Did you know we have our very own classroom letterbox? We do. But something arrived today that was too big to fit in the mailbox. After lunch Mrs Jones from the office came to our class with a special delivery. It came in a brown crate and had breathing holes. Can you guess what it was?
We were really excited and examined the box for clues. We had some different ideas about what would be in the crate. We found the word 'Zoo' on the side and Amelia thought all the animals in the zoo might be in the box - but it wasn't big enough. Keanu thought statues of animals might be in the box - "little ones", he said. Teddy thought there might be a toy lion in the box.
Tausala spotted a tiger picture on the side. "What do you think is inside?" asked Miss McKenna. "A tiger?" Tausala questioned. "A real baby tiger", Victoria wondered. "A little tiger", Elina said. Isabelle thought there might be a note inside too...
...and she was right - when John Paul opened the box we saw there was a note inside! It read:
So, we had been sent a pet to name and look after! Was it a tiger? Was it a lion? As John Paul dug deeper into the box we were all creeping ever so slightly forwards in anticipation - what is in the box we all wondered. We didn't have to wait long to find out as John Paul reached further into the box and pulled out...
...a Sumatran tiger; wow! We were all enamoured with this new creature. Now we need to name it and look after it. Everybody wanted to take our new pet home with them tonight but only one (or two - if you're twins!) children can take it home each night. When it does come home we need to:
- take him/her (we don't know yet if it's a boy or a girl!) on our normal after-school activities with us
- read a story to our pet and tuck him/her in at night
- write about our time with our class pet in his/her journal and draw a picture to go with it (or take a photo and print and stick it in)
We get to have the pet stay with us for up to two nights and then we need to bring him/her back to school to share with the class what we did by showing our pictures, reading our story and talking with the class. This will be a good way to help with our reading, writing and oral language all together. We can't wait to bring our new class pet home to share!
Tonight lucky Victoria who was working hard all day (and her sister Vania) get to bring the tiger home! And...everybody needs to think of some names for our tiger. So far we have thought of 'Roseflower' (Britney's suggestion), 'Lion Rescue' (Teddy's suggestion), 'Tiger' (John Paul and Tausala's suggestion), 'Lion Rolly' (Melody's suggestion) and 'Super hero tiger' (Kayty's suggestion). Have you got another idea? If you do, please comment below and Miss McKenna will share your suggestions with us!
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