Our class brought bear friends to school to help us learn about HIBERNATION!
We learned fun facts about them and sang some songs.
We watched real bears hibernating online,
and journaled about what we learned!
We did an experiment where we used shortening to see if "fat" helps keep bodies/hands warm!
Crisco shortening and gloves helped keep our hands warm! So we learned extra layers of "fat" keep bears warm!!!
Our bears listened to stories with us...
showed us how to "hibernate"...
read with us at Daily Five...
played Splash Math on ipads with us...
spelled Christmas words at Word Work with us...
listened at Show 'n Share...
listened to our Parent Reader...
and even learned some computer skills! Here our Tech Buddies (6th Grade) are mentoring them, too!!!
After computer lab, it was time to say goodbye!
We did the bear crawl to our den...
gave farewell hugs...
(We LOVE Bears!)
and sealed them up for the Winter!
Thank you, God, for allowing Bears and other animals to hibernate when food is scarce and the weather is harsh! We look forward to greeting them in January!!!