Oceans of Fun!

We reviewed animal characteristics and created a Venn Diagram to compare/contrast Great White Sharks with Orca Whales. Then students created their own.

We acted out Hungry Shark and practiced subtraction stories. Then we played a game with goldfish crackers where we spun the fish spinner to determine the number of goldfish we need and then spun the shark spinner to determine how many fish were eaten. Then we wrote the subtraction sentences.

We read In The Deep Blue Sea by Deanna Jump. We created a tree map of adjectives, nouns, and verbs from the story. Then students responded through writing by using the pattern from the story.

Oceans

We learned about oceans this week. We conducted an experiment to see if a raw egg would float in fresh or saltwater. We discovered that it will float in saltwater because the salt water is denser than the egg and will cause it to float. The egg sank in the freshwater because the egg was denser than the water. We told addition and subtraction stories on the beach using shell pasta. We watched The Magic School Bus Takes a Dive and learned about the food chain in the ocean and how the animals depend on each other. We learned about scuba divers and the technology they use in their jobs. We made shape octopi and wrote how many sides and vertices our shape has.

Ocean and Pond Habitats

These are the ocean and pond habitats our class made for homework with their parents! They look amazing!!!!