This week your children have been learning that scientists are not men in stuffy lab coats, but that there is a scientist in every one of us!
We started the off by reading one of my favorite authors Julia Donaldson. The children loved her stories: The Gruffalo and The Snail and the Whale. The latter is a story of the little snail who saves a beached whale. It was the perfect way for our kids to start thinking about the importance of written expression.
We continued our adventure with snails on Wednesday when our big buddies came to read with us in the afternoon. The children sat with their Big Buddies and researched important facts about snails. All of the research they collected will go into their science notebooks.
On Thursday we made the covers to our science notebooks, using yellow and then blue finger paint. The covers became delightful shades of green. In the afternoon your children made snail puppets and we read the story, Snail: Where are You!"
We used our knowledge of snails for mathematics too! The children made a comparison chart of how many eyes,tails, heads, and shells one, two and three snails would have.
Your children amaze me with their confidence and wit!
Next week we will continue to discover all sorts of new things that live in shells.
Here is a list of the books we enjoyed this week-
Nonfiction Books
Bulhozer, Theres, 1987, “Life of the Snail” Carolrhoda Books Inc. Lucerne, Switzerland
Dorling Kindersley book, “What’s Inside? Shells,” Scholastic Edition: New York
Fowler, A. 1999, “A Snail’s Pace” Children’s Press: Canada
Green, J. 2004, “Nature’s Children: Snails,” Groller: Danbury, Connecticut
Holmes, K. 1998, “Snails,” Bridgestone Books: Mankato, Minnesota
Murray, P. 1998, “Snails,” The Children’s World, Inc:
Pascoe, E. and Kuhn, D. 1999, “Nature’s Closeup: Snails and slugs,” Balckbirch Press, Inc: Connecticut
Pyers, G. 2005, “Snails, Up Close,” Raintree: Chicago, Illinois
Ross, M. E. 1996, “Snailology,” Carolrhoda Books: Lucerne, Switzerland
Fiction Books
Ungerer, T. 1962, “Snail, Where are you?” Blue Apple:
McGuirk, L. 2003, “Snail Boy,” Candlewick Press: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Wadell, M. 2003, “Hi, Harry! The Moving Story of how One Slow Tortoise Slowly Made a Friend,” Candlewick press: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Donaldson, J and Scheffler A. 2003, “The Snail and the Whale,” MacMillan Children’s Books: London
We started the off by reading one of my favorite authors Julia Donaldson. The children loved her stories: The Gruffalo and The Snail and the Whale. The latter is a story of the little snail who saves a beached whale. It was the perfect way for our kids to start thinking about the importance of written expression.
We continued our adventure with snails on Wednesday when our big buddies came to read with us in the afternoon. The children sat with their Big Buddies and researched important facts about snails. All of the research they collected will go into their science notebooks.On Thursday we made the covers to our science notebooks, using yellow and then blue finger paint. The covers became delightful shades of green. In the afternoon your children made snail puppets and we read the story, Snail: Where are You!"
We used our knowledge of snails for mathematics too! The children made a comparison chart of how many eyes,tails, heads, and shells one, two and three snails would have.
Your children amaze me with their confidence and wit!
Next week we will continue to discover all sorts of new things that live in shells.
Here is a list of the books we enjoyed this week-
Nonfiction Books
Bulhozer, Theres, 1987, “Life of the Snail” Carolrhoda Books Inc. Lucerne, Switzerland
Dorling Kindersley book, “What’s Inside? Shells,” Scholastic Edition: New York
Fowler, A. 1999, “A Snail’s Pace” Children’s Press: Canada
Green, J. 2004, “Nature’s Children: Snails,” Groller: Danbury, Connecticut
Holmes, K. 1998, “Snails,” Bridgestone Books: Mankato, Minnesota
Murray, P. 1998, “Snails,” The Children’s World, Inc:
Pascoe, E. and Kuhn, D. 1999, “Nature’s Closeup: Snails and slugs,” Balckbirch Press, Inc: Connecticut
Pyers, G. 2005, “Snails, Up Close,” Raintree: Chicago, Illinois
Ross, M. E. 1996, “Snailology,” Carolrhoda Books: Lucerne, Switzerland
Fiction Books
Ungerer, T. 1962, “Snail, Where are you?” Blue Apple:
McGuirk, L. 2003, “Snail Boy,” Candlewick Press: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Wadell, M. 2003, “Hi, Harry! The Moving Story of how One Slow Tortoise Slowly Made a Friend,” Candlewick press: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Donaldson, J and Scheffler A. 2003, “The Snail and the Whale,” MacMillan Children’s Books: London
