At the end of last week, our polar bear adoption kits arrived from the World Wildlife Fund. There were squeals of excitement as soon as my students saw the WWF packing tape on the box! We opened the box and examined the contents together. We received information about polar bears and a stuffed toy polar […]
Our polar bear adoption kits have arrived! Read More »
We have been exploring animal rescue and animal needs. Our kindergarten class skyped the Brandon Humane Society and talked to one of the volunteers about what they needed for the dogs who lived there. After much discussion, the students decided that it would be possible to bake homemade dog treats for the dogs at the
Little Hands, Big World Has Gone to the Dogs! Read More »
After much hard work in the kitchen on Thursday and Friday, my class was thrilled to adopt SEVEN polar bears. Their cookie sale fundraiser was so popular that they far exceeded their goal of adopting one polar bear. We definitely had a lot of cheering going on when we sent our adoption application on Friday!
Not just 1, but SEVEN polar bears! Read More »
My student teacher, Miss Lobreau has been involved in our collaborative project, Little Hands, Big World, since the beginning of her student teaching placement. Although this is her first placement, she was eager to plan an integrated thematic unit, and we decided that animal rescue/pets would be very timely and an excellent fit with our
Animal Rescue Continues in Kindergarten! Read More »
What a busy day! We started making cookies to fill our cookie orders today with the help of some wonderful parents and community members. Students worked in teams to mix, bake, bag and deliver cookies. Students even took the great photographs shown below. I saw lots of learning today as my students worked together:
16 students, 4 volunteers and 47 dozen cookies later… Read More »
To prepare for our cookie fundraiser, we read many recipes and learned about procedural texts. Students listened for recipes with bigger amounts of ingredients, so we could make large batches and they were careful to avoid recipes that contained ingredients which students in our school are allergic to. As students decided on the best recipe
When students researched adopting polar bears through the World Wildlife Fund, they found out that it would cost $40.00 to adopt a polar bear. As a previous post explains, our students had many ideas for solving the problem of getting $40.00. Our first fundraiser is now underway: students opted to start with a cookie sale,
A tremendous success! Read More »
We made a video about helping animals after Alyssa from Alyssa’s Ark Small Animal Rescue came to see us. The students were so excited to select the photos, music and text that would best convey our message. They felt that sad music was best because it is so hearing about the homeless and unwanted animals
We had the privilege of hosting an exciting guest today. One of the local organizations our class would like to work with this year to help animals is Alyssa’s Ark Small Animal Rescue. Today, Alyssa visited our classroom and even brought two rescue animals with her! The students in my classroom and Mrs. Caldwell’s Kindergarten
An exciting visitor! Read More »
