Bats & Birds
Our class started by researching bats. We read the book Zipping, Zapping, Zooming Bats during Guided Reading. We then began to research information during computer rotations and literacy about bats through exploration of books and the web pages below.
At the end of the week, we had enough information about bats to create a bat's fact sheet (attached).
On Thursday and Friday, we read books about birds. We used our knowledge of bats and birds to then compare the two with a Venn Diagram.
During week 2, we read the book Stellaluna. We are now going to put our knowledge of bats and birds to the test. Our job is to help Stellaluna. She's confused about whether she's a bat or bird. We wrote a letter to Stellaluna as a class. a letter to the
