Archive | May 2017

What’s in your habitat?

Today we went on a habitat scavenger hunt during Science. We each had an ‘I spy’ list to see what we could spot in the great outdoors. Do you think any of us saw a squirrel? 🙂 

Afterwards, we then compared our present habitat, that we reside in, to what the dinosaurs lived in. “What is different?” “Their footpaths might be bigger” was an answer… So we started down that path of discussion for a while. “What is the same?” “Crocodiles” woah! Good job Prep B

 

Social-emotional well-being Guess Who

Can you guess what our emotions are?

 

 

The Preps have recently been learning to identify and infer the emotions of others by reading their facial cues. We have been practising in front of mirrors and with each other in order to develop our understanding of social cues. We also use this new knowledge when reading to infer how the characters feel in certain situations. This is the reading strategy Iggy Iguana.