Hello All,
Today during the last part of school, a bird flew into our classroom window. Unfortunately, the bird died. We used this opportunity to talk to the students about things like the circle of life and the roll all living things play in it when they die. I was able to put gloves on and bring the bird in for the students to observe. I did not let any of them touch it but we did discuss things like what it’s beak and talons are used for. We also were able to tie this into the great lessons. Today we were learning about the coming of life on earth and the five kingdoms all living things are classified into. We talked about which kingdom birds belonged to and about vertebrates vs. invertebrates. We were also able to bring out a next that I have to talk about how birds make their homes.
Overall, it was a great experience for us all. We discussed how it was sad for something to lose it’s life and it is okay to feel sad, but we can be happy for the life the bird lived and for all we learned from it. We then were able to bury it out by the gardens near our classroom. I would encourage you to talk to your students about all they learned and their thoughts on this.
Thanks for all your support.
Jalee