It was Ocean Glow Day recently! We invited families to come explore our underwater habitat for the first part of the morning. Take a peek at what the classroom transformation looked like!
Each family was greeted with some special items on their tables, including a glow in the dark coral reef with a few critters attached, and a rock fish that student created after listening to the story, Only One You.
Students shared their ocean animal research reports. This project was a fun collaboration with our art specialist, Mrs, Guay. After each student chose an animal to research, she helped them draw and paint their animals. I then used the app ChatterPix to make their animals talk! Look at how great these turned out!
Killer Whale
Coral
Cuttlefish
Tang Fish
I used glow in the dark puffy paint to outline the animal paintings so that they would glow a little more. There are so many great colors!
After the presentations, the families left the ocean, and we began our glow learning centers. Here is how I had them organized:
Station 1: Color by Code: Students read CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words and colored according to the code using glow in the dark crayons.
Station 2: Sea Creature Measurement: Students measured sea creatures with glow in the dark rulers and recorded their answers using different colored highlighters. The students couldn’t believe that highlighters glow in the dark!
Station 3: Write the Room: This is always a hit! Students took their clipboards, an orange highlighter, and a recording sheet, and walked around the classroom looking for pink sea creatures with images they had to spell. These orange highlighters worked perfectly!
Station 4: Geoboards: Another exciting station….here students used glow in the dark rubber bands and geoboards to make ocean creations!
Station 5: 3D Shapes: Students put their 3D knowledge to the test, as they named and identified the number of faces and vertices of 3D shapes. Then they got to build those 3D shapes using glow in the dark play dough!
Once we completed all five stations, students enjoyed creating ocean-themed glow in the dark perler beads!
I painted all the backdrops using neon paint and black plastic table cloths. Next year I plan to add a fun jelly backdrop as well as use Better than Paper bulletin board backing to recreate some of the backdrops that are tearing. I also hope to purchase another black light or two to make the classroom glow even more!
Ocean Glow Day is always such a fun, learning-filled day!
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