Samuel Morey Preschool: February 4

This week, we started learning about dinosaurs! On Monday, we started filling out our KWL (Know, Want to Know, Learned) chart about dinosaurs by brainstorming some things that we already know about dinosaurs. We have some dinosaur experts in our class who were eager to share what they knew! On Tuesday, we continued filling out the chart by thinking about some things that we wanted to know about dinosaurs. Students were curious about many things, including what certain dinosaurs ate, why they went extinct, and why their bones are still around if they’re all gone. Every student agreed that they would like to see a real dinosaur. On both Monday and Tuesday, we made sure to spend a lot of time outside since it was so warm! On Wednesday, we took a walking field trip to the Fairlee Library to have a bear-themed story time with Mrs. Samantha! We read stories, sang songs, made a craft, and had a special bear-themed snack! On Thursday, we measured a dinosaur’s footprint using standard and non-standard measurement. Each student got a chance to measure the footprint using different objects, including a tape measure, linking cubes, markers, and Ayla’s feet! On Friday, we came to school late, so we did not have time to do much whole-group time. However, students enjoyed reading scientific dinosaur books with teachers, playing with the dinosaur figurines in the block center, and creating dinosaurs out of play-doh in the art center! Next week, we will continue learning about dinosaurs, and we will also celebrate Valentine’s Day and the 100th day of school!