We had a wonderful time learning about more dinosaurs - Triceratops, T-Rex, Apatosaurus, Velociraptor and more. We pretended to be paleontologists as we uncovered bones. We used sifters and brushes to discover the bones. During center time we made dinosaur stew by counting the items on recipe cards and adding the ingredients to the pot! Items included eggs, fossils, bones, dinosaurs, and leaves. We answered questions about the stories we read in class! We signed in to which dinosaur we liked the best then compared the numbers! In addition, we went on a dinosaur letter hunt! (goals: counting, number recognition, following directions, sensory, participating as a member of a group, recognizing letters, answering questions)
The hippos had fun predicting how many of our shoes would fit inside the footprint of a T-Rex. We then took our shoes off and put them inside a taped T-Rex footprint and counted them. Thirty three shoes fit inside! Our letter of the week was N for nose, nest and Norah. We made last week's letter (M) using a bone (penne pasta) to make the M in dirt (coffee grounds). After reading
If The Dinosaurs Came Back we answered this question in our journals. At large group time, we sorted dinosaurs into 3 groups- herbivores, carnivores and omnivores! We also sorted them by how many feet they had and how big they were. During center time, we built dinosaurs, discovered an apatosaurus using water colors, cut out a T-Rex tooth, gave a T-Rex teeth using clothespins, decorated a triceratops, excavated dinosaur bones, patterned dinosaurs, used ice pics to get them out of ice, made our own dinosaur skeleton with q-tips, and put a variety of dinosaur puzzles together. Everyone enjoyed watching a volcano erupt! Using baking soda, vinegar and red food coloring, we simulated a volcano erupting! We also learned to get orange lava, we mixed red and yellow food coloring! Since we had so much fun, we did the experiment over and over again with using different colors. We also enjoyed playing a thumbs up, thumbs down game with what we learned about dinosaurs. (goals: patterning, fine motor, listening behaviors, making decisions independently)
During gym time we did the actions to the Dino Hokey Pokey song! We were different dinosaurs as we walked the hallway going to our specials and the bathroom! (gross motor, following directions) During our 2nd steps lesson, we learned how to ask to join in play.
Next week:
Rocks!
Books We Read:
If The Dinosaurs Came Back
How Do Dinosuars say, "I'm Mad?"
Dinosaurs Don't Eat Their Classmates
Worryosaurus
Storybot videos about T-Rex, Apatosaurus, Velociraptors, Triceratops
Questions to Ask:
1. Was T-Rex fast or slow? (slow)
2. Could T-Rex bring his hands together or reach his mouth? (no)
3. Was Apatosaurus a plant eater? (yes)
4. What does a paleontologist do? (finds fossils)
5. What is your favorite dinosaur?
6. How many horns does a triceratops have? (3)
7. Do carnivores eat meat or plants? (meat)
8. Do herbivores eat meat or plants? (plants)
Reminders:
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We counted different items to put in our dinosaur stew.
We had to follow a recipe. |
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| Which dinosaurs are small, medium and large? |
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| Dinosaur fact. |
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| We added legs, boney plates and spikes to our stegosaurus. |
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Making the letter M with a bone (penne pasta)
and dirt (coffee grounds). |
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| Gym fun! |
