Dear Friends,
We have studied many kinds of cycles in science this year including the ladybug life cycle, plant life cycles, the frog life cycle, the rock cycle, and the water cycle. Today, you will begin learning about the life cycle of birds with a focus on chickens. Even though we don't really know if the chicken or egg came first, we will focus on the egg first!
Love,
Ms. Kaim
Question of the Day: If you were to go snorkeling in the Great Barrier Reef, what animals would be most interested in seeing?
Comment below!
Morning Work
Today is DAY TWO of the assignment. Keep writing! Look over your work. What can you add to make it better?
Now that we have read Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day together, it is your turn to write a story!
Use the writing templates from your teacher to describe your own terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.
- Cut the writing papers in half and then staple them together at the top to make a flip-up book.
- Your name will be in the title of the book instead of Alexander’s name.
- In the book by Judith Viorst, Alexander decides he’d rather be in Australia on his terrible day. Think of someplace else far away for your story.
- Be generous with your words as you write.
- Try to put more than one idea on each page.
- Do not use ideas that were in the book.
- You may write about things that actually happened to you, things you make up, or a combination of both.
- Write neatly.
- Add illustrations after you complete the writing. Be careful, colorful, and detailed.
You will have three days to write and illustrate your terrible story!
Other Activities for the Day
- Tell someone a joke. Here's one from Australia!
- A police officer sees a man driving around with a pickup truck full of platypuses.
- He pulls the man over and says... "You can't drive around with platypuses in this town! Take them to the zoo immediately."
- The man says "OK"... and drives away.
- The next day, the officer sees the man still driving around with the truck full of platypuses and they're all wearing sun glasses.
- He pulls the man over and demands... "I thought I told you to take these platypuses to the zoo yesterday!"
- The man replies... "I did . . . today I'm taking them to the beach!"
- Learn more about the animals of the Great Barrier Reef by watching this video Ms. Kaim made for you. If you were a coral reef animal, what would you be?