By the Sea

Our last Open Court Reading unit is called "By the Sea." We will be studying the ocean and many sea creatures. We began by learning about fish and their parts. We read "The Rainbow Fish" by Marcus Pfister and made our own rainbow fish, complete with one shiny scale. We made some colorful fish designs by melting crayon scrapings between sheets of wax paper (with the help of Ms. Jan and Lucy's mom). We will continue this week by making starfish, octopus, sea horses, and sea turtles. We also will write independent sentences about these animals in our ocean books.