Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Our Visitor

Mr. Hoyland came into our room yesterday and read us a Hanukkah Story! He had a good voice for the goblins and Hershel. I think that he had great expression and fluency. I think that he had voices and he did a good job.


love, Erin Sienna and Sonia

Wampanoag















This is the Wampanoag village. We made stuff with model magic and clay. We made stuff like fish,people,food and fishing nets. Wampanoag houses are called wetus.

Ian

Harvest Year




We made harvest sheets of different months about harvesting. We also read a book about harvest year and looked at a map. We made a map where food is harvested. We also colored the map and cut out the food to place onto the map. We also made a key that showed which months the food was harvested.


Madelyn and Katie

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Mosquitoes



Liam discovered that there are at least 100 trillion mosquitoes in the world. He also adds that mosquitoes can detect us from 40 yards away. Isn't that cool?

Fireflies

Erin learned that firefly eggs take 3 months to hatch. She also adds that a firefly's glow is not hot, it is cold. Julia researched that a firefly's glow is brighter in warm weather and that only certain kinds of fireflies glow.




Ants



Will discovered that a farmer ant only carries one leaf at a time into it's home so that it won't collapse. He also adds that ants help clean up a lot of the messes that humans leave behind.


Praying Manits


Timothy learned that a praying mantis has wings. He also discovered that there are different types of praying mantises such as the Dead Leaf Mantis, Asian Flower Mantis , and the African Flower Mantis.

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Butterflies


Katie learned that some butterflies, like Monarch Butterflies, migrate to escape cold weather. Mahika adds that butterflies can live all over the world.

Ladybugs


Sienna discovered that it takes about 3000 ladybugs to protect an area of land. Isabele adds that a ladybug can be read, yellow, or orange. Madelyn says that ladybugs eat the pests that damage plants in your garden. Kayla learned that the enemies of a ladybug are spiders, birds, people, and ants. Nicole noticed that ladybugs eat soft insects. Lastly, Sonia adds that a ladybug can be smaller than a thumbnail.

Dragonflies


Cameron said that when dragonflies are born they spend a part of their life underwater. Wynter learned that the enemies of a dragonfly are birds, fish , frogs, and large spiders. Calvin adds that dragonflies can fly as fast as 35mph.

Bees


Joseph says bees stay in their hive during the winter. Leslie found out that bees live in tree stumps and bee boxes. Macy learned that bees eat pollen and nectar. Ian said that the enemies for bees are a praying mantis and birds. Shane discovered that bees help flowers grow. Evan shared with us that there are more than 10,000 different kinds of bees.

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Insects

The children worked very hard in September and October learning about insects and their life cycles. Here are just a few pictures of different projects we completed over the last few weeks.



Tuesday, October 2, 2007

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