Winter Shadows
Monday students read about Geoffrey the groundhog who came out of his burrow on February 2nd to predict the weather. A shadow means 6 more weeks of winter, and no shadow means early spring! We looked at some photos of some cool shadow art (by Tim Noble & Sue Webster – the photos we saw […]
Adaptation
Monday students had a remote day during which they did mitten activities for art, math, and literacy after reading The Mitten by Jan Brett. Animals adapt to the changes of winter in different ways. Susan introduced some fun games and activities where we pretended to be different animals adapting to winter. We learned that many […]
Tracking
Our short week focused on how woodland animals move and how to recognize their tracks and track patterns. Susan demonstrated how straight line walkers and diagonal walkers move. Diagonal walkers move so efficiently that they place their back paws exactly where their front paws were, so it appears that a four legged animal has only […]
Animals in Winter
As winter arrives, all living things adjust and adapt to the changes in daylight and weather. In the fall we studied how plants adjust and change and are now delving into how we as people and the animals around us adapt. We are making up a song to help us share our learning, called “What […]