This months 4Winds lesson: birds in the forest.
VT has the largest population of breeding birds in the United States. COOL FACT!
Birds in the forest...this is a Sap Sucker.
We learned about various VT birds and their key features. Different birds play important roles in the forest ecosystem.
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| Outside, children searched for 12 birds; They referenced a bird guide to identify each bird. |
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| Bird binoculars. |
You Skills: Reviewing the 3 R's of safety
Some other safety ideas to remember.
Never-never Rules.
Building CVC words in ABC.
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| Beat You to 15 Cents: children enjoy this new math game. The main math skills involve the counting on strategy , working with pennies and nickels, and trading (or exchanging) 5 pennies for 1 nickel. |
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| We have been working on a 5 Senses Unit. |
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| Children are writing in the 5 Senses Journals. |
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| In math, we are revisiting 2 and 3 dimensional shapes and their attributes. |
What Do You Know About Shapes?
Sorting shapes
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| Talking about the attributes of a hexagon; |
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| ...a rhombus... |
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| ...a triangle... |
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| ...a square... |
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| ...and a trapezoid. |
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| We recorded all the information! |
I concluded our lesson with this question.
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| In the next math lesson, we talked about circles and spheres. |
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| Watercolor painting in the theme area. We were inspired by our 4 Winds lesson to paint birds. |
