Field Trip: School House of Wonder

We had a great day at the School House of Wonder!  There were two different programs we attended. The first was called River Watch. We learned about the environment around the river and also animals that live in the river. It ended with a trip into the cold water, by far our favorite part! Next it was time for a quick lunch break and some play in the field, then we were off to a program about insects. Our teacher, Wayne, showed us some cool insects and taught a silly song with motions. To end our day we had a celebration with a the whole 1st grade learning a new song and some cool animal noises. Enjoy the pictures!

Animal Research Project

This week, we started a very fun animal research project. Last week, we collected facts about different animals we might see while camping. Monday, the students were able to pick an animal they wanted to research and write about. Today we started the research using non-fiction books, www.pebblego.com, and facts in our brains. The rest of the week we will put our facts into writing and share with each other.

Camping Unit Update

This week we are learning about the many animals we may see if we  went camping.

Monday we learned about bears. We read a non-fiction book and collected new facts we had learned.
We also had a BLAST watching a live bear cam:
Streaming video by Ustream Tuesday we learned about raccoons. We learned they are cousins to the bear and are not shy about getting food any way they can! We also found a live cam of baby raccoons. Very cute!
Video streaming by Ustream Wednesday was deer day. We talked about the two kinds of deer that live in North America (the White Tailed and Mule) and how long they normally live. The name of the animal also gave us a chance to discuss homophones and how it is important to know meaning and spelling of different words. Thursday and Friday will be devoted to everyone's favorite stinky animal...

Rock On!

We are studying rocks and soil in our last science unit of the year. The class has been working on classifying rocks based on size and exploring different items that are made from rock material. Today, we went outside to find pebbles, gravel, sand, silt, and clay. We were able to find them all out on our playground.