Fossils (Wednesday)

Things to talk about at home: 

Vocab words like herbivores, omnivores, carnivores

Biggest to smallest

Letter H word/sound recognition- Point out everyday items that start with H! 

We started out our day discussing like and different. We completed a worksheet that most students felt was really easy. So most students had to answer why some of the dinosaurs were different which proved to be difficult. The majority knew that one dino was different but had difficulty explaining why it was different. I think asking these why questions are so important. It helps the students analyze why they are choosing something and it also increases their ability to use words to express themselves.

We also completed a counting and number exercise where the students counted the dinosaurs and then colored in the correct number. I am starting to see more students grasping number recognition this week which is exciting!

Today was chapel- something they look forward to every week. We learned about Jericho and the Isrealites marching around the walls. Pastor Pam had the children reenact the Bible story by building a wall around a table, which then became the city. The kids marched around the wall 6 times and then on the 7th time the boys played pretend trumpets and the girls yelled out "Praise the Lord!" Pastor Pam then explained how the walls came down without any of the Israelites touching the wall. She then knocked over the blocks. It was a lot of fun.

After outside time the students went on a fossil hunt. Sadly we weren't able to find any fossils near our buildings but we discussed how it might be hard to find fossils because they are small even if you look closely you might miss it. We went back to the class and made our own "fossils" out of model magic clay. The fossils are now drying and will go home Friday. The students had a great time making imprints in the clay. I had them take turns picking a stencil, making the imprint and then having the class guess which imprint it was.