Animal Characteristics

We have been learning about animals and their characteristics. A blogging friend shared this idea with me, so we tried it out in our classroom.

We watched an interactive power point on animals and their characteristics. We learned about animal body parts and animal coverings. Then we played odd man out. Students took turns looking at 3 animal cards in the pocket chart. Then they chose which animal was not like the others and pulled it out and explained why.





After the game, we chose animals and labeled their body parts. Then we shared them with each other.

Quack! Quack! Quack!

Our ducks hatched today! It was so exciting. We were able to use an ELMO and a projector and show the duck hatching on the wall so everyone could see. The second duck hatched shortly afterward. It took all day for the third duck to hatch, but now we have 3 healthy ducks in our pod. We are still waiting for our chicks to hatch. They have about 2 weeks left in the incubator.

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The Week of March 21st

We have been very busy learning about animals and getting ready for open house. There have been lots of great things going on in our room. The most exciting news is that we are trying to hatch baby chicks.

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Taking Care of Pets

This week, we are learning about pets, their needs, and how to take care of them. Mrs. Wood, one of our kindergarten teachers, brought her pet bearded dragon to school. She taught us how to set up his habitat and how to take care of him.

Animals in Winter

This week, we learned about animals in winter. We learned how some animals hibernate, some migrate, and some adapt. We pretended to be bears and hibernate for the winter. We stored up food for winter, looked for a good place to sleep through the winter, hibernated, and then woke up and went in search of food to fill back up on.