Saturday, October 13, 2012

Columbus Day, Fire Safety, and Bats! Oh My!

Last week was packed full of activities and lots of learning!  Upon returning to school following the Columbus Day holiday, we read about Christopher Columbus in a variety of books
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 and compared him to the characters in "Library Mouse: A World to Explore" by David Kirk .  Library Mouse: A World to Explore
We discussed what it would be like to be an explorer, what an explorer does, and where it would be fun to go exploring.  Then, we wrote and illustrated a narrative titled, "If I Was an Explorer." Check out some of our work below:



In honor of "National Fire Safety Week" we took part in a school-wide fire drill and listened to a local fireman teach us some important things to share with our families.  We also got to see a fireman get dressed in his rescue gear.  Back in our classroom we enjoyed assembling "fire trucks" that were good enough to eat.  We have included some pictures below:










As a part of our study of nocturnal animals, we read several non-fiction books about bats.  Then, we wrote bat facts and painted beautiful sunset pictures to display our facts on.





We also practiced making a story map,

learned how to determine a theme, and discussed character traits after reading
"Stellaluna" by Janelle Cannon. 
  This culminated with our "Brown Bag Book Club" discussion on Friday.

All in all, it was a VERY busy week!






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