SENIORS ROOM 2 TTH PM
April Reflections
Seniors Room 2
The month of April seems to have absolutely flown by! With the number of field trips we were able to take and our visit from the tooth fairy's helper, the month was an exciting and quick one! Our trip to the Department of Transportation was a big hit in Room 2! We got to take a tour of the building, learn how they make signs for the roads, and even climb up in an enormous snow plow! We also saw an important video about snow safety! Our class learned that when they're playing in the snow and building snow forts, to make sure they are far away from the road- cars and snow plows may not see them! When driving back from the maintenance garage, we asked our class what their favorite part of the trip was and we received numerous answers ranging from picking up trash with the "pickers" to playing the stop and slow game with one of the workers. The children seemed to really enjoy themselves and learn a lot from this trip.
Next, after talking about our trip to the maintenance garage and thinking about what we saw, we discussed transportation and vehicles! We also learned about all the different ways we can travel (car, bus, plane, and bike) and then looked specifically at various sized trucks. We saw pictures of garbage trucks, cement trucks, cranes, and even ice cream trucks! We looked at how they were all similar to each other, and how they were different! We also talked about how trucks are made up of shapes. The cab of most trucks is a square, the back of the truck could be a rectangle or oval, and the wheels are circles! Once we came to this realization, our class painted their very own truck at the easels. The children did a fantastic job on this project!
We also had the opportunity to visit an orthodontist's office! We learned all about the ways we should take care of our teeth and also what kinds of things they do at Dr. Kubik's office. Speaking of teeth, did your child tell you who came to see us at Thunderbird? The tooth fairy's helper! She talked to us about how important it is to brush and floss our teeth, eat the right foods, and visit our dentist for checkups so our teeth can stay healthy and clean! We had so much fun learning about our teeth and how to keep them clean!
In addition to these exciting events, our class also visited the grocery store, Joe Caputos! Room 2 got to take a tour around the store, watch how they stock shelves with foods and drinks, and even get a cookie to munch on at the end of our tour! The children were wonderful listeners and seemed to really enjoy this field trip! Although our field trips were fun and exciting, we also experienced wonderful things in our very own classroom at Thunderbird! We learned all about spring, and the changes that take place during the season. We talked about trees, flowers, animals, and the weather! Our projects then included torn paper trees with beautiful spring colors, kites that looked like fish, and rain sticks made with paper towel tubes, cereal, and paper!
Lastly in Room 2, a glass case was added holding cocoons! We have watched closely, waiting for our Luna and Cercropia moths to emerge! Also in this case is a small container holding numerous tiny caterpillars. They have now made their own chrysalises and the children continue to check on them daily to see if a butterfly is ready to start coming out! In addition to these classroom creatures, Room 2 now has an incubator holding chick eggs! We learned the incubator keeps the eggs warm and turns them over just like their mom would! We are waiting anxiously for the baby chicks to hatch and arrive!
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