Adaptations and a Special Guest

Adaptations...one would think a big word for first graders.

Not really when you break it down the way Mrs. Caskey did....Just another word for change. She talked about how animals adapt to winter and the colder weather. She talked about how animals adapt to weather---hibernating, migrating, growing a thicker coat, collecting food, and becoming more active to stay warm. Plants might go dormant, send out more roots or they might even die. People adapt to the colder weather by staying in, dressing warmer or in layers, turning the heat up, or building fires in their fireplaces or wood stoves. Adaptations.......another word for change.

Mrs. Caskey read us a folk tale about Turtle Flies South for Winter.

And lastly........she shared her pet salamander named Spot. Here student #4 is taking Spot around so the rest of the class can get a close up view of him. Mrs. Wilson learned that salamanders are not slimy!!! They are just covered with mucous.

Mrs. Caskey will be back next week to share some more about the outdoors.