HAPPENIN’ HABITATS!

Before I get too far gone {into vacation}, I wanted to share with you how we finished out our year!

First…let me just say, that I have been completely obsessed with formatting my blog since I’ve been out, so its nice to take a “break” and share an idea or two with you!  Best wishes to my sweet friends that are still hanging in there counting down until summer vacation.

    

We usually end the year with a dive into the ocean, however, this year…we took it a little bit further.  Rather than limiting ourselves we used a great resource to complete little research projects on animal habitats and biographies.  Do you use Pebblego at your school?

It’s a great research tool for young learners that is simple to use, very engaging, and packed full of great facts.  The kids just love it!

They worked as partners to research (at least) 3 facts about an animal habit of their choice.  After taking note of their facts and observing what the habitat looked like and consisted of, each student completed a writing to tell what they learned. Their habitat and the animals that live there were represented by creating a simple diorama.

 

Wet lands, polar regions, rain forests, deserts & more….galore!

In the midst of wrapping it all up, there was also time set aside to share the year’s progress with parents. I just LOVE how much firsties grow within one little school year!

Click the pic to grab a little conference reminder for your files. 

Remember the obsessing I mentioned before?  Well, I wanted to figure out a way to share my little blog that I love so much with you. Thanks for the inspiration, Jessica!

Soooooo…before you go, click the Blogger Link Up tab above to link up your blog.  My blogroll was looking ridiculously long…so I edited it, but would still like to be able to share as many fab blogs as possible.  Please take advantage of this feature as another easy way to share your blogs for others to stalk and hopefully, follow as well.

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Thanks to Sandra for being fab follower #150…..{wheels are turning} and excitement is building about celebrating follower #200!  Have a great day, bloggy buds!