Ocean Sorting

Students used traits to separate ocean animals and plants into two groups. We used color, shape, plants and animals, and more traits to sort them. We are learning about the Coral Reef habitat in our study of plants and animals needs. We will discover that certain plants and animals are made to live in a specific habitat.

 

 

 

 

Animal Needs

 

 
The students are learning about animals in science. We got a letter from Dr. Zooby, an animal caretaker, who needed help taking care of some of his animals. He gave each group a type of animal and then the students had to tell him what the animal needed to live and grow. It was challenging trying to decide what were needs for each animal and what were wants of the animals. Dr. Zooby was very happy to see such great problem solvers in first grade.

A Visit from the Tree Lady

Bats!

This week we paired a nonfiction text and fiction text for a day about bats! We read our Scholastic News about bats after previewing and predicting. We made lots of connections to these furry creatures. After, we read Stellaluna and compared our texts. Then to end the day we made 'bats' using cookies and fruit roll-ups. We had a 'bat-tiful' day!