Spiders have taken over our science thinking! We have been researching about spiders and all the amazing things they have on their bodies to help them meet their basic needs. Also, we have been finding out all the various ways spiders meet their basic needs. Did you know some spiders weave a net and then throw it on their prey? Did you know that some spiders dive underwater, weave a web in their bubble and then stick a leg out to pull in their prey? I am loving all the facts we are learning and I must confess that I am learning a lot along with them!
Here are some links to videos we have watched about spiders.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5iN0ZaoW7M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvRAIrSLJto
In writing this week we continue to focus our conversations around how authors add details to their stories. Just like in the song The Itsy-Bitsy Spider an author zeros in on the itsy-bitsy steps in a story. They slow down important parts to add the details of what was happening, who was there, their surroundings, their actions, etc. We then also talked about how authors add details to their pictures and words by expression how a character is feeling. We took a close look at the story Betty Bunny Wants Everything today and discussed how the author was able to tell parts of the story in Itsy-Bitsy steps and show how the characters were feeling through pictures and words.
Here are some links to videos we have watched about spiders.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5iN0ZaoW7M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvRAIrSLJto
In writing this week we continue to focus our conversations around how authors add details to their stories. Just like in the song The Itsy-Bitsy Spider an author zeros in on the itsy-bitsy steps in a story. They slow down important parts to add the details of what was happening, who was there, their surroundings, their actions, etc. We then also talked about how authors add details to their pictures and words by expression how a character is feeling. We took a close look at the story Betty Bunny Wants Everything today and discussed how the author was able to tell parts of the story in Itsy-Bitsy steps and show how the characters were feeling through pictures and words.