We celebrated Fedor's birthday with some delicious donuts. We also began our last unit of the year in which we will inquire into how "Animals and their habitats are connected". The children have been excited to share their knowledge and observations about various animals and habitats. They started by drawing and sorting animals. We realised we could sort animals by the TYPE of animal it was or WHERE it lived and began creating lists for both. Reptile, Mammal, Insect, Fish and Bird were the animal categories suggested by the children while Desert, Forest, Rainforest, Ocean/Sea, River, Pond , Arctic, Tundra and Grassland were habitats they named where different animals might be found. After this Evan, Yuma and Jiahna showed us the Habitat song that they had learnt with Mrs. Vaughan. From this great base of existing knowledge we then explored what all animals had in common and Fedor quickly commented that they were all living things. This led to the introduction of our first line of inquiry- the needs of animals. We remembered that NEEDS are things that are important and vital for us to survive and we created a list of animal needs. Food was identified as a need and this led to our second line of inquiry- Food chains and food webs. The children loved the Planet Earth clip of a hatchling iguana escaping hungry snakes and identified the predator and the prey. We gathered questions and then used the Library to find and select relevant books, which we sorted and labelled back in class. These will help us as we move into the Finding Out stage of our inquiry. In Maths, we have been inquiring into maps and directions. To tune in, the children thought about where they were in the world and using atlases, globes and Google Earth gave examples of places North of them, South of them etc.
Later, the children investigated maps, compass directions and the symbols used on map keys. They worked in pairs or small groups to find North and created various compasses within class. They also discussed and drew maps and used compasses to give directions to different locations around school.
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