Several factors influenced my classroom decor and layout decisions when I moved back to second grade this year. I had to think about functionality, practicality and age-appropriateness. I want for my students to be able to collaborate and help each other in their learning. I want for my students to learn to be organized and becauseContinue reading “Welcome to my classroom”
Category Archives: Birds in the Classroom
Getting class birds and teaching with them
As a follow-up to my Birds on the Brain post, as promised, here is what I have learned about finding birds for in the classroom, as well as the materials needed in order to take care of them. Also, I will go through the advantages and disadvantages of having different types of birds in theContinue reading “Getting class birds and teaching with them”
Birds on the brain
In today’s post, I will be sharing how birds can contribute so much to a classroom setting, to students’ learning and motivation, and how they can be the source of many engaging and pertinent lessons and activities. Last year I got a pair of zebra (mandarin) finches for my classroom. They are a breeding pairContinue reading “Birds on the brain”
Update on the birds
I learned, this week, that finches are very sensitive about moving. Before March Break, there was only one of six eggs left to hatch. Five baby finches were born in the classroom in the presence of my students. They loved it. They ran in every recess to check on them and see how they were doing. FourContinue reading “Update on the birds”
Birds of a Feather
In my class we have two finches, a couple named Ping and Pong. They are a breeding pair, and I knew this when I adopted them and brought them into my first grade class. Little did I know that within a few weeks my students were going to get excited because they found a finch egg inContinue reading “Birds of a Feather”
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