Dem Bones!

The students had a lovely day exploring the skeleton

on Friday.  The books "Dem Bones"by Bob Barker

helped the students see how the bones were connected

and the story "Skeleton Hiccups" by Margary Cuyler really 

got the whole class giggling.

If you can imagine, they used an unusual item

to create their own skeleton.....q-tips!  The idea

came from a magazine a few years ago, but is a

favourite to do each year.

I try not to promote eating candy in the classroom, but I could not

resist the little packets of colourful 'bones' that I was able to find.

The students are just learning how to put information onto a graph.

We have done a few examples as a group but

each little packet had a different number of each colour of 'bone'

so it was a perfect time to see how the students were able to

manage on their own.

There were steps to follow, and someone to check up on them,

but overall, they were able to line up the bits, colour in the

boxes, count and record almost all on their own.

The 'bones' were sent home so that they would not equate the

math activity with candy!

Aren't these skeletons just the cutest?

Each child could decide how they wanted the arms

and the legs to be put onto their own skeleton.

Each one has such personality!

In our exploration of the seasons, the students sat under the same tree that

they sat under in September.  The photo taken then was during the season of

summer, and the one on Friday was, of course, during the season of Autumn.

It will be hard for the students to believe that the season of Winter does not

begin until December 21st!  Will the snow stay away until then?