YOUR CHILDREN ARE AMAZING!

I know that it has been awhile since our last post...  I sometimes find it hard to keep up with everything happening inside and outside of the classroom!  So much learning taking place and so little time to share it all!

I am sitting here on a Monday, going thru student work and writing comments of what I would like to say about each child for their June Report Card- and I am overwhelmed with how amazing your children are and how much growth there has been this year!  Your children are truly incredible and I am so blessed to be with them each day!

As you know, the children have been quite busy investigating living things inside our classroom- plants, chicks, caterpillars/butterflies, hermit crabs.  The children are writing down their wonderings, recording their observations and researching about living things.  They have discovered that living things need clean air (with the help of our discussion on THE LORAX), water, food, a home and space to thrive.  Students are learning these concepts as they research, observe and help to take care of our living things.  Many students also had an AHA! moment, when their plants started dying from lack of water and a lack of space-too many seeds in a small area...  gotta love inquiry!

Here are a few snapshots of our Living Things Inquiry:

Investigating worms  "Don't squish the head!  How do you know its the head?"

Making a safe place for our Hermit Crabs so we can observe them.

Researching how the chick forms and using our new microscope to see inside our eggs!

Designing a pathway to the Hermit Crab home...

Examining seeds and bulbs.

"Look it has roots now!"

Investigating our plants and how they are growing.

"My plants are dying.  They need more space, Mrs. P!" Some students realize that they planted too many seeds in the cup and start replanting them to give more space.

Watching the chicks hatch!

A Plant Experiment!

Plant Valley is created!