For our March aina lesson, we reviewed the parts of a plant such as the stem, fruit, root, and leaves. We planted green beans and watered our carrot/lettuce/green bean garden. We also harvested the lettuce we planted last month! It was so delicious! Nothing like fresh organic produce :)
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We were so lucky to have our own personal storytellers on Dr. Seuss' birthday....our big buddies! We put out our towels under a nice tree outside and enjoyed listening to Dr. Seuss stories.
In honor of Dr. Seuss' birthday, we had a school-wide reading session on the fire lane. It was SO amazing to see each grade dressed up in different costumes from Dr. Seuss' books and come together in unity to read! Our class decided to wear pajamas (after his book I am NOT going to get up today!) and have wacky hairstyles (after his book Wacky Wednesday). We also decided to bring our favorite stuffed animal and book to share! Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss! Thank you for making such fun and engaging books!
In science, we've been learning about states of matter. We learned how to make gas (air) using a liquid (vinegar) and a solid (baking soda) to blow up a balloon! When we did it the first time, the balloon blew up to the size of an orange. Next, we changed our formula and added more baking soda and hypothesized that the balloon would be bigger than the first try---and it did! Lastly, we added more baking soda and more vinegar and hypothesized that the balloon would be bigger than the first and second balloon---and we were right! The balloon got to the size of a small melon!
For the past two weeks, we have been learning about dental health and how to keep our teeth healthy clean. For our science experiment today, we watched the effects that sugar has on plaque (yeast). We saw the cup that had sugar in it grow with lots of plaque. We wrote down our observations and came up with ways on how to keep our teeth from getting plaque. Here is what we said:
This week we will be celebrating Dr. Seuss' birthday by participating in Read Across America on Wednesday. We did a directed drawing of The Cat in the Hat. Look how great it turned out!
PS: Please make sure to wear pajamas to school on Wednesday. Bring your favorite stuffed animal or pillow to school too! Literacy:
Letter of the Week: Qq, Jj Sight Word of the Week: here, me Word family: un family (nun, fun, run, sun, bun). Math: Concept/Skill:
Vocabulary:
Science: Dental Health How can we keep our teeth healthy? Today we were able to sing with Uncle Jack! He taught us how sounds from the guitar can represent different feelings like happy and sad. We were even able to compose our first song about waking up in the morning and going to school! Thanks Uncle Jack!
In art with Mrs. Johnson, we learned about primary colors! We also learned how to blend two primary colors, like red and blue, to make a secondary color (purple). Our art really makes our classroom very colorful!
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