We had a special guest from the Natural History Museum come to speak about Ohio animals' adaptations. She brought furs, skulls, and jawbones with her for the students to see how each animal needs certain parts of their body to survive. Some key adaptations they discovered were the following; working thumbs, undercoat fur, different types of teeth for different types of meals, eyes on the front or side of head, and the size of beaks.
To show the different parts of the writing process, we did a "playdough experiment." The students thought about what to make with their play dough (pre-writing), made it (rough draft), changed, added to it, and removed things from it (revising and editing), and shared it with the class (publishing).
Fun with double arrow frames
We planted seeds that unfortunately still have not grown (with the exception of one :) )
Investigating leaves and plant parts that we picked up outside
To show the different parts of the writing process, we did a "playdough experiment." The students thought about what to make with their play dough (pre-writing), made it (rough draft), changed, added to it, and removed things from it (revising and editing), and shared it with the class (publishing).
Fun with double arrow frames
We planted seeds that unfortunately still have not grown (with the exception of one :) )
Investigating leaves and plant parts that we picked up outside
