Wednesday, February 15, 2017
Happy Valentine's Day
100th Day of School
Friday, February 10, 2017
WingMasters
The children got to experience WingMasters which is a presentation all about Birds of Prey. They included 3 different owl and a falcon. The children were enthralled with the animals and their attention was remarkable.
EASTERN SCREECH OWL
First, an Eastern Screech Owl was introduced weighing only 5 ounces. She is nocturnal and has feathers on her eye lids. She is a beauty.
FALCON
Next a falcon was introduced to the children. The children were asked how this bird of prey and the owl were the same and different. She is a diurnal bird of prey hunting and active during the day.
BARRED OWL
Then, the second largest owl in the area: the Barred Owl.
This Barred Owl weighs only 1.5 pounces and has over 10,000 feathers. The feathers over her body even cover her toes.
He compared a turkey feather with the Barred Owl. Look at how close they are!
To show what great ears this owl has he showed us this photo. The owl heard a mouse under the snow, so the owl did a face plant into the snow and used its long, strong talons to grab the mouse for dinner. How incredible!
GREAT HORNED OWL
The last owl he presented was the Great Horned Owl. He was magnificent to look at! This owl has over 100 bones in its neck to be able to turn its head almost 180 degrees because its eyes cannot move.
Thank you to the MPTO for bringing this amazing show to the children today!
Friday, February 3, 2017
Snowmen Should NOT...
Wednesday, February 1, 2017
Global School Play Day
Who had the best school day today???
We DID!!!
Today was Global School Play Day. The focus for today was unstructured play.
Though our play day was unstructured, it was supervised by me and other classroom teachers. Throughout the day, we hosted many different classes and got to visit another. It was not organized play and the children were allowed to learn and play with each other.
In the classroom, the opportunities to play were endless and the creativity, teamwork, fun, and imagination was bountiful! It was amazing to see the smiles, laughter, happiness and positive attitudes shine!
Our first visitors were from our First Grade Buddies in Miss Klipfel's classroom. The fun was just getting started!
Then came a visit from our 2nd Grade Classroom Connection, Mrs. Mulligan's class. It was so wonderful to see the second graders and Kindergartners play and work together.
Then, a visit to Mrs. Murphy's Kindergarten class was absolute perfection. The children got to visit another Kindergarten classroom and play with their friends.
Last, we got a visit from our First Grade Classroom Connection, Mrs. Scharffenberg's class. The giggles and creativity abounded. Watching the children teach each and share ideas with each other was inspiring!
It is my hope that this one day of play will inspire families to plan for more unstructured play time during non-school hours and help children’s imagination and creativity to grow both in the classroom and beyond.
Share in the comments below how your child felt about GSPD and we will share them in class.
Can't wait for Global School Play Day 2018!!
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