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Planting Our Seeds

We had a wonderful time planting seeds this week! We got to choose between vegetable or flower seeds. After writing out the steps to follow, we got to work planting. Then, we made labels for our pots so that we'd remember what we'd planted. We are also excited to see which plants sprout first.

Our Green World: Dissecting a Seed

This week, we started a unit study about plants called "Our Green World". On Monday, we started our K-W-L chart to tell what we Know about plants. We sure do know a lot already! We know that they need sun and water to grow. We know that they grow from seeds. We know that plants can make flowers, but not all plants do. We know that they grow from seeds. We also know that some plants can be eaten! Today, we dissected a lima bean seed. We soaked the seeds overnight in a cup of water to soften them. Then, we read a story about a boy who wears an interesting coat. He says he's hiding something under the coat and gives the clue that he keeps the same thing under his coat that a seed keeps under its coat. To solve the riddle, the class had to figure out what a seed keeps under its coat. We removed the seed coat and split the seed in half to find the embryo, or baby plant, inside the seed. It was interesting to discover which part would be the root and which part would be the seed. Then we learned that the cotyledons were actually food for the plant to grow until it could make it's own food from the sun. We went back to the story and realized that our guesses were right...the boy had food under his coat, just like a seed does! Here are a few photos of our budding scientists at work.

Happy 100 Days!

Can't you believe we've been in school this long already? We had a great time celebrating this special day!

Spelling Fun!

The whole class is excited to be taking spelling tests each week. We really enjoy practicing our words in class.

We enjoy singing songs to help us practice our words, using Bendaroos to spell our words, and writing them on white boards. This week, we'll make rainbow words, use play-doh to form our words, and practice writing words using our fingers in shaving cream or sand.

Festival of Trees

Here are a few pictures from our field trip to Downtown Greenville to see some of the trees from the festival.

Multiage on World Tour!

Multiage students are VERY excited about the Holiday season! For the next few weeks, we will be taking a world tour to learn how the holidays are celebrated in different countries around the world. Yesterday, we decorated our suitcases...

Today, we jumped in an airplane and headed to...MEXICO!

WHen we were on the "plane", we listened to Christmas music. As soon as we crossed the border from the U.S. to Mexico, our music changed from "We Wish you a Merry Christmas" to "Feliz Navidad!". We learned about how families in Mexico celebrate the Christmas season. Did you know that they start their celebrations on December 16th and the season lasts until February 2nd? We also learned the legend of the Poinsettia. Then, the children made their own poinsettia using construction paper. Check them out in the Christmas center in our classroom!

We have many more countries that we are planning to visit! So, more to come!