This is a fun experiment to teach students about the steps in the scientific method. Here's the booklet I made to record each day. It's a freebie - have fun!
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Slim the Lizard Science Experiment
Science fun!!! The first story in our reading series is called David's New Friend - it is about David and his first day at school. There is a pet lizard in his new class named Slim. One of our first science standards is to learn about science and the scientific method - so we decided that it would be fun to do an experiment with Slim. We purchased lizards that you can put into the water and they grow. (You can just google "growing lizard" and find the different places to purchase the lizard). I got mine at Steve Spangler. The students loved it. This is Slim on our first day. On day one we did the Purpose, Hypothesis, Procedure and Day One observations. We observed him for the next five days.
We looked at Slim, weighed him, measured him, and passed him around to record how he felt. Then, we recorded our observations and drew a picture.
Here is Slim on Day 5. My how he's grown!
Saturday, September 6, 2014
The Rainbow Fish
It has been a great start to the school year. My class is absolutely adorable and wonderful. I always begin the year with the "Friendship" theme. We begin each day, all year, with "The Friendship Rap" and talk about how to be a friend each day at circle time. One of my very favorite friendship stories is The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister. The students love the story and it teaches a great lesson. An important reading skill that we are working on at the beginning of second grade is "retelling" - beginning, middle and end. As a reading/writing activity, the student wrote a summary of the story and what lesson the Rainbow Fish learned.
They had so much fun putting the tissue squares on the Rainbow Fish. We used some squares of foil for the beautiful, shiny scales.
One of my centers all year is "Text-talk". We used the Rainbow Fish book and the Text Talk cards (for any literature story). It is on my next summer to-do list to make text talk cards specifically for the Rainbow Fish book, but for now these worked just fine!
The most exciting and fun Rainbow Fish activity is making the Rainbow Fish bracelets. When I tell the students that we are making Rainbow Fish bracelets, they all want different colored beads and I tell them that I am sorry but these are the only beads that I have.
Yes, we go to recess soon after that. You can imagine the excitement when their bracelets suddenly become the colorful Rainbow Fish bracelets of their dreams. SO MUCH FUN!
Speaking of school, off to grade papers. Blogging is so much more fun. Have a great weekend.
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I put the Rainbow Fish craft at a center. First, the students painted the Rainbow Fish with watercolors.
They had so much fun putting the tissue squares on the Rainbow Fish. We used some squares of foil for the beautiful, shiny scales.
One of my centers all year is "Text-talk". We used the Rainbow Fish book and the Text Talk cards (for any literature story). It is on my next summer to-do list to make text talk cards specifically for the Rainbow Fish book, but for now these worked just fine!
The most exciting and fun Rainbow Fish activity is making the Rainbow Fish bracelets. When I tell the students that we are making Rainbow Fish bracelets, they all want different colored beads and I tell them that I am sorry but these are the only beads that I have.
Yes, we go to recess soon after that. You can imagine the excitement when their bracelets suddenly become the colorful Rainbow Fish bracelets of their dreams. SO MUCH FUN!
Speaking of school, off to grade papers. Blogging is so much more fun. Have a great weekend.
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-Rainbow-Fish-Literature-Scoot-2022643
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