Spring
is my favorite time for teaching science. Starting the first part of April we
begin to work on our plants, animals, and habitat units. I love teaching these
units! They are so much fun and there are so many cute things that you can do
along with the units. It also helps that most of my little firsties love
animals so they are actually focused on the units without me doing any crazy
tricks.
This
year we ended up going to the Monkey Kingdom movie with our other first grade
class and our third grade friends. It tied in perfectly with our animal unit
and the kids loved it. I can’t believe how much they learned during the movie.
They retained far more than I anticipated. Since they were so excited we
spontaneously added an art project with a writing component. We made our own
monkeys and then wrote things we learned about monkeys. I love how they turned
out and I am so happy with the sentences my kiddos wrote.
Thank you for reading about our monkey project!
These monkeys are adorable! I can tell your students learned a lot during the unit.
ReplyDeleteWe LOVED going on this field trip with you!! Love your monkeys, and what an awesome job your kiddos did!! :) Can't wait for our next Earth Day movie!
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What a fun experience - I'm sure the kids will count that among their favorite memories of school! I took my youngest granddaughter to Monkey Kingdom (or "Monkey Movie" as she calls it LOL) today, and we really enjoyed it! I am taking my two bigger grandkids tomorrow because they have early release! :o) Love your monkey craftivities - they are so cute!!!
ReplyDeleteThose monkey are so darn cute! I'd love to see that movie.
ReplyDeleteThose monkey are so darn cute! I'd love to see that movie.
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