Today we had a visitor from the Calgary Zoo Program, "Grounds to Change." We spent our morning exploring our community garden with Caitlin, looking for weeds and learning about what do plants need to grow?

        Sitting in our Garden of Peace and listening carefully to Caitlin's instructions...

On our way to the garden we saw this rabbit camouflaged in the grass. Ask me why we didn't notice it till we were really close...                      I wonder why? Ask me to explain....

                                     We made our scientific observations about the garden....

 

peas

                                                  Ask me the name of these vegetables....

carrots

lettuceAsk me why were the containers covered                                                                                                                                                      

Ask me to name a few vegetables...

                                  Some peas are camouflaged... Can you find them with me....

                              Tomatoes are covered too.... Ask me what did I see on the grass in the
                                   morning...    It begins with F...   (frost)

                                                      Count the squashes with me..

                                                     Is this a vegetable or a fruit...

lettuce

 Excited expressions...

 cucumbers...

Ask me what vegetable is this....

We also played a learning activity with Catlin..

How do we know its a weed...

 looking for weeds...

                                                   Ask me about it...

Ask me what do plants need to grow?

                                                                       Ask me what are we doing...(doing the actions for sun)

soilwater

Ask me to explain...

We read,

 talking about what colours do we see in Fall...

   

                                                     Lucas said, " If we put two semi-circles it makes a circle."

What is different about this page of the book.... Where are the words...

written in a semi circle....

                              Thank you Timmy for bringing in some beautiful leaves..... :)

We talked about how colour changes in leaves.....

What colours do we see in Fall...

       

                                    bare                                           bear

In this book we saw this tree and discussed what it is called.... and discussed the two words...

               Ask me to look at the tree and tell you....

We read,

Ask me how many ducks were in the story.... 7  

Ask me to show you 7 fingers..

How many ducks can you see?  4

Ask me to count their feet... some of us counted by 2's   Yeah!

                                                                  2...4...6...8

Ask me to point to the camouflaged worm and caterpillar

      Count the ducks with me..
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                           4                                                          3      

                                       Ask me how many altogether?

At centres, during some of our learning tasks Zoe and Preston remembered what we discussed about

                                                   two semi circles make a circle...

                                    Zoe said, "Look I have semi circles making a circle."

Ask me to point to the semi-circle and a circle...

Preston excellent discovery at the kitchen centre...

We read,

 Read the title to me and ask me to listen to the rhyming words

and tell you....         Look at the title page and tell me if this a fiction or a non-fiction book...

   steep hill.... ask me what does that mean?

London, " I made a bridge."

Thanks,

Mrs. Malik & Mrs. Queen