Time lines and Dinosaurs

The children have started a couple of new units. First we have been talking about time lines. As you know, we will be creating pod casts of their own personal time lines with pictures that we will put on the Fox Hollow website for all to enjoy. Before we started out personal time lines, the children made a time line of several Presidents we have had over history. They were broken into groups and had to research a president, and create a time line of important events in their life. We then created a time line of the presidents to display in the hallway. They did a fabulous job! I think they are beginning to understand the concept of a time line and why we use them. Now, we will focus on making our own personal time lines. I will let you know when these time lines will be finished.



The science unit we have started is called Changes over Time. The first part of the unit we will discuss dinosaurs. This is always a big hit! Last week, we were paleontologists and dug for dinosaur bones in the sand. We also used a toothpick to dig out chocolate chips from a cookie (to see how gentle paleontologists have to be when digging bones). We also compared and contrasted dinosaurs using a Venn Diagram. The children looked for similarities and differences between dinosaurs. I look forward to a few more weeks of Dinosaurs and I am sure the kids do too!