AM Zoo Field Trip Continued

There were a few more pictures that I wanted to post for you to see. Enjoy!

The students had a lot of fun running with the hienias!

The students enjoyed walking around the zoo to see all of the animals.

The pink flamingos are always neat to see.

Getting our picture made with out nations bird is something to remember.

Thanks for a great field trip to the zoo!

AM Zoo Field Trip

Last week we had a wonderful field trip to the zoo. The students had tons of fun and were able to touch and many different animals. I want to say a special thank you to the parents that were able to attend the trip. You made the whole event even more fun as always.

Petting a bunny. We learned about how animals move and bunnies hop!

Petting a Hog Nose snake. They slither.

Looking at an owl that flies.

Petting a silky chicken that flies.

PM Zoo Field Trip

I'm so thankful the weather decided to hold out and leave us with a wonderful day to visit the zoo! After a brief delay (one of our vans wouldn't start!), we were off to Sunset Zoo to learn all about animals. Miss Meridith, one of the zoo's staff, taught us about animals and the different movement they use and how it differs from how we were created. We looked at vulture feathers and hawk wings to learn about animals that fly, touched the smooth shell of a turtle and discussed flippers that help them swim, saw the tiny skull of a prairie dog and talked about their skilled digging, and pet a snow leopard pelt and learned about their big paws that give them speed and thick tails used for balance. Thanks for teaching us so much!

Our class waiting to begin our adventure on the steps of the picnic area

Little hands reach out to pet the animals

Jamie and Colton slide side by side

Abigail peers through the fence at the animals

The Red Panda was one of the class favorites to look at

Nate watches the otters come out to play

Faith looking over the playground

Jordan and Cadence climb to the top of the slide

Friends wait for their turn as Allie chooses her "trick" to slide down

Racing hyenas!

Brenna and Aiden make friends with Elvis the Emu

Faith, Phoebe, and Kinley show off the clay joeys they made

Caleb pets Blossom the Opossum. Look at that tail!

Colton pets our hopping animal -- a rabbit!

Students have their first introduction to a chinchilla

Savannah feels a tortoise's shell

The class is able to look and feel a snow leopard's fur

We played a game using the different animal movements we learned

Thank you to all the parents who were able to come with us! I hope everyone had a great time and learned a lot about different animals and their movements.

Crazy Day!

Here our class rocks St. Patrick's Day green and our crazy clothes to reward our good choices and filling our jar with cotton balls. To close out our crazy day we played "Everybody's It." In this game, you guessed it...everybody's it! The class ran around like crazy all tagging each other and crying, "You're it!" When this grew too tiring, we switched to "Duck, Duck, Goose," and finally went inside and ate ice cream sandwiches. Keep up the good work for another reward day!

Morning Rodeo Day

The first unit study of the month of April was Cowboys. So to celebrate this unit study the school hosted a fun rodeo for the families of UCC. There were tons of games, treats, and fun to be had by all the came. We sincerely hope you had as much fun as we had in planning the event. I want to say a special thank you to the families that helped with the event.

Morning Treat Day

One of the reward systems in our class is the cotton ball jar. If all of the students are able to stay on green all day, then the whole class earns a cotton ball for that day. After the students were able to collect 16 cotton balls, they received a treat. It just so happened that this treat day fell on St. Patrick's day. So we have some cute crazy green students in our class for the day!

Morning Insect Museum Visit

For our field trip in March we went to the K-State Insect Museum to go along with our unit on insects. We are still learning about insects in our classroom with the caterpillars that have recently gone into their cocoons to become beautiful butterflies. Ask your child all about it and I am sure they will love telling you every detail theyhave observed. Below are a few pictures of our K-State visit. Mrs. Jennifer was a little too chicken to touch much, but Mrs. Nanette came to the rescue with her willingness to pass around a few insects to touch. Thanks Mrs. Nanette!