We had a great field trip to U of M Dearborn Environmental Center. We spent a few moments looking at two birds Matt's Dad's Highschool class were studying, saw a deer when we first hit the trail, and thought we saw a turtle but we couldn't be sure. We listened for sounds of the woods but most of the creatures were already flying south or in their holes. We did see insects eating under leaves and in logs and several fungi on trees. By far the most fun was climbing- on cut down logs, fallen branches, and even the trail edges made of tree trunks. We noticed trees loosing their leaves. That leads us into our present work in science- we are learning to see differences in leaves. Maple leaves are fat, oak leaves are tall. We are also noticing the size of leaves and of course, their color. All of these activities fall in nicely with grouping by shape, size and color. Friday will be our Foxwood Forest walk where we will find leaves of all shapes, sizes and colors around our school and wooded areas. The kids will pick up a large, brown, pointed oak leaf, a small of the same type, a large fat orange maple leaf, and others of that type, and so on. When we get back to room we will put them on cards labelled size or color or type. Then we will pick out our favorites and make a collage out of them. It is usually a very exciting field trip right in our own yard so to speak! I love the teaching opportunities of fall!!
We are working hard to keep track of what teens mean. One way: A jingle
Teens, teens are lots of fun
Teens, teens start with one
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