Hello everyone! This week we went back in time to the dinosaur age! We began the week by reading the facts the students brought from home! Each student enjoyed coming up in front of the class to share his/her dinosaur fact! Boy, did we learn some cool facts about dinosaurs. On Tuesday, we looked at pictures of a dinosaur habitat and compared it to our habitat. We then sorted pictures of the dinosaur habitat and our habitat. During center time we constructed our class dinosaur habitat out of all kinds of recycled materials including construction paper, tissue paper, paper towel tubes, pebbles and much more! After the habitat was completed we brought in the dinosaurs and enjoyed pretending and playing with our friends! Our arch turned into a volcano with lava rocks. Ms. Ginny brought in her real lava rocks!! We discussed how hot lava cools and gets hard to make lava rocks. During circle time each student received a piece of black construction paper with a letter on it. We named them and then crumbled them up to represent a lava rock. During center time we used grabbers to pick up the lava rocks. We also went on a dinosaur hunt in the classroom. (goals-participating as a member of a group, confident behaviors, fine motor, making decisions independently, sorting, matching, letter recognition, voice volume)
The hippos enjoyed learning facts about the stegosaurus from our poster, book and our video. Everyone had fun singing our dinosaur song by Laurie Berkner and pretending to be different dinosaurs during transitions. Our letter of the week was M for moon, mom, mouse. We went over the sound and words that begin with this letter. Next week we will construct it with dinosaur bones (q-tips). We made the stegosaurus out of our handprint and will add a tail, legs, spikes, a face and its habitat next week. In addition, we put boney plates on a stegosaurus using clothespins. We had to put the boney plates on in numerical order. We also put dinosaurs puzzles together by placing the pieces in numerical order. Our sensory table contained moon sand, cups, tongs, magnifying glasses, scoopers and or course, little dinosaurs! In addition, played with dinosaur stamps in playdoh, played dinosaur bingo, stamped paper with small dinosaur stamps, and put 12 piece small dinosaur puzzles together. (recognizing numbers, fine motor, sequencing numbers, letter recognition, sensory, following 2 step directions, sensory)
The hippos signed in to the question, "Do you want the dinosaurs to come back?" Yes or No. During group time we learned about fossils. Paleontologists dig for fossils! After reading a book, watching a video of paleontologists finding fossils and showing pictures of paleontologists, the students had fun making their own fossils with model magic! The hippos also loved painting with dinosaur feet. In addition, students matched dinosaur skeletons to the correct dinosaur and made fossils (penne noodles) in playdoh! During gym we made dinosaur yoga poses and pretended to be different dinosaurs. (fine and gross motor, answering questions, counting and comparing numbers)
Stegosaurus, The Friendlisest Dinosaur
Dinosaur Dinner
Questions to Ask
How big is the brain of a stegosaurus, little or big? (little, size of a nut)
What do dinosaurs eat? (plants and meat)
What does a paleontologist study? (dinosaurs)
What does the stegosaurus do with his spikes on his tail? (protects himself from T-Rex)
Is stegosaurus at meat eater or a plant eater? (plant)
Next Week:
More Dinosaurs!
Important Reminders***Clothing Drive for St. Louis Children's Hospital Feb. 2-Feb. 27. Please send items to the classroom.
***Send in a shoe box with 4-5 rocks on Tuesday, February 24
***Passport Day, March 7th
***Spring Beak, Monday 16-20
Below are all the pictures showing all the fun we had!
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| Placing the bony plates on the stegosaurus in numerical order 1-10. |
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| Making dinosaurs by putting the pieces in numerical order. |
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| The students are hunting for dinosaurs in our classroom. |
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| Happy birthday, Avery! |
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| We recognized the letter then crumbled it to make a lava rock. |
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| Art fun! |
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| Dinosaur yoga! |
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| We pretended to be different dinosaurs. |
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Painting with dinosaurs then answering the
question, "Where do your dinosaur tracks take you?" |
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| We matched dinosaurs to their skeletons. |
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| Playdoh, tools and bones (penne pasta) |
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| We used grabbers to pick up lava rocks. |
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| We made fossils out of dinosaurs and model magic. |
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| The students weighed and sorted dinosaurs. |
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| Happy birthday, Reece! |
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| Show and Tell |
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| Show and Tell |
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| Show and Tell |
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| Putting together small dinosaur puzzles. |
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| Here is the habitat we made. |
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| Blocks and dinosaurs |
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| Dinosaur stamps |
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| Making lava by scrunching tissues. |
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| Each student presented their dinosaur picture and facts. |
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| We pretended to be a dragon for the Chinese New Year. |
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| Playdoh and dinosaur stamps |
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| Creating our habitat. |
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| Dinosaur bingo. |
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| Everyone loved riding our triceratops. |
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We sorted the dinosaur habitat from our habitat.
Some pictures could be in both habitats. |
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| Dinosaur facts and pictures. |
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| Dinosaur stencils. |
