Muscles

Morning Activities....

Book Corner.....
Goose on the Loose by Phil Roxbee-Cox.  "Created in consultation with a language expert, this entertaining phonics reader is specially written to help children learn to read. Humorously illustrated by Stephen Cartwright with fold-out pages, inviting young readers to guess what will happen next."

Big Pig On A Dig  by Phil Roxbee-Cox. "Big pig finds a treasure map and decides to dig for gold at the spot marked with an "X" on the map. A little yellow duck may be found on each page."

Toad Makes A Road by Phil Roxbee-Cox. "An enjoyable story with phonics-based text, designed to help children crack the reading code with ease. Some pages have fold-put flaps to give the reader a chance to guess what will happen next."

Unicorn Thinks He's Pretty Great by Bob Shea. "Ever since Unicorn moved into the neighborhood, Goat has been feeling out of sorts. Goat thought his bike was cool—until he saw that Unicorn could fly to school! Goat made marshmallow squares that almost came out right, but Unicorn made it rain cupcakes! Unicorn is such a show-off, how can Goat compete? "

A Is For Salad by Mike Lester. "Each letter of the alphabet is presented in an unusual way, such as: "A is for salad" showing an alligator eating a bowl of greens, or "B is for Viking" showing a beaver wearing a handsome helmet with horns."



Science.....
We read the book The Muscular System by Kay Manolis. 
We talked today about how our arm works and what it needs to work. If I want to move my arm up or down, our muscles change. Some muscles retract and other muscules stretch out. We looked at a cardboard arm with rubber bands and pretended it was our arm and got to see how our arm works. 

Beth "What do these rubber bands represent?
Grace : "Muscles!"
Beth : "Fingers move up and down. My head moves back and forth. Those are muscles. Show me using your muscles."
Davern "movement."
Charley "muscles."

Fun fact....
It takes 100 muscles to move your body to go for a walk.

Questions....
Corrina "how do you get a six pack?"
Grace "when you move muscles do you move your blood." "What happens if you move your muscles the wrong way?"
Beth : "They could break or get strained. Then you have to be patient and let it heal to work again properly. There is blood that gives your muscles energy to move."
Charley "Can they make you do more than one thing at a time?'
Davern "when you use muscles it can make you do a cartwheel and do a split."
Evelyn "Does this have muscles? (making a paper towel fold) 
Connie "No, but your muscles are making it move."


Free Choice......