Gorillas

Date: 20th May 2016
Day: Friday
Time: 4:00-5:30 pm
Class: Durian
Theme: Colourful Animals
Teacher: Ms Yeong

Gorillas

We have considered done for lion. We are moving on to another animal that is also found in Africa - gorilla.
Before we started to read any facts or information about gorilla, I get the children to tell me things that they might know about gorilla.

Wei Xiang: Gorilla is scary. Gorilla catch white ants.
Umeko: Gorilla is strong and bulky.
Jie Min: Gorilla can climb trees.
Alice: Gorilla is dark in colour. Blue.
Yun Han: It is grey.
Wei Xiang: Gorilla is very big. Like monkey.
Umeko: Gorilla can crunch big bones.
Wei Xiang: Gorilla eats meat.

Some of the children don't really agree with some of the feedback given here. Anyhow, I picked a book on gorilla and read to the class. From the book, it mentioned that gorilla is big and strong. It has dark black or dark brown fur. It likes to eat juicy leaves and plants. Besides that, they usually make nest on the floor for resting and sleeping. Most of the animals won't attack such a giant beast in the jungle. However, leopard likes to hunt their small little baby. The father gorilla is called the Silverback as it has a silver patch on the body.

We shall read more about gorilla next week.