An Indoor Friday

Highlights

Due to the very cold weather, we had to have an indoor day today instead of our usual Fresh Air Friday. We took the opportunity to kick-off a new study we will be undertaking in science that will have us heading outside a whole bunch in the next few months. We will be studying the animals that live in our neighborhood and on Nose Hill!

To begin our new study, Ms. Boyer shared some pictures and stories from the Grizzly Bear safari she went on in October. She told us about the guides she met and how they became experts about grizzly bears. Then, Mrs. Hamby showed us some antlers she and her family found at their farm. She explained how they use books to figure out which animal left behind the antlers and to become experts about the animals that live near the farm.

Photo by Jeff (Ms. Boyer's husband)

After that we worked with our table group to brainstorm some animals we think live on Nose Hill. We recorded these ideas on chart paper and we will revisit these pages at the end of our study to see if our ideas were correct and to see how many more animals we can add after we complete our animal research.  Once we were finished brainstorming ideas Ms. Boyer and Mrs. Hamby paired us up and we created some Nose Hill animals to give to Mrs. Kidd for a Nose Hill mural she has created in the learning commons. We used the iPads to look up the animals so we could try to draw them with as much detail as possible.


Important Reminders:

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Tuesday Jan. 21 - Treat Day