Re: Burrow Decor

On 1/18/09, Louisiannie cross-posting KimKca wrote:
> In kindergarten this week, we have been talking about
> winter. Monday, I read the kids a non-fiction book about
> animals in winter and introduced the kids to vocabulary
> like "hibernation," "migration," and "burrow."
>
> There is a place in the book that shows a woodchuck's
> burrow. The kids were very interested in the tunnels,
> bathroom chamber, and sleeping chamber. We discussed how
> many burrowing animals will have more than one entrance to
> fool predators. After discussing the book, we did
> a "directed drawing" of a woodchuck's burrow. We labeled
> parts and then some of the kids asked if they could color
> the drawings.
>
> I reminded the children that this was a "science" drawing,
> so accuracy in color is important. The kids decided that
> brown was probably going to be the predominant color,
> since the picture of the burrow was under a winter
> landscape. Some children put green on a few trees and
> colored the hibernating woodchuck with tan and brown
> colored pencils.
>
> I walked around the room, giving feedback. I stopped short
> when I saw McKenna, one of my most competent students and
> a very good listener, using a pink crayon inside the
> woodchuck's sleeping chamber. She was carefully coloring
> the outline of the chamber.
>
> "McKenna," I said, "what's this? Is the sleeping chamber
> PINK?"
>
> McKenna looked up and me and smiled.
>
> "No. It's brown. And has grass."
>
> "Well... what is the pink crayon for?" I asked.
>
> She continued coloring and replied, "Wallpaper."
>
> :-)K