Praying Mantis visitor

Today we had a visitor in our classroom!  One of our student's found a praying mantis on his driveway, so it became a family pet!  Since the Royals now have a team mascot, praying mantis, for good luck, this one was named after two baseball teams.  It is called, "Tornado-Slider"!  It is the largest mantis I have ever seen!  We learned about what it eats, it's habitat, and that it is an insect.

Today we were learning about the five senses, so we thought about what senses we would use to identify it.  We said:  seeing, touching, hearing, and smelling.  We all agreed that we would not taste it!  Enjoy the pictures!