Sunny Daz 4 U: April 2013

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

MAGIC E - AlLPHABLOCKS

Shhhh!

Magic E Is Silent!

Dear Reader,

Here Is Magic E...

He is very tricky.

Watch Magic E work his magic

on the other vowels.

How does he do it?

Listen to this at home or school.
Did you learn any of Magic E's tricks?

Thanks for stopping by :)

Wherever U are, in our
Whole Wide World,
I'm Wishing...
Sunshine And

Sunny Daz 4 U

♥

*1 Homework for SunnyDaz Kids*

Parents monitor your child as they do this homework.

Listen & Learn Magic E's tricks.

Write a comment that says: I did it.

Parent & Child write your first names.

Leave a comment and you will be one of my
SunnyDaz Kids.
I have had hundreds over the years.
There is room for you too!
See you at school
or back here at SunnyDaz4U.

♥Sunny

2 ee - ALPHABLOCKS

Tricky E!

Dear Reader,
Don't Let Him Trick You!

HERE THEY ARE...EEK!

Have FUN with the
"busiest letter" in the alphabet!
Listen to this at home or school.

How many Es are in beekeeper?
Wow! What a word.

Thanks for stopping by :)

Wherever U are, in our
Whole Wide World,
I'm Wishing...
Sunshine And

Sunny Daz 4 U

♥

*1 Homework for SunnyDaz Kids*

Parents monitor your child as they do this homework.

Listen & Learn Magic E's Tricky Ways.

Write a comment that says: I did it.

Parent & Child write your first names.

Leave a comment and you will be one of my
SunnyDaz Kids.
I have had hundreds over the years.
There is room for you too!
See you at school
or back here at SunnyDaz4U.

♥Sunny

Sunday, April 28, 2013

ARKIVE - WEB-WOW!

Wonderful For Earth Day Or Any Day!

Earth Day 2013 - ARKive's faces of climate change
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Earth Day 2013 - ARKive's faces of climate change

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Earth Day 2013 - ARKive's Faces of Climate Change

Today more than one billion people from around the world will take part in Earth Day, an annual event which celebrates our amazing planet and encourages people to take positive actions to protect it.

It is easy to think of climate change as a remote problem but the reality is that it is impacting people, places and species all over the world, and the numbers are increasing. The theme of Earth Day 2013 is 'The Face of Climate Change', which was chosen to highlight the increasing impacts of climate change on individuals around the world.This year to mark Earth Day we have selected our own 'Faces of Climate Change' in order to raise awareness about some of the many species affected by climate change.

ARKive's Faces of Climate Change

Polar bear

Climate change is the biggest threat facing the polar bear, the world's largest living land carnivore. The polar bear is dependent on sea ice for its survival, but climate change is causing drastic reductions in the extent of ice cover across the Arctic region. This reduces the polar bear's access to prey, forcing them to spend more time on land and rely on stored fat reserves. Less food also means bears will give birth to fewer, smaller young.

Coral reefs

Climate change is already having measurable impacts on coral reefs worldwide.Coral bleaching, a process where corals lose their symbiotic algae due to the stress of being exposed to extreme temperatures, is becoming more frequent as the sea temperatures rise.

Climate change is also responsible for ocean acidification, a term used to describe the decrease in pH of the world's seas as more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is absorbed into the ocean. This increase in acidity reduces the ability of corals to build their limestone skeletons. Discover more about coral reefs and the threats they face on our Coral Reef Conservation topic page.

North Atlantic right whale

Despite its large size, the North Atlantic right whale has a relatively narrow diet, comprising of tiny planktonic prey. As sea temperatures increase and ocean currents are altered due to climate change, the prey of the North Atlantic right whale is likely to move location or reduce in quantity. This could have devastating consequences for the species, with the change in food availability already affecting the reproductive rates of this highly endangered whale.

Sea turtles

The gender of sea turtle hatchlings is determined by the temperature at which the eggs are incubated in the nest, with cooler temperatures producing more males and warmer temperatures more females. Increasing temperatures, due to climate change, will result in a disproportionate number of females in a given population. Sea turtle's nesting beaches are also at risk with rising sea levels and increased storm activity threatening the beaches.

Golden toad

The extinction of the golden toad is thought to have been caused mainly by climate change and the disease chytridiomycosis. Amphibians are sensitive to even small changes in temperature and moisture, with changes in global weather patterns altering breeding behaviour and affecting reproductive success. Climate induced changes in habitat may also decrease amphibians' immunity to disease, as well as increasing their sensitivity to chemical contaminants. Find out about what is being done to protect the world's amphibians with our amphibian conservation topic page.

Learn more about climate change

Learn more about climate change and the species affected with our climate change topic page. You can also test your knowledge with ARKive's Climate Change Quiz.

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What's the World's Favourite Species?

It's our 10th birthday on 20th May, and to celebrate we're searching for the World's Favourite Species. But we need your help. A shortlist of the top 50 species has been drawn up based on your nominations, and now you have until 8th May to cast your vote. The kakapo is in the lead so far...

From looking at this fabulous shot, we can see why you love the quirky kakapo but is it your favourite? Vote now, and ask your friends to vote too, so that your favourite wins the title of World's Favourite Species!

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We are a charity

As a charitable non-profit organisation, we rely on the support of others to help us inspire people to discover, value and protect our natural world. Please help us keep ARKive growing and free to everyone by donating today. We are hugely grateful for any support. DONATE TODAY!

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Saturday, April 27, 2013

SING ABC's & COUNT TO 20

FUN GiggleBellies

Sing ABC's to the beat. Then sing them again.

Count to 20 with the beat.

Sing it one more time.

Dear Reader,
Try singing this song at home or school.

Thanks for stopping by :)

Wherever U are, in our
Whole Wide World,
I'm Wishing...

Sunny Daz 4 U

♥

*1 Homework for SunnyDaz Kids*

Parents monitor your child as they do this homework.

Listen to the song and sing along.

Write a comment that says: I did it.

Parent & Child write your first names.

Leave a comment and you will be one of my
SunnyDaz Kids.
I have had hundreds over the years.
There is room for you too!
See you at school
or back here at SunnyDaz4U.

♥Sunny

WINTER WATERCOLOR

Miss Carla's Kindergarten Class

I hope you enjoy your visit to
my Kindergarten Classroom.

Here is Snowmen At Night,
a wonderful story included in StoryTown
as a Library Book.
It is fun to tie Visual Arts into
StoryTown, our Language Arts Program.

SETTING
First we studied the pictures to get clues
about the setting.
Where did the story happen?
What time of day or night?
What season of the year?

We also learned that the author lived right here in Salt Lake City when they built a snowman that wandered during the night!
Many of my Kinder Kids have played at
Sugar House Park.
They thought the sledding hill looked very familiar.
It was so exciting to see familiar places in a book!
WOW!
The setting was something they knew!

To create the setting for our snowmen we painted watercolor washes.

We reread Snowmen At Night.
We looked for details in the pictures again.
What were the colors?
Were the colors cold?
Were the colors warm.
How did the sky look at night?
Is the snow white or a mix of colors?
So many things to notice.
An artist needs a watchful eye.
(Does a reader need a watchful eye?)

My Kinder Kids painted beautiful settings!

Miss Maren, our wonderful volunteer, used a three inch brush to lightly wash each paper with water.
Then the Kinder Kids set to work with watercolors.
They loved how the colors ran and mixed.
So did I.
THEN
We needed to let the paintings dry.
It was hard to wait....

CHARACTERS
We learned characters in the story are people or
animals that act like people.
Well the snowmen acted like people so...
they must be characters too!

We studied

Snowmen AT Night

to check out the characters.
There were lots and lots of snowmen
and snow-women and snow-children.
Doing lots of things.

My Kinder Kids were very excited

to draw their characters.

We used pencils and markers to draw our characters. It was fun to decide what they looked like

and what they were doing.

Details are very important.

(Could that be true in reading or writing?)

We cut out our characters
and glued them into the setting.
Our pictures were complete
but our stories were just beginning...
(Can writing be art too?)
;)

I decided to stop at three
because I could go on and on...
I have 25 Kinder Kids after all :)

I hope this inspires you to
roll up your sleeves and
get wet with a book too.
- - -

I am also very excited to say
that there are
3 pictures from my class
shown here on the District web page.

http://www.slcschools.org/departments/curriculum/fine-arts/VisualArtGallery-ElementaryStudentArt.php

The pictures are:
* Under-Water-Sea-Life (row 2 middle)
*Snowman-Cat-Snowballs (row 4 first)
*Snowman-Snowballs (row 4 middle)

Under-Water-Sea-Life was created
while studying another StoryTown book.
Can you guess which one?

Drop me a hello in the comment box.
I would love to hear from you.

Thanks for stopping by :)

Enjoy Making #Education FUN 4 #Kids!

Wherever U are, in our
Whole Wide World,
I'm Wishing...

Sunny Daz 4 U