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Scooping soil into our sunflower pots!
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There is something about growing a plant that appeals to kids - of course burying seeds in the soil, scooping the soil, and using a little watering can are all part of the fun, but the day when a sprout appears is always the most exciting. In science, we are learning parts of a plant and what each part is useful for- anchoring the plant in the soil, drinking up water and nutrients, leaves making a sugary 'food', and flowers producing more seeds. We put together the parts of a plant in the order in which they grow using a magnetic model. Here it is completed:
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| Assembling the parts of a flower |
We will be examining seeds, comparing them to their adult plant, and comparing a variety of plants to observe how differently the parts can appear and yet still serve the same function.
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| Fill it with soil! |
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| Scoop out the soil! |
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| Push the seeds into the soil |
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| Careful filling the pot! |
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| I wonder what will grow? |
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| Fun! |
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| How many seeds did you put in? |
In social studies, we continue to work with the globe. This week we read Me On The Map and learned the relationship between world, continent, country, state, town, and street. We made a circular model of each which made it easy to see the size difference between each as well.
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| We are we in the world?! |
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| Our lift the flap globes |
We took a side trip to Antarctica to discover where most penguins live. Making a lift-the-flap globe allowed us to make a penguin habitat underneath. We will spend a little time in this part of the world to learn and read about penguins. What are the similarities between the arctic and antarctic in weather, animals, location?
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| Some good reads |
We are singing away learning sight words in school! Lots of tricky spellings in these high frequency words and songs seem to be a strong association for spelling them. We are analyzing words that are decodable as well - one vowel or two? Short or long sound?
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| Changing quit to quite |
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| Matching sight words |
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| Reading to friends |
With the bit of snow and ice we had, the kids have enjoyed some indoor recess time - lots of team playing with legos, animals, car tracks, blocks, and houses.
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| Lego time |
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| New restaurant opening! |
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| A block zoo for animals |
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| More lego fun |
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| Hot wheel tracks engineers |
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| It's all about horses! |
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| Setting up the house |
You must have noticed something different about your kids on Friday- they are now 100 days smarter! We celebrated 100 Day with related stories, singing 100 words, doing 100 exercises, and making 100 Day hats! They are experts at 1st grade and have learned so much!
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100 Day is here!
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Valentine's Day is next Friday. We will be decorating bags in school on Monday, so any cards that are ready can come into school any day next week to be dropped in the bags. We will open them all on Friday.
It's bright and sunny outside - have a wonderful weekend,
Mrs. Dagley
