telling Time math test - next we will organize data with graphs and tally marks, and terrific job on the spelling tests! All those /ight/ words needed a chant, movements, and poses to perfect the spelling which we were all successful in doing!
Well it is time to gear up for the final stretch of first grade - lots of new units and learning ahead!
Have a wonderful, restful, and fun vacation!
Mrs. Dagley
