One of the Biggest Animals on Earth...

Last week, we started our unit on Africa, and we learned that Africa is made up of deserts and savannas.

We learned about the largest animal of the African savanna, and also the largest land mammal in the world, the African Elephant.

We read this book, and LOVED it, because it taught us about all of the cool things that an elephant can do with its trunk.

We made this chart together, coming up with words to describe elephants, things that elephants do, and phrases to tell where they do these things. (Have your child show you how we use the chart to sing a sentence.)

On Tuesday, Miss Kloczko gave every team some cards with words from the chart, but they were all mixed up! Some teams had 5 verbs, but no noun, for example. It's pretty tough to make a sentence without a noun! Every team's goal was to make a sentence with 3 adjectives, 1 noun, 1 verb, and one prepositional phrase, so they could sing a song with their words. With a little cooperation, everyone was able to do it!

Thanks for reading! First graders, do you remember reading Little Elephant's Trunk? What can elephants do with their trunks? First graders, friends, and family... leave a comment below!

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