11/21/19

Today the kids finished up their fall art projects, and they turned out great! Our Farm Fusion lesson today was all about turkey anatomy and behavior. After learning some terms and information, we headed out to the farmyard. I had the tom locked up, and the class and I let him out and watched him search for the hen. I was hoping he would strut and show off his feathers, but no such luck. He did, however, let us check out how the snood relaxes/shrinks and changes color! We followed up our turkey lesson with the students' turkey stories, which were awesome! There is a lot of creativity in this room!

We added a new miniature horse on the farm!  The kids learned how tricky socializing a new animal to the farm can be.  In this case, we have one other miniature horse, Miss Kitty.  Miss Kitty is best friends with Delilah, the miniature donkey.  When we first brought Belle to the farm, Miss Kitty was very interested... but Delilah was furious!  Of course, we are keeping Belle separated from all of the animals for now.  The kids will be writing about being the "new kid", meeting a new friend, or Delilah's jealousy for their at home writing assignment. 

Turkey Lesson!  Gobble Gobble!

In science, the class worked in groups to create review games for chapters 9-12.  They came up with the boards, the rules, and all of the questions/answers.  When we return from Thanksgiving break, we will play the different games and review all of the information from these last chapters.

Last week, the class turned in their comic strips covering the information in chapter 12 of their Story of Science books.  Today, the kids took turns rotating through the comics and reading them.  This may be my new favorite way to take "notes"!

It was so gorgeous that we decided to do some grammar outdoors.  Then, we wrapped up our book, The Whipping Boy.  Next, we will begin Mr. Tucket!