Hello Core 2 Families,
I hope everyone is enjoying this rainy February! We have had an awesome few weeks in Core 2! For our animal communication project we have been learning about how animals use visual, auditory, and touch communication. This week we have focused on touch communication which has been really interesting. Overall we are building our knowledge of how animals use these modes of communication using key examples to make it more concrete. The three examples that we looked at closely for touch communication were spiders plucking web strands to communicate, cats using their whiskers, and the waggle dance of the honey bee. We played some fun hands on games that used only touch communication and reflected on how it felt to rely on that mode of communication. Last week we studied visual communication in depth. During this study we watched a few amazing videos of a very special bird called the Bird of Paradise which the students LOVED. I promised students that I would send their families the link to these videos so that you guys could enjoy them together: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dx2CUMtZ-0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTmHtxJpEWE We have been doing a lot of research/ exploring/ observing of animal communication, but we have also begun to create our first product- a 4D Triorama. The students are obsessed with creating these so I am going to include a link on how to make them in case you are looking for a fun and engaging way to display a report. This could be used for a non-fiction research report but it could also be used to reflect on or summarize a fiction book. http://reliefteachingideas.com/4d-trioramas/ We have also successfully completed our first round of pen pals! Students each have at least one pen pal, and some students have two. The three schools that we are writing to are in Tennessee, Canada, and Amsterdam. Once we begin to get letters back, students will be sharing what they are learning about these students with each other! We are all very excited to start getting letters back! We are also taking time each day in February to celebrate African American History Month. So far we have read the book “Happy Birthday Martin Luther King,” watched his “I have a Dream” speech, and read the book “The Story of Ruby Bridges.” If you are wanting to do lessons on all of the amazing contributions that African Americans have given our country, Brainpop Jr has a series of lessons and videos that you might want to check out: https://jr.brainpop.com/spotlights/blackhistorymonth/ The room parents are organizing a field trip to The Marine Mammal Care Center on March 8th: Sign up: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a44adad29a3f94-core1 I look forward to seeing all of you next Wednesday at PEC! Robin |
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