I absolutely LOVE teaching my students about bats. The students just get so excited and can’t wait to learn more. This year after learning about bats all week, I decided to transform my classroom into a Bat Cave on Friday. They were so unbelievably excited. I wish I would have videotaped their reactions when they came into the room. When the students walked down the hall, my door was open with black plastic hanging over it and the lights were off. I had pulled down the blinds and covered the desks and tables with black tablecloths. There was a sign on the door that said "Keep Out" and "Bat Cave". I had purple lights hanging on the walls and plastic bats all over the room.
I also had bat noises playing and kept this playing ALL day. It added so much to the feel of the “cave. The students got out their flashlights and came into the room. I had a glow stick bracelet, bat headband, and bat ring on everyone’s desk along with a bat dot-to-dot activity. The students loved using their flashlights to work. The purple lights and flashlights added such a wonderful glow to the room.
We spent a lot of time this week reading several nonfiction and fiction books about bats and completing writing activites to go with each.
We also paired up with Mrs. Leonard's class and pretened to be bats. We used our sense of smell to find other bat friends in our colony.
The students must have told me a hundred times today that this was the best day ever.....and I have to agree!
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