Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Chicks, Chicks and more Chicks

Our Chicks hatched April 23!!! We watched the eggs in the incubator for 21 days and then......they began to hatch!

We were so excited the day we got to see them!

They grew and became fluffy and cute.


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We learned all about the life cycle of a chicken!

 

Ole'

We planted a Salsa Garden! After weeding the garden, preparing the soil and planting, first graders are so proud! We can't wait to watch it grow.

 

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Going to the Zoo!!!!

We are so excited we are headed to the zoo to observe our Texas Animals that we researched through our PBL! (Project Based Learning).

We also donated money to adopt a Texas zoo animal! We adopted the Texas Alligator. We can 't wait to observe it in a natural made habitat at the zoo!

It is so great to be able to learn all about the animals and then actually go to observe them as they live. We will fill you in on our day soon!!

 

Motion and Movement

We are learning about motion and movement..... We observed what it takes for things to move! Up/down, sideways, across, straight, forward, fast, slow, and lots of energy no matter what the movement. We found out that lots of things take more energy than others. We decided it was much easier to push something! We even talked about friction and how it can change motion!

Motion and Movement

Pushing

Up and Down

Pulling

Pulling and Pushing


 

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Read Across America

Today is Read Across America in honor of the author Dr. Seuss! We had the privilege to skype with a children's author Supdita Barhan-Quallen from New Jersey! It was so exciting to listen to her read a book she has written. She even read us a book that is brand new! It is called Snoring Beauty. What a great day!

 

These are some of the books we read that she has written. Thank You Ms. Bardhan-Quallen for spending time with us.

 

 

 

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

PBL Animal Research

We are so engaged when we are studying Texas animals! We get to choose our animal and do the research with a group! We all worked together and collaborated to find all we could about our animal.

 

 

 

Mystery Number

We are "Mystery Number" Skyping with our good friends at GES! We give them clues to guess the number and they give us clues to guess their number. It makes numbers so exciting! We love it!!