This week, we continued our exciting adventure into the world of animal habitats! We explored a variety of environments including forests, deserts, wetlands, and savannas. During our explorations, we discovered the unique plants and animals that make each habitat their home. We also learned about the special features that set each habitat apart from the others.
To bring our learning to life, we created simple dioramas for each habitat. We also kicked off a big project: building our own zoo! The first step in this fun project was choosing which animals we wanted to include. Each student picked four animals, making sure each one came from a different habitat. After selecting our animals, we began crafting the habitats for our zoo.
We will continue working on our zoos over the next few weeks, and we are excited to showcase our creations at the Spring Showcase on March 20th!
A highlight of our week was Discovery Day on Thursday. We were thrilled to welcome a group of preschoolers from our local community. Together, we embarked on an amazing journey to explore the fascinating world of animals, guided by the knowledgeable representatives from Hemker Park and Zoo. It was a wonderful experience for everyone involved!
Monday:
Reading:
Phonological Awareness Warmups
Dictation practice
Introduced to new sight words: be, yes, no
Completed an -op secret word worksheet
Reviewed the arctic, rainforest, and ocean habitat
Explored the forest habitat
Listened to the story The Forest Habitat and watched a short video
Created an forest habitat
Math:
Calendar Binder
Religion:
Gospel Weekly - Jesus teaches us to be kind.
Tuesday:
Reading
Phonological Awareness Warmups
Dictation practice
Reviewed the arctic, rainforest, ocean, and forest habitats
Completed a ocean and forest sorting worksheet
Explored the desert habitat
Listened to the story The Desert Habitat and watched a short video
Created an Desert habitat
Math:
Calendar Binder
Explored the hundreds chart
Completed a number scroll - filling in the missing numbers on a hundreds chart
Religion:
Guided meditation and journaling
Listened to the story of Moses and the Red Sea
Wednesday:
Reading:
Phonological Awareness Warmups
Dictation practice
Completed a short o Secret Words worksheet
Reviewed the arctic, rainforest, ocean, forest, and desert habitats
Explored the wetland habitat
Listened to the story The Wetland Habitat and watched a short video
Created an wetland habitat
Math:
Calendar Binder
Introduced to the subtraction symbol
Religion:
Guided meditation and journaling
Listened to the story of Moses and the Ten Commandments
Thursday:
Discovery Day - We had some preschoolers from around town join us as we embarked on a journey to explore the fascinating world of animals, guided by the knowledgeable representatives from the Hemker Zoo.
Reading:
Phonological Awareness Warmups
Dictation Practice
Completed a ocean and forest sorting worksheet
Reviewed the arctic, rainforest, ocean, forest, desert, and wetland habitats
Explored the savanna habitat
Watched a short video
Created an savanna habitat
Math:
Calendar Binder
Ten Bears on a Bus - Finding groups of numbers that equal ten
Religion:
Watched a video of St Joan of Arc and colored their pictures.
Friday:
Reading:
Phonological Awareness Warmups
Dictation Practice
Reviewed the different habitats
Started working on building a zoo
Determined which 4 animal habitats were going to be in our zoo
decided on 2 or 3 animals would be in each of the habitats
Started drawing 1 of the habitats in our zoo
Math:
Calendar Binder
Seats at a party
Religion:
Mass
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