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Signs of Winter

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There is no school tomorrow Friday January 31.

Here are the highlights from our week:

- A visit from our Occupational Therapist Ms. Christine. She worked with our class on our printing skills and reminded us that we always start letters at the top and showed just what mission position looks like when we are writing.
- Learning about Groundhog Day. Ask me to tell you if I think the groundhog will see his shadow and what that means

- Our rainbow trout are now alevin! Ask me to tell you what that means, what do the alevin look like and what is happening to them at this stage.
- Looking for signs of winter at the pond. We were excited to learn that last week, a coyote was spotted! We actually spotted a snowshoe hare on our walk!
- Investigating the story of snow and snowflakes
- What do people do in winter

Our rainbow trout are now at the alevin stage

What do people do in winter?

Our prediction if the groundhog will see its shadow 

Looking for signs of winter
We did not spot this coyote on or walk but this was spotted last week at the same pond! 
We learned that coyotes are active during the winter and they hunt for snowshoe hares. We talked about how we are going to their home and that we need to be respectful of their space. So cool!

snowshoe hare tracks! 

Snowflake Art





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