May 10th with UTK and K

May 10th with UTK and K

by | May 9, 2024 | UTK, K

Ask students to share their learning about the decomposing pumpkins that are now buried on the jars outside. What have hey observed all year? What do they notice now? What do they think will happen from this point?

WHAT IS A PUMPKIN?

Then show this read aloud book video below.

Watch the video below. How are cantaloupes the same and different from pumpkins?

Make a pumpkin life cycle color, cut, and paste. Template 1 is for UTK and Template 3 is for K.Β 

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Weather: Lesson 2

Weather: Lesson 2

by | Feb 26, 2024 | Earth, UTK, K

Lesson 2 in Weather – Continued

Let’s continue with our weather activity from last week. If it is raining, leave a thermometer outside to observe the outside temperature.

Ozobots Intro

Ozobots Intro

by | Jan 14, 2024 | K

Robot Drawing

Draw your perfect robot. What job would it do for you. Show your robot doing its job.Β 

Ready to use Ozobots?

Let’s remember the rules!

How to Catch a Classroom Pet

How to Catch a Classroom Pet

by | Sep 26, 2023 | UTK, K, 1st, Engineering

Lesson Launcher

Watch this video read aloud on How to Catch a Class Pet.
WARNING! The reader is really silly.

What would happen if all of the class pets escaped? What would we do?

How would you catch each of the different pets?

🦎Bearded dragon, 🐒turtle, πŸ•·spider,
πŸ¦€hermit crab, πŸ‡rabbit, 🐍snake, 🐸frog, 🐟fish, 🐁rat, 🐹guinea pig?

Mrs. Allard's Pet Escape Story

Listen to Mrs. Allard’s story about her missing snake
….many years ago when she taught 4th grade.

Thinking about the Story

Explain This Page

Can you explain what the students are doing on this page from the book?

 

What is this student doing?

What different pets were featured in the story?

What different plans did they try to catch the pets?

Which pet is he trying to catch and why is this funny?

Our Class Pet Activity for today!

  1. Β Which pet are you going to try to catch?
  2. How can you safely catch this pet and bring it back to the classroom?
  3. Draw your plan.
  4. Label parts of your plan to help explain.
  5. Build a model of a pet trap with Legos.
  6. Clean up – please don’t mix in the plastic animals with the Legos!

Note from Mrs. Allard: if you spend the entire time on making the plan and NOT doing the Lego build, that is fine!

 

Remember, we want to capture the pet safely!

A kindergartner's plan for catching a pet elephant. Click to see the image larger. This student spent the whole time on her plan and did not do Legos.

A kindergartener's model of how to recapture an escaped pet frog. Click to see the image larger.

Kindergarten Intro

Kindergarten Intro

by | Sep 17, 2023 | K

Welcome kindergarten students. You were such a great group last year in UTK! I am so happy to have you in my classroom. Looking forward to a year of discovery with you!