Wild & Wonderful

We have been studying the author Steve Jenkins and marveling at his collage artwork as he shares cool animal information.  He is the perfect complement to our animal inquiry.  His books fill us with wonder and get us asking lots of questions!

We read his book Actual Size.

All the animal creations in the book are displayed at actual size so we can imagine the actual size of various animals.

Maddy found out that her arm is about the same size as the saltwater crocodile's snout!






We have also been writing stories from our lives in Writer's Workshop and meeting with our partners to share our writing.

We also read Steve Jenkins' book called Biggest, Strongest, Fastest.

We learned so many cool facts.  One of the most amazing was that the sun jellyfish is the longest animal in the world, with tentacles over 200 feet long.  We will be trying to measure this out tomorrow.  

The kids were amazed by the highest jumper (for its size):  the flea.  If Mrs. Henning was a flea, she could jump to the top of a 65-story building!  This information led the kids to create a new math station...Flea Jumping.  Hmmm...I think we will be starting our measurement unit, soon.

You can hear the excitement in these researcher's voices as they describe some of their findings!