// This week.... //

This week, we have been learning about reptiles! Blue Room allowed their pet tortoise to come for a visit so that we could observe a real reptile. We noticed that it has scales, it has dry skin, and it has ear holes instead of ears. Some friends shared information such as reptiles are cold-blooded so they bask in the sun to warm up and go somewhere cold  (like water) to cool down. Many friends also shared that most reptiles lay eggs. We continued this discussion with work in the classroom such as creating a parts of the turtle book, identifying reptile characteristics, tracing our turtle puzzle, and learning the lifecycle of a sea turtle. We have also been reading many books about reptiles and learned that most reptiles take care of themselves from the time they hatch! Ms. Carlene brought in her pet turtle and we discussed the parts of the turtle, learning big, science words like carapace (shell) and plastron. 

We are also discussing planet Earth. We are beginning a discussion on what is inside the earth. We learned that the outer core creates a magnetic field to protect Earth. This sparked a discussion of what does magnetic mean. The children have been sorting magnetic objects from non-magnetic objects.