Birds

We started this week's bird study by reading the book "Birds" by Kevin Henkes.























The book talks about birds of different colors, different types of birds, and bird behaviors.  We were able to practice identifying colors, count birds on a telephone wire, and talked about birds that migrate south for the winter as well as ones that stay during the winter months.  To follow the story, we made the blue birds that were posted in the previous post.  One of our favorite parts of the story was this picture.



The texts says "If birds made marks with their tail feathers when they flew, think what the sky would look like."  We will do just that next week!  The students will create a Process Art project by dipping craft feathers in different colors of paint and painting the "sky" with bird feathers.  :)  Watch for this project next week!

The students also made bird feeders using bagels, cream cheese, and bird seed. (The cream cheese is a good substitute in case your class has any peanut allergies.)  They were really easy to make!  Let the bagels lay out over night so they become stale.  The next day, soften the cream cheese putting it in the microwave for a few seconds.  Take a length of string and loop it through the bagel to create a hanger.  Using a plastic spoon, the students spread cream cheese on the bagel and sprinkle bird seed over the top.  Shake off the extra and hang in a tree so the birds can have a sweet treat!

Today, some of the students in the Thursday class helped me make extra bird feeders.  We went outside and hung them in the tree outside our classroom for the birds.  The students were very excited!  After we went inside, the students were lined up at the windows waiting for the birds to come to the tree!  :)  When we left for the day, no birds had found the feeders.  I will keep you updated as the students continue "The Bird Watch!"

In this picture, you can see some of the students lined up at the windows watching the tree and waiting for he birds! :)

Finally, the students completed a project using our letter of the week, "B".  They decorated a letter B with beads and buttons.  They students enjoyed this activity.  They liked finding "cool" beads and buttons to glue on the paper.  All the the projects were very creative!

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