Animal Unit, continued.....

We are smack in the middle of our animal unit, yippee! Now that our testing is over for the year we can actually spend adequate time on all subjects. I always feel like science is shaved and trimmed - and it's the kids' favorite.


So, here is a look at how things have been going so far.

Guided response questions to review the animal classes. The kids loved our version of 'Fact or Fake?' using these handy Popsicle sticks. It worked so well because the ones that were fake we talked about how to turn the statements into facts.

A goldfish tank array integrating multiplication and our animal unit! The poster there is a poem explaining how the fish got caught.

Close up - notice the pirate ship!

Paper plate animal class wheel. The underneath flaps are illustrations of an animal from that class.

Bird and amphibian.

Human

Outside of flaps have definitions on them. We created anchor charts as a class over the last week to help us finish our plate wheels. 

We have a lot left to do but I wanted to share what we had done so far! If you'd like to get a copy of this unit check it out below.

 

Coming Soon... Animal Unit

I have been on spring break for 48 hours but I have been busy trying to get my animal unit set. We will begin it probably the week after we come back. In second grade we have to focus a lot on knowing the major animal classes, excluding insects. That's strange that we don't teach insects - but we don't! :) Anyway, I am almost done with my unit but I wanted to share a tidbit. It's an animal 'I have, Who Has?' game that reviews a lot of the vocabulary that we will be using throughout this unit. I predict we will have to play it toward the end because there are a lot of meaty word here. But I know they will be able to do it! Enjoy.