Today we read our favorite books, welcomed guest readers who shared their favorite books, performed readers’ theater rhymes, spent time with our Peace Buddies (level 2 and 3) and met our collaborators for a spring play/musical (level 3). And if that was not exciting enough, we shared our knowledge about forest, habitats and ecosystems to provide the foundation for our new unit of study. The Tree Swallows learned that they will be creating a documentary of the next four weeks’ exploration of forest (ecosystems, habitat and characteristics). The students were given the task of thinking of a name for the documentary and will begin recording and discussing ideas Tuesday.
Thursday, the Tree Swallows will visit Tom McCall forest and investigate living and nonliving components by closely observing a small section of earth (a hula-hoop sized circle) and documenting findings. This will provide a context for examining relationships among components and later comparisons to forests elsewhere.
This unit was designed and will be led by our wonderful student teacher, Amy, during her four weeks of lead teaching. Check out more about the unit and her experiences on her blog (see below and to the right for a link).
Thursday, the Tree Swallows will visit Tom McCall forest and investigate living and nonliving components by closely observing a small section of earth (a hula-hoop sized circle) and documenting findings. This will provide a context for examining relationships among components and later comparisons to forests elsewhere.
This unit was designed and will be led by our wonderful student teacher, Amy, during her four weeks of lead teaching. Check out more about the unit and her experiences on her blog (see below and to the right for a link).
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