over and under the snow

The children have been engaging with different books about animals in winter, teaching books and storybooks. We have compared genres, developed our language and vocabulary, and learned about how animals adapt and survive during the colder months. 

This week, Celeste read Under the Snow and Over and Under the Snow. The children talked with a partner, sharing what they have learned about animals in winter, and connecting it to animals that can be found over or under the snow. They sorted animals from the text, further developing their language and using visuals as another way to show their thinking. 

We are readers, writers, and scientists. To connect our learning across content areas, the children used pictures and words to draw one animal over and one animal under the snow. They used sound power, books, and the classroom to add two labels to their scientific drawing. The children's written responses to our reading can be found in their Science Journals.

An animal over the snow!

In this small collection you can see Celeste inviting students to show an animal over the snow, modeling how she pictures her plan and then uses her plan to draw like a scientist; carefully drawing a rabbit sitting over the snow. In the following pictures Kiki and Bryn use the classroom as a tool for adding labels to their drawings. In the final two pictures Celeste supports a museum walk share, asking students what they noticed about their scientific drawings. Many children shared stars for their peers, noting careful work and lots of detail.

An animal under the snow!