Today, we read the following article about the Lirpaloof bird.
We studied this fascinating creature. We went back into the text to learn about it's beautiful color so that we could spot this bird. We also learned that bird ate seeds, small insects and carrots. In fact it is the carrots that gives the bird it's orange color. In our extensive reading, we learned that this bird is easily frightened, so we must not make sudden movements and must sing it's name.
Here is the video of us trying to attract the Lirpaloof bird.
We called and called the bird. We looked high in the tree, since that is where they like to live. We looked in three high trees.
After we looked for a bit, Mrs. Wanke said she was going to explain how the Lirpaloof bird got it's name. She explained that lirpa is APRIL spelled backward and loof is FOOL spelled backward!
Mrs. Wanke shared with us that the evil Victor Hoskins, hacked Jurassic Park's computers. All the fences were down and we were locked out of the controls. We had to work on site! This was a dangerous task, since the dinosaurs were free to roam where ever! We had to work quickly and quietly!
Mrs. Wanke gave each of us our Jurassic Park Field Guide and headlamps.
Our goal for the day was to, solve a series of tasks to obtain numbers. We would write these numbers on the Code Collector page of our Jurassic Park Field Guide. Mrs. Wanke explained, once we had all the numbers she would input the numbers into a random number generator to see if any of the combinations would unlock Jurassic Park's computer system.
Task #1: Dino Determination
We had to measure the lengths of the bones and record the lengths in our Field Guide. Then, use those measurements to determine which dinosaur the bones came from.
Task #2: Dinosaur Classification
We had to read the information about herbivore and carnivore in our field guides. Then we had to look at the dinosaurs and determine if the dinosaur was a herbivore or carnivore.
Task #3 Magnifying Words
We had to use magnifying glasses to read all the words that were hidden in the excavation picture and record them into our Field Guide.
Task #4 Scrambled Up Bones
We had to unscramble the sight words that were on the bone and record them correctly into our Field Guide.
Task #5 Paleontology Grid
We had to read the coordinates of various dinosaur bones that were found at the excavation site. Then we had to glue pictures onto a grid in our field guide matching the coordinates.
Task #6 Excavating Missing Addends
We had to dig up the missing addend and match them to the correct equation. We had to record the results in our Field Guide.
Task #7
We had to read about a top new dinosaur breed that had been created at Jurassic Park. Then we had to go back into the text and color code specific evidence and answer questions from the passage.
We had so much fun and we worked SO very hard!
At the end of the day we had gathered all the numbers. We input the numbers into the computer. The computer generated several possibilities and eventually we found a combination that worked.
The 100th day of school was filled will all sorts of 100 activities. Mrs. Wanke did not take too many pictures, perhaps her 100 year old brain forgot.
One of our favorite activities was 100 bingo! Before we could play we had to make our good luck trolls!
For this version of BINGO, Mrs. Wanke would say a number, but in base ten. For example, Mrs. Wanke would call out 7 tens and 5 ones. We had to mark the number 75 on our BINGO board.
Mrs. Wanke took our pictures using an old filter. Then, we had to write about what we would be doing when we were 100 years old.
