April 29th

 Today we walked on the Allen Brook Nature Trail and made many observations of bird life. We used our binoculars to help us see things up close that are far away and our explorer hats kept the rain off our faces. 

Look here to see photos from today. We were cartographers today too. We created a map of the Allen Brook Trail and what we observed.

April 28th

 

Look at the photos below. Where do you think a bird might live? Why?

April 27th

 

We are exploring nesting birds today. We are learning the names and features of all of the nesting birds that live in Vermont. Nesting birds are also perching birds and lay eggs in a nest with the materials they find in nature.

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April 26th

 Today we explored getting to know birds on the Audubon site, here. We are thinking about adaptations that birds have. We are curious about why certain birds have specific adaptations. We are thinking that this might have to do with where they live and the type of bird they are.

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April 15th

 Today we explore many of the different features that birds have. A great resource we used was a wonderful book by National Geographic.

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 Go here to read more about some of the interesting birds we will be exploring as well.

April 14th

 

April 13th

 Today we used some National Geographic resources and middle to help us explore where some birds live in the world.  Each child has their own map and will add birds when we learn about where they live.

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April 12th

 Today we began our exploration of birds. We read a couple of wonderful stories to help us think about the features birds have and all the different colors, shapes, and adaptations they have too. 

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We created another map of the world so that we can place the birds we explore where they can be found. This helps us think about the different places in the world where birds live and how we can help advocate and care for bird habitats.

April 9th

 

Today we read a couple of wonderful stories. Triangle connected to our exploration of 2D and 3D shapes. The book shared how shapes can interact and where we might find them in nature. As readers and writers, the children have been writing independently and responding to the text through detailed illustrations and thinking about how their words look.

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April 8th

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Today we explored how books can help us learn new things. We are exploring the difference between a dialogue bubble and a thinking bubble too.

Today we explored Newton's 3 Laws of Motion too.

Thanks for posting your inquiry challenge about motion on Seesaw too!

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April 7th

 

April 5th

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Today we explored force and shapes. We explored the different features that shapes have to help us learn the names of all the shapes. 

We are creating different things with the shapes we cut out and colored.

We visited our gardens today too. We noticed beautiful, yellow and white flowers.

April 1st

 Today we were able to experience a giant sized map of Vermont. It was fun to explore and identify where we live and where Lake Champlain is too.

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Today we explored how to make things go. It was fun to think about how pushes and pulls work with force too.