Friday, February 28, 2014

Venetian Masks

Each year we celebrate Carnival in the school. This time our costumes were about the Venetian Carnival, so kids made their own venetian masks in Art. Here you have some of their creations.  Which one is your favorite?




Sunday, February 23, 2014

Spelling List #18

SPELLING LIST #18 'ck'

  1. duck
  2. neck
  3. lick
  4. sick
  5. clock
  6. sock
  7. kick
  8. back
  9. brick
  10. luck
  11. rocket
  12. broomstick


Monday, February 17, 2014

Vertebrates posters

During the art time last couple of weeks, the students made these wonderful posters with all the information about vertebrates.

Saturday, February 15, 2014

Spelling List #17

SPELLING LIST #17 'qu'

  1. quit
  2. quiz
  3. quilt
  4. quick
  5. squid
  6. queen
  7. liquid
  8. quiet
  9. question
  10. squirrel

TRICKY WORDS

  • does
  • goes
  • made
  • their

Spelling list # 17 practice:



Valentine's day craft

Kids created these 'creatures' for Valentine's day. They are made of different materials, such as foam, pipe cleaners, googly eyes, construction paper, Pom Pom balls...
Aren't they cute?



Wednesday, February 12, 2014

More about insects

We talked earlier about insects in this post - Invertebrates. But here you have more interesting things about insects:




  • There are over 10 million species of insects.



  • Baby insects are called larvae. 



  • Their body is divided into three parts: head, thorax and abdomen.



  • They have antennae on their head. They use it for touch, smell and taste.



  • Some insects have wings connected to the thorax.


  • INSECTS GAMES:

    Tuesday, February 11, 2014

    Sunday, February 9, 2014

    Invertebrates



    • Invertebrates are animals that do not have backbone.
    • All invertebrates are oviparous, they are born from eggs.
    • They can be herbivores, carnivores or omnivores. 
    • Some invertebrates have a protective covering:
      • Shells - Hard and strong.
      • Exoeskeleton - Can be thick or thin.
    • Some invertebrates have no protecting covering.

    INVERTEBRATES CLASSIFICATION

    Sunday, February 2, 2014

    Spelling List #15

    SPELLING LIST #15 'ch'

    1. if
    2. hot
    3. blot
    4. chips
    5. lunch
    6. chest
    7. much
    8. teach
    9. branch
    10. chicken

    TRICKY WORDS

    • saw
    • put
    • could
    • should