Getting Ready for Winter

This week we discussed how living things prepare for winter. We talked about hibernation and migration. We also talked about what animals do if they don't hibernate or migrate.

We began the week by created a KWL chart on "Getting Ready for Winter".

K- what we know, W- what we want to know, and L- what we learned.

We listed all the things we know living things do to prepare for winter, and talked about what we'd like to learn more about. At the end of the week, we listed all the things we had learned throughout the week.

We painted Fall Landscapes and wrote poems to go with them...

We began our pictures using a black crayon to create an outline for us to paint in. The children had a fun time mixing and creating new colors with their paints. At one point, it seemed like we were playing musical chairs, as they called out in excitement - "Wow! Look at the color I just made!" And they all had to come over to see the new color :)

I told the "Story of a Tree" - the cycle of the seasons - and we played a game to enforce this concept. We had four baskets, each labeled with a tree from one of the seasons.

The children took turns choosing an item of clothing from a box . . .

Deciding which season we would most likely wear it . . .

And sorting it into the correct season's basket.

We ended our unit on patterns this week.

For our end of unit test the children had to create their own patterns.

And for Therrific Thursday . . .

We got to play with REAL play money :) The kids loved it!

Next week our theme will be Pilgrims and Indians. We'll also finish up a hibernation project. Our math unit will be a review of numbers 0-5. An important part of this unit is introducing correct number formation.