{"id":1260,"date":"2013-05-18T00:38:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-18T05:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funwithfirsties.com\/2013\/05\/peace-out-poultry\/"},"modified":"2013-05-18T00:38:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-18T05:38:00","slug":"peace-out-poultry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lsdesignssites5.techsurgeons.com\/index.php\/2013\/05\/18\/peace-out-poultry\/","title":{"rendered":"Hatching Chicks in the Classroom"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nIn case you’re not already crossing off the days yourself, there are 22 more days of school. 22!!! And many of those days are write-offs because of all the end-of-the-year shenanigans that have already begun taking place! BUT…22 more days of school also means that report cards are due in 2 weeks. Oh, boy. Let’s let this one speak for itself…<\/div>\n
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\nThis week in Word Work the kids used this great (FREE!) resource from A Cupcake for the Teacher<\/a>:<\/div>\n
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\n(click the pic to snag a copy for yourself…thanks Teri!)<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nSimilar to my Rainbow Tracing<\/a> activity a few weeks ago, I had my kiddies pick any word around the room, roll a die, and write the word in the colour indicated on the Rainbow Roll-n-Write poster. This simple review activity was a hit!<\/div>\n
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\nTo finish off our\u00a0mini chicken unit<\/a>, I had my kids share their knowledge of a chicks life cycle in the form of a little storybook<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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\nThey could chose to write about the life cycle of a chicken using fiction or nonfiction (e.g. Fiction:<\/i> First, a hen lays an egg. Nonfiction:<\/i> First, Sally the hen laid an egg. She was so exited to be a new mommy hen soon!)<\/div>\n
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\nThis particular child chose to write a fictitious tale. Too cute!!<\/i><\/div>\n
\n(I forgot to take a picture, but one of my students actually wrote “Next, the hen pooped out an egg.” hahah …I silently pray it was a spelling mistake<\/i>)<\/div>\n
\nThis “Tale of Chicken ____” booklet can be found in my Holy Hens! pack<\/a>.<\/div>\n
\n*2016: THIS PACK HAS SINCE BEEN UPDATED*\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n
\n(photos in this post do not reflect the updated product)<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nFor our art centre this week, we made Patchwork Pets. I just googled templates for various animals such as a cat, dinosaur, and turtle, and printed out a bunch of copies. The kids chose their “pet” and drew random lines through the animal to chunk it up. Then, we just coloured various patters\/pictures\/designs in each section. The result is pretty neat:<\/div>\n
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\nIn math, we’re just finishing up Number Patterns. Throughout the unit, I had the following activities ready as “I’m done, now what?” activities.<\/div>\n
\nFirst is a 100 chart puzzle. I just made and printed off copies of a basic 100 chart. Then, I cut each one up in a different way to make puzzle pieces. The kids had to use number recognition to put the puzzles back together:<\/div>\n
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\nSuper simple! The second one is the same idea. The kids got to make their own puzzles using a 50 chart. After making their pieces, they could put their own puzzle together or swap with a friend:<\/div>\n
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\nFinally, this week was a sad day. Our time with the chicks was up \ud83d\ude41 We had such a blast learning about chickens and getting first-hand experiences with these little fluffballs:<\/div>\n
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\nFunny story: <\/i>we had a fire drill the week before and some of our grade ones were in tears and shouting “The chicks!!! The chicks are going to burn!” haha Thankfully it was just a drill and the chicks are now safe and sound on a beautiful, lush, green farm in the country (at least that’s what I told the kids)<\/div>\n
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\nHappy Long Weekend, everyone!!!<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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