This week we welcomed a few new classmates who will be staying with us for a little while! We are really looking forward to learning more about them!
Learning Intentions:
- Children explore movement of objects, humans, and other animals
I Can:
- observe and imitate how animals can move
- identify various ways humans and other animals move
When a special package was delivered to our classroom we all wondered what could be inside? We looked closely and used our 'I See, I Think, I Wonder' thinking routine to help come up with some possible ideas.
I See...
- "There are numbers on the box."
- "It has tape all around it."
- "A white paper on the top of the box."
- "There is a picture of a butterfly."
- "Small words and big words and even medium words."
- "That the butterfly is very detailed and the purple words are fancy."
After looking closely and talking about what we noticed we sounded out and read the words on the box. We talked about the meaning of the words URGENT, PRECIOUS, CARGO and ASAP.
I Think...
- "There might be slime in the box or something sticky."
- "It is a butterfly in there because it has a butterfly picture on it!"
- "It has caterpillars inside because they turn into butterflies!"
- "It could also maybe be a cocoon or a chrysalis inside."
Next we opened the box and found some very teeny tiny caterpillars! There were also mini cups, lids, caterpillar food and a paintbrush! We read the directions and learned that we needed to scoop some food into the mini cups and then use the paintbrush to delicately and carefully transfer one caterpillar into each mini cup.
I Wonder...
- "If they will make a chrysalis or cocoon?"
- "How big they are going to get?"
- "If we get to keep them?"
- "What kind of butterfly they will be?"
- "If they will eat all of their food?"
- "How many legs they have?"
- "Why they have spikes?"
After we had all the caterpillars settled into their new homes, we created a page in our visual journals to record Day 1 of our caterpillar adventures! We can't wait to find some answers to our wonders and see how much they have grown when we get back to school next week! Stay tuned for more caterpillar updates soon!
