Insects/Insectos

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This week, we continue learning about insects. We learned about some insects that can be hurtful to plants and flowers called aphids. Also, we learned about decomposition, it is when a plant or part of animals break in tiny pieces and some insects like to eat them. That is why we see flies around garbage. We decided to observe a banana go through the process of decomposition. The children notice how the banana changed color and became softer with the pasting of the day. Also, in science we practice to sort and count 1:1 insect. In math, we discuss how butterflies’ wings are symmetry. That mean same size and shape and we created symmetry butterflies with pattern blocks and use snap cubes to measure caterpillars and sort them by size.  At literacy center, the children sorted by letters and matched uppercase and lower-case letters. At art table, the children painted beautiful butterflies, drew pictures of ants and created a representation of their favorite insect with playdough. Our students online, found aphids around their garden and learned how to play chess! Wow It was a busy week! Next week, we will learn about Kindergarten!


Esta semana seguimos aprendiendo sobre insectos. Aprendimos sobre algunos insectos que pueden ser dañinos para las plantas y flores llamados pulgones. Además, aprendimos sobre la descomposición, es cuando una planta o parte de un animal se rompe en pedazos diminutos y a algunos insectos les gusta comérselos. Por eso vemos moscas alrededor de la basura. Decidimos observar un plátano pasar por el proceso de descomposición. Los niños notan cómo el plátano cambia de color y se vuelve más suave con el pegado del día. Además, en ciencia practicamos para clasificar y contar insectos 1: 1. En matemáticas, discutimos cómo las alas de las mariposas son simetría. Eso significa el mismo tamaño y forma, y ​​creamos mariposas de simetría con bloques de patrones y usamos cubos de ajuste para medir las orugas y clasificarlas por tamaño. En el centro de alfabetización, los niños ordenaron por letras y combinaron letras mayúsculas y minúsculas. En la mesa de arte, los niños pintaron hermosas mariposas, hicieron dibujos de hormigas y crearon una representación de su insecto favorito con plastilina. ¡Nuestros estudiantes en línea encontraron pulgones en su jardín y aprendieron a jugar al ajedrez! ¡Fue una semana muy ocupada! ¡La próxima semana aprenderemos sobre el jardín de infantes!


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