23 April 2008

Joe's Tiger Report

Joseph has been working for the past several weeks on his Zoo Animal Report.
He typed Tiger in the Google box.
He read, (with my help) all that Wikipedia had to offer.
He picked the poster paper.
He chose the pictures he wanted to print.
He used scissors, and for the first time my paper cutter to trim the prints.
He followed the faint lines I drew across the top so that he knew how much space to take writing the title.
He glued his pictures in place taking great care not to cover his writing.
When he seemed overwhelmed by the volume of words he had to write I offered to write his discussion topics for him, but he did all the rest.

We learned that Tigers are the largest of the big cats, and that they are only 2 pounds at birth! We looked for a can that weighed 2 pounds to illustrate that point and he covered it with orange paper with black stripes and shared it with his classmates.

We also have 2 tiger costumes that fit both Joe and Sophia perfectly, but at the last minute Joseph thought that would be embarrassing. Soph wore hers though, and was just darling.

3 comments:

***LIZ*** said...

It looks like he did a great job. What a wonderful idea to bring in the 2 pound can decorated tiger style. I love the tiger costume!

Anonymous said...

So proud of Joe! Sorry about Sophia having a bad day. She needs her rest! Love, Abuella

Liz and Dave said...

Good job Joe! That is very exciting that he wanted to do most of it.