Check out the amazing transformations of some of your classmates trees!
Have you noticed any other changes outside?
Ellie's tree has definitely changed. What do you see?
One thing that hasn't changed in Connor's tree is that great big nest! What do you think lives in that nest?
Check out the huge changes in Robyn's tree! What do you notice?
Megan's tree also looks different!
At my house we have been watching these trees change. We planted them in the fall and crossed our fingers that they would make it through the winter.
They have definitely changed over the past month!
What do you notice?
There has been lots of sharing of pets in our Google Meets and our Ways to Play! So this week we thought we would explore all the different animals people keep as pets!
Check out this story! It has lots of different animals that some people keep as pets!
Some people don't have pets! Here's a story about a little girl who wishes she could have a pet, but in the meantime has lots of interesting "pets"!
After answering our Question of the Week, this is what we found out about the pets of the students in our class.
How many pet turtles do we have in our class?
Do you see any animals with the same number of pictures?
How many pet cats do the people in our class have?
What animal has the most amount? Which animal has the least?
If you could have any animal (real or pretend) as a pet, what would it be?
Draw and label it!
Are you thankful for your pet?
Finish this sentence and add a picture to go with it.
"I am grateful for my pet because..."
The word pet is part of the -et word family!
Can you think of 3 other words that end in -et?
Write them down. (Hint: There's a video below that can help you if your stumped!)
Can you think of 4 other words that start with P?
Can you think of any animals that start with P?
Write them down and add a picture!
This week we are going to draw two of the creatures found in If I Had a Gryphon! Get your pencil and paper ready. Let's draw!
Position words are words that describe where something is located! Here's a great book that uses lots of position words!
Draw a rainbow. Draw a flower under the rainbow. Draw a bird above the rainbow.
Draw a cloud beside the rainbow.
Make a tower using Lego or Duplo.
Put a red block on the bottom.
Put a green block on the top.
Put a blue block under the green block.
Put a yellow block on top of the red block.
Draw your tower!
Can you use position words to describe some of the things you see in this picture?
Use the words under, on top, inside and beside.
Ask a family member to record how you used these words to describe the picture.
The first fish is red.
The last fish is green.
The second fish is orange.
The fish beside the the green fish is black.
The fish next to the orange fish is purple.
Share your picture!
Many of you told us that riding your bike is one of your favourite things to do outside right now!
Let's talk about riding our bikes! Here's a great story about Franklin and his bicycle.
Here's a funny book about a duck on a bike! Don't forget to read the non-fiction book about bike safety too!
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Read these two stories!