Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Today was a perfect day to go for a nature walk again. I can't exaggerate enough how excited my little naturalist were....           Their facial expressions were priceless! They were amazed to observe how change can               happen so quickly. Ask me about my adventure. What did we explore and learn...

                                                                       A close up view..

                                                     Ask me about this...   roots of a weed

  
    This is from yesterday                     This picture is from today

             

                                            Looking for Spring signs

Found a web in this crack... Ask me about it...

Then we found a spider.... Is this an insect?

                                                 Ask us what we found....

We brought a few inside for our garden..

Engaged and talking..

                                                        Deep in conversation about the ladybug

Showing the ladybugs to Mrs. Traquair and sharing our observations!

Leaving lady bugs in our garden..

              

Ask me about my adventure..

We read, 

  Ask me how a leaves help us...

 What is water ladle.... Ask me

                                              Ask me to explain how do leaves help the plant...
                                                      How do they help make food?

                            They provide a home for...                    They provide shelter..

                                              How do they help us.... They give out? oxygen

Learning about life cycles we drew and labeled the diagram

          

                     Ask me to explain....

           

                    Ask me why we see different shades of brown...

             

                        Ask me to read and explain...

We read the book,

Ask me about the book...

We copied the chipmunks.... Ask me how?

                                            We cut the apple....  which way.... Ask me  ...

                                 How did we cut the second apple.... Ask me....  horizontally

                                                   We made a star exactly like the book

Ask me how did we cut this apple to make a star?

vertically or horizontally

We read,    

Ask me about the changing season....

Subitize the whiskers..                               What is the mouse looking at...

Ask me my thinking...

 
What season is this? Ask me the          Where are the ants going and why?
names..

           

                  Ask me why is the mouse gathering food and storing it?

Mrs. Reimer read,

We read a few pages from,    

Ask me to name these insects... How many body parts does an insect have?

                                                     Praying Mantis, Ladybug, Cricket
                                                     

                   What shape is the face.... How do we know Praying Mantis is an insect?
                  Ask me why did Praying Mantis decide to lay her eggs on the Rose bush?

                                      This is  where the ladybugs were... just like in this book

                                                Read to me and ask me questions....

We read another book 

Where the rabbit wonders if he was...

If he was green...                                        If he was as tall as a tree

If he was a rock...                                   If he was a butterfly flying..

                 ASK ME WHAT DO I WONDER ABOUT....

Subitizing with a friend.... Ask me what questions did we have to ask our buddy

            

                     

Mason at the jungle centre found a camel.... He decided a camel does

not belong in the jungle...... Ask me where should be the camel?

We had wonderful day full of learning!

Thanks,

Mrs. Malik