ONE SMART BIRD!

1M, CHECK OUT THIS COOL VIDEO!
IT REMINDS US THAT ANIMALS ARE CLEVER TOO!



WHEN HAVE YOU SEEN AN ANIMAL DOING SOMETHING CLEVER?
WHAT TYPE OF ANIMAL WAS IT? (MAYBE IT WAS YOUR PET)
WHAT WAS IT DOING?
LEAVE A COMMENT OR...
IF YOU WANT TO SEND IN A PICTURE OF A 'CLEVER' ANIMAL, ATTACH IT TO AN EMAIL TELLING US WHY IT'S CLEVER AND SEND TO 1mgems@gmail.com

LIBRARY BORROWING LIKE IN THE 'OLDEN DAYS'

When we went to the Library today, Mrs O'B wasn't there and the program to scan out our books was shut down!

Mrs M told us we could still borrow but we would have to be patient as she needed to write down which books we were borrowing.

We worked out that Mrs M was writing down our ID number and the second half of the barcode on the book.
That looked easy, so we offered to help!




We made Mrs M's job easier by calling out the numbers for her. We were even two steps ahead of her, by having the books from the next two children on the list before she had even called their names!!
Mrs M was AMAZED at how CLEVER and EFFICIENT we were.

Thankyou, my SPARKING GEMS!

What THOUGHTFULNESS, HELPFULNESS and INITIATIVE you possess!

WATCH OUT, LIBRARY and COMMUNICATION TEAM!
Mrs M :>)

MAKING OUR PHOTOSTORIES - THE PROCESS

Two weeks ago we showed you the PROCEDURE we followed to draw up PLANS for our PHOTOSTORIES about classroom ROUTINES.
Since then, we have been DESIGNERS and CREATORS, using our PLANS to PRODUCE our PHOTOSTORIES.
Here is the PROCEDURE for making a PHOTOSTORY.

1. ACT

out and

take a PHOTO

of each step in

your routine.

2. UPLOAD your photos into PHOTO

STORY.

3. ADD TEXT to each photo. You can change the type of font, its size and colour if you want to.

4. ANIMATE each photo if you want it to zoom in or out.

5. RECORD your voice

over for each photo.

6. Give your PHOTO

STORY a name and SAVE it.

7. PLAY your PHOTOSTORY!
YOU'RE FINISHED!




WATCH OUT FOR OUR PHOTOSTORIES.... COMING SOON!

THIS WEEK'S SPARKLING GEMS!!

LET'S HEAR ABOUT THIS WEEK'S LITTLE GEMS WHO RECEIVED AWARDS AT ASSEMBLY TODAY.

* Emily: for CREATIVE illustrations about '5' - Elizabeth will surely love them!

* Lachlan: for using your 'imagination' to show what you

know, even at playtime!

A 'SPECIAL MENTION' GOES TO:

Jarvis and Bryce: for 'emailing' in items of interest to keep our blog 'conversation' going. What ENTHUSIASM!

BRYCE'S PET

Now that you know the CLUE to telling the difference between a STICK INSECT and a PRAYING MANTIS is to look at the 'front legs', have a look at BRYCE'S PET.

It lives in a tree in his yard.

Can you see it?

It's really well camouflauged!

Look closely at it's 'FRONT LEGS'.

GO TO Brisbane Insects.com.

Look again at the pictures of STICK INSECTS and PRAYING MANTIDS.

WHAT IS IT?

LEAVE US A COMMENT.

DON'T FORGET TO GIVE US A REASON FOR YOUR ANSWER.

AND THE ANSWER IS.....

PRAYING MANTIS!

A LARGE BROWN MANTIS!

Here is the email we got from Mr Chew at

BrisbaneInsects.com

Hi, 1M class,

Thank you very much for the email. The insect in your photo was a Praying Mantis, and it was a Large Brown Mantis. More information can be found in my web page;
http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_hoppers/BrownMantids.htm

One good way to tell if it is a Praying Mantis or Stick Insect is to look at its front pair of legs. All Praying Mantis have strong and spiny front legs. In your photo we can see the insect's pair of front legs are much thicker than its other legs. If you check carefully you may also see the spines.

The Praying Mantis is a predator which captures and feeds on other small insects. It uses its pair of strong spiny front legs to attack. A Stick Insect feeds on leaves and does not attack other insects. It does not need the front legs as a weapon.

Regards
Peter Chew
www.BrisbaneInsects.com

WERE YOU AN 'ACE' INVESTIGATOR?

DID YOU IDENTIFY OUR 'VISITOR' CORRECTLY?

MR CHEW FOR IDENTIFYING OUR 'VISITOR' AND TEACHING US ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STICK INSECTS AND PRAYING MANTIDS.

NOW WE ARE EXPERTS TOO! :D

LOOK WHAT WE'VE GOT TO SHOW

We have had lots of INTERESTING things brought in for TALK TIME lately. Here are some of our favourites.

Alistair said, "This is my pet fish.

He is a Goldfish. His name is Lachie.

That's my Dad's name too!

Every time I feed him, he comes right up to the top of the tank and gobbles it right up."

Sophia said, " These are 'lamb bones'. They were left over from the lamb we had for dinner. Mum washed and cleaned them. I don't know what part of the lamb they came from. Can you figure it out?

Johanna said, " My Granny's neighbour found this snake skin. It's from a PYTHON. They found it in their backyard. When my Granny first gave it to me, I was a bit scared! The snake got TOO big for it's skin, so it slid out and it had a new layer underneath. It keeps making new skin every time it gets BIGGER!

Emily said, " I have two things to show. This is part of a horse's hoof. I found it when I went to horseriding. It's like a piece of toenail."

"This is a little seahorse that my uncle caught when he went fishing. He was trying to catch a fish but got the seahorse. It's very tiny and feels hard."

Max said, " My grandma gave me these pictures. The 'dinosaur' was made by tearing up little bits of coloured paper and gluing them onto the picture.

The fish is a 'sand' picture. You put glue on the picture and sprinkle coloured sand over it."

This is the 'hand' I took to the 'Broncos' game. I waved it when the Broncos scored. They played the 'Cowboys' and they lost.

Jarvis said, " This is a mosquitofish. It is a pest in Australia. It eats the the baby mosquitoes and other insects.

Billee-Jane said, " I did these drawings. My Mum is teaching me to draw.

Matthew said, " I wear this shirt at football. It is my training shirt. I wear another shirt when i play and I get that at the game. My shorts are blue too. I play for the Wynnum Bugs."

Callum said, " My brother found this seed pod when he went on his excursion to St Helena Island. You can see it had 5 seeds in it. They were very big seeds.

THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE INCREDIBLE AND AMAZING THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT IN TO SHARE.

WE HAVE LEARNT SO MUCH ABOUT EACH OTHER AND OUR WORLD, HOW THINGS WORK AND HOW TO DO THINGS.

WHAT WILL YOU BRING INTO SHARE AT YOUR NEXT TALK TIME?

LEAVE A CLUE IN A COMMENT! :>)

IDENTIFYING OUR INSECT- THE PROCESS

Today we took on the role of ACTIVE INVESTIGATORS to find out just what type of insect our 'visitor' last Friday was.

We got onto the website BRISBANE INSECTS AND SPIDERS. Mrs P, Mrs McD and Mrs R read the information about STICK INSECTS and PRAYING MANTIS for us.

We looked at the pictures and compared them to ours.
Then we left a comment to share our thoughts about what the insect was .
We read all the comments. We tried to work out how many thought it was a STICK INSECT and how many thought it was a PRAYING MANTIS but it was hard because some people had left two comments!

So we decided to make a PICTURE GRAPH to record our DATA.
Each of us drew our face on a small square and glued it on a chart.

Now it was easy to see that most of the class thought our visitor was a PRAYING MANTIS.

We decided to number the squares so that we would not have to count them every time we looked at the graph.

We had to number them all the way to 22!

Now it was REALLY easy to see the results.

22 children in our class think our 'visitor' was a PRAYING MANTIS.

5 children in our class think it's a STICK INSECT.

Does this mean our 'visitor' WAS a PRAYING MANTIS?

WE THINK SO.

But to be sure we have emailed BRISBANE INSECTS AND SPIDERS and asked them to help us identify our insect friend.

DO YOU THINK THEY WILL AGREE WITH US...THAT IT IS A PRAYING MANTIS?

LET US KNOW IN A COMMENT. DON'T FORGET TO TELL US 'WHY?'.