Animal Explorations

Our 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade students have been busy learning about animals this week. Many of us will put these lessons to immediate use next week when we go on a field trip to experience animals in real life!

Students learned words to describe animal body coverings (feathers, scales, fur, etc.) and specific body parts (tail, wing, beak, etc.). Students practice sentence structures like "A ___ has ___."This is a great unit for learning to sort and classify, so students practiced sorting animals by their body coverings and features.

Students have also been reading both non-fiction and realistic fiction to learn more about how animals body parts and body coverings help them survive in the wild. For example, did you know that some lizards can drop their tails so they can run away free if a predator catches them? Did you know that a platypus has a sense of electricity? After reading this week, our students do!