We released our butterflies!
Ask your child to name all stages of the life cycle.
huevo - egg
oruga - caterpillar
crisálida - chrysalis
mariposa - butterfly
We also planted some girasoles (sunflowers). Hopefully we will see some sprouts soon!
We released our butterflies!
Ask your child to name all stages of the life cycle.
huevo - egg
oruga - caterpillar
crisálida - chrysalis
mariposa - butterfly
We also planted some girasoles (sunflowers). Hopefully we will see some sprouts soon!
We will be learning about animals on the farm in the next couple of weeks. Here is a chart to help at home.
This week, we sketched the chrysalids. Then, we brainstormed what we noticed. The children then created sentences using the sentence starter of "I see" and completed the sentence using kid spelling. They they read their work back to me. It is absolutely amazing how far they have come this year.
We also made ABC patterns of caterpillars, and made symmetrical butterflies.
We have some new classmates these days. Check out our Painted Lady Caterpillars.
New Spanish vocabulary
caterpillar - oruga
food - comida
eggs - huevos
chrysalis - crisálida
butterfly - mariposa
Here are some examples of activities we have been working on over the past week.
Drawing different quantities of mariposas (butterflies), ladybugs (mariquitas) and bumblebees (abejorros) and then writing about the drawing. "Yo veo 4 mariposas" (I see 4 butterflies)Representing different ways to show 10 using double sided counters.
This week, we spent a lot of time learning about the Life Cycle of the Butterfly.
Huevo - egg
Oruga - caterpillar
Crisálida - chrysalis
Mariposa - butterfly.
In just one week, we now have some caterpillars hanging in a J, and some have changed to chrysalids.
We also worked on making a house out of sticks, like the second little pig from "Los 3 cerditos" (The Three Pigs)
In math, we showed 10 wheels by using a combination of unicycles, bicycles and tricycles.
And 8 dots on a ladybug in different ways.Oh, and we started inline skating! WOW
Here are some links to some new videos we have been learning from.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhNi7f4AzmU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpo6tXNFXgM
Check out our beautiful cherry blossom trees! Ask your child what materials we used to make these trees.
Below is some Spring vocabulary we have been practicing in Spanish. Most of these words have been encountered throughout the year. Next week I will be asse
We released our butterflies! Ask your child to name all stages of the life cycle. huevo - egg oruga - caterpillar crisálida - chrysalis mar...