Field Trip TIme!

My kindergarten class just returned from the Georgia Aquarium. At the Georgia Aquarium the children got to walk around and explore the different types of fish and see the bigger fish such as the Whale Sharks. The children just loved the fish and learned so much from the Aquarium. The field trip was a good success with children all tired at the end of the day!

The real writing came the next day when we returned to the classroom and the children were able to discuss what was their favorite fish they saw in the Aquarium. For this project I would have the shape of an Aquarium in the main sheet and have the children drawl a fish inside the Aquarium. First I would have them drawl the fish with one color, one size and one feature. The one feature could include the glitter that I would help them put them on at the end. J At the bottom of the Aquarium picture I would have the template of the sentence that the children would need to fill in for the fish that they say at the Aquarium. The template would be I saw a ____________, ______________ and _____________ fish! The three words that we would put into the blanks would be adjectives. I would write on the board come different color words that would be the first blank. Then the next blank will be the size of the fish. The children should decide if the fish they saw was small, medium, or a large fish. This will help the children understand the comparison of the size of the fish compared to the other fish in the tank. This will also vary from the memory of the child from one to the next. Not every one has the need to understand the need for the fish to be one size compared to the other. We all remember things differently and especially with children there is no right or wrong for this project. This will be important thing to understand when talking to the children. There will be some children who are not going to remember and other are going to claim they saw every fish in the Aquarium. The last blank that the children will need to fill in will be the last descriptive word for the blank. This word will be a word for the appearance of the fish. The appearance will be clear, shiny, or slimy. This will have the children use their memory and use the need to understand the details to describe the fish that they saw on the field trip!