Good Morning Kindergartners! As promised, today we are going
to learn about an animal that lives in trees right in our neighborhood, squirrels.
I am sure you have seen squirrels living in your backyard or along your street.
What color squirrels have you seen before? Let’s start today by watching a couple
of non-fiction videos about squirrels.
What new facts did you learn?
Now let’s learn a little more about squirrel nests. Some squirrels
live in holes in trees, but most squirrels build nests. Have you ever seen a
squirrel’s nest before? Check out this video, then look outside around your
house, I bet you can see a squirrel nest right now.
Squirrels don’t just live in trees; they also rely on trees
for their food. Do you know what squirrels eat? Here is a video all about squirrels’
main food, nuts! Nuts are seeds from trees like acorns. https://youtu.be/6ckDOcVvz-k
Now we know that squirrels use trees in two ways, they use
the branches as a home for their nests and they eat the seeds or nuts and
sometimes fruits from the tree.
Now let’s read a couple of fiction stories that feature
squirrels. While listening to the story think about what the problem is in the
story and how the character fixes it.
We have learned lots of new things about squirrels today!
For our activity I want you to write 3 sentences about squirrels using the
stems “Squirrels have_____________” “Squirrels can _______________” and “Squirrels
eat ______________”. You can also draw a squirrel in its habitat. Don’t forget
to send a picture of your work when you are done so we can see it. It makes us
so happy to see all you do while we are apart.
More Information about Squirrels:
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