Check out this post for the research story!
The children spent time learning, questioning, and researching about their zoo animal. In the past my class has made posters to show their knowledge, but this time I asked them how they wanted to show their research. They told me they wanted to make a book. They also wanted me to put it on the blog, so here we are!
Weeks ago we started discussing the ideas of fact, fiction, opinions, true, false, and proof. We shared facts about ourselves and shared opinions. We talked about how something can be proven. The class really enjoyed this and were inspired by these ideas when it came to the animal research book.
They each wanted to put in a fact about their animal. One page per animal. I talked about what makes an interesting fact- something that surprised them and would be fun to learn by someone else. Here is what they came up with:
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| A horse can run 25-30 miles per hour. |
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| The penguin looks like it is dancing when it is waddling. |
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| My frog likes to jump. |
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| My animal is gray. (seal) |
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| Snake can slither. |
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| A penguin can be under water for 7 minutes. A penguin can dive 655 feet deep. |
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| A kangaroo can jump 6 feet high and 25 feet far. |
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| Tigers can play. |
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| A gorilla can bite stronger than a shark. |
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| A king brown snake has no legs. |
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| A penguin can jump 9 feet tall. |
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| (An alligator can) demolish (its prey). |
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| Frog jump. |
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| Sloth is cute. |
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| Gorillas have a nest. |
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| He (frog) likes to hang out in trees. |
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| They (rhino) can wrestle with their horn. |
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| Butterfly 20,000 kinds. |
And this concludes our school year's project work. Thanks for a great year and see you in August!
