Kindergarten and Grade 1 Experiences at Rosser Elementary
I will post the finished pictures here when they are submitted to me:
This one is Jonathan’s:
This one is Jasmine’s: 
This one is Chase’s:
This one is Maddy’s:
This one is Aaron’s:
This one is Adam’s:
This one is Aidan’s:
This one is Ethan’s:
This one is Manuel’s:
This one is Nathan’s:
This one is Sophie’s:
This one is Katie’s: 
This one is Lily’s: 
This one is Weston’s: 
This one is Roberto’s: 
This one is Mikylla’s: 
We wrapped up our unit on Nutrition with a small group collage project. Students worked in groups of four or five to cut pictures from grocery flyers to represent the foods in their category. These were glued onto chart paper and are seen below:
Students began by looking through science books and thinking about what sort of animal they were interested in studying. They then looked at the sort of habitat in which their chosen animal would survive.
Students created their animal out of plasticine of various colours, due to our supply, and then learned how to meld the correct colour of plasticine as a coating on top. They used photos of their animals as their models. They did a great job!
The inside of the shoe boxes were painted to represent the parts of their habitat (sky, grass, jungle, desert, etc.). Students decided what they needed to complete their habitats. I got various supplies for them (coloured papers, coloured plasticine, liquid glue, hot glue gun) and they collected natural materials (sticks, stones, sand).
I enjoyed watching their creations develop. They are now completed and on display along the window ledge in the Library. You can see them there if you are attending the Volunteer Tea tomorrow afternoon. I have taken pictures of each which are below.
We have been learning about those interesting mammals, bats. We had a directed drawing lesson and, after a practise or two, we drew them onto grey construction paper surrounded by an Autumn scene.
They are on the bulletin board in the hallway outside of our classroom.
We have been learning about the life cycle of pumpkins. These are posted on the bulletin boards in our hallway.
Today we read this story in preparation for our look at pumpkins and their life cycle. We will be further discussing this and doing some activities around pumpkins. The week will be topped off with our trip to the farm on Friday. We are looking forward to our joint experience.
After twelve days in his chrysalis, and long after all his fellow caterpillars emerged as butterflies and were set free, Bob has finally decided to come out of his chrysalis!!
We hope he is ready for release on Monday.
The first one, Harry Flutter, popped out on Tuesday afternoon. He was joined yesterday by five more. This afternoon the students counted seventeen!! At the end of the day today, our one lonely (lazy) caterpillar, Bob was wandering on the roof of our cage. We are hoping by tomorrow that he will be encased in his chrysalis. Fingers crossed!!
All, but two, caterpillars have formed into their chrysalis.