Carve a virtual pumpkin!

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Going Batty in SMAC

The bat puppet eating an insect

Continuing on with our Creepy Halloween animal theme, we discovered the Bat. The students learned that a bat is a protected species and important to our world. They eat tons of pesky insects. Students also learned of Echolocation,  the Ultrasonic way a bat finds its prey. We watched a short video about how the bat sends out the sound waves and finds the insects.

bat puppet in flight

October is the month for spiders

The theme for October is spiders and bats. We started the month by learning about the creepy spider. The students learned that spiders can be dangerous so no touching. They learned how they are different than insects. Then students watched as a spider wrapped his food up in silk. It was fascinating.
With the help of a remote control Tarantula they could watch the spider walk with all of it's eight legs. As they were leaving the students could choose a colored spider ring to take home.

Counting Spiders

We counted spiders in math. Spiders danced their way across the screen to snippits of favorite scary movie music. The kids then counted and selected the correct number. If they were correct they were rewarded with various spooky noises.
Gotta love Halloween

Storytime

Creative writing was the focus of Science class for the last week of September. Students were able to choose and write about what they learned in SMAC and also what they liked about the fall season.
Choices were made either by touching the Smartboard or  choosing a picture. It was fun to see the boys write about how much they enjoyed eating. It was also true!! They did enjoy it.