Letter R: Rattlesnake & Reptiles
Weekly Newsletter: R- Rattlesnake / Reptiles
March 18-22, 2024
Rattlesnake – Here are samples of activities that your child may be participating in this week.
Monday – Letter R: Reptiles
How you can participate: Find something at home that starts with the letter “R” and bring it to share.
Book – Yucky Reptile Alphabet Book (Amazon)
Action – Parachute
Art – Paper Plate Snakes
Gross Motor – Snake in the Grass
Music – Shake Your Sillies Out
Tuesday– Hide & Snake
How you can participate: Play a game of hide and seek with your child.
Book – Crafty Chameleon (Amazon)
Action – Scarves
Art – Letter S
Science – Slithering Snakes
Music – Green Grass Grew
Wednesday– Adapt like a Chameleon
How you can participate: Play *I spy*! How many items can you find that are camouflaged like a chameleon?
Book – Baby Rattlesnake (Amazon)
Phonics – “R says, r,r,r,r, rattlesnake…You will find me at the lake”
Art – Tissue paper chameleon
Technology – Camouflage and Chameleon
Music – Big Fun
Thursday: Color: Green
How you can participate: Have your child wear something green to school.
Book – Good Luck Bear (Amazon)
Phonics – “Q says q,q,q,q,q,q, quail…I have long feathers on my tail”
Art – Q-tip painting
Counting: Match the Green
Music – Hand Jive
Friday – Shape: Rectangle
How you can participate: When reading a book with your child, point out all the rectangles on the pictures.
Book – Rectangles, seeing rectangles all around us
Action – Rectangle feely box
Art – Rectangle Sponge paints
Math – Giant Shape Match
Music – Get up and Go
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Rattlesnakes are large, venomous snakes that are found throughout North and South America. The greatest concentration of them is in the Southwestern United States and in Northern Mexico. Arizona is home to 13 species of rattler, more than any other state. The most distinctive feature that these species share is the rattle.
Rattle and hiss – read more
Residents of the Southwestern United States likely have heard the distinctive buzz of these pit vipers. Their namesake rattle is a highly effective warning sign, signaling predators to stay away. “Rattles are segments of keratin that fit loosely inside one another at the end of the snake’s tail,” explained Sara Viernum, a herpetologist based in Madison, Wisconsin. “These segments knock against each other to produce a buzzing sound when the snake holds its tail vertically and vibrates the rattle. Each time a rattlesnake sheds its skin it adds another segment to the rattle.”
Scientists consider the rattlesnake’s rattle a highly evolved and sophisticated warning system — which makes sense since, according to the San Diego Zoo, these are the newest and most evolved snakes in the world.
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