Friday, March 25, 2016

Egg Fun!

Egg Festivities



Step-by-step... the process begins!
1. Decorate with white crayons.
2. Add the water.
3. Add the vinegar
4. Drop in the eggs
5. Let it dry








We wrote how to dye egg books.





 We wrote math addition and subtraction
 egg story problems with our math partners.



Egg Investigations...











Thursday, March 24, 2016

March provocations

What do you do on a beautiful day? We write weather reports outside
 and enjoy some reading time under the trees!

We got a new tree stump in our room.
Our curiosity sparked interest as we researched about the rings of a tree.

There is also a new Bromeliad plant that we
 are making observational drawings of our learning.

March 10th... A Rainy Day
We shared the story.  We also noticed there were lots of words 
with the -ai sound that we have been learning.

 We were artists!  We painted a rain and rainbow 
scene while listening to relaxing music.


After letting the pictures dry, we each wrote 
at least three sentences about our pictures.



Spring  sensory exploration ...


Can you string a rainbow?



Can you sketch a nest,  manipulate birdseed Play-Doh, 
and observe the nest brought in from a student?


 March 23...
We have been following this link of bald eagles.  
Their nicknames are, Mr. President and First Lady because
 they have their nest and babies in a tulip tree by the White House in Washington, D. C.
http://www.eagles.org/dceaglecam/

 

 We came to school this morning and noticed that our tree now has buds on it!




We made some observational drawings and "I see, I think, I wonder papers."


Making our observations of nature on our new tree logs.







Outdoor Learning Environment

HSE Foundation Grant

We are so excited for the opportunity that
 our current and future FCE students will have 
with inquiry in the natural environment!

These materials are coming this Spring.





JT Tree Company













Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Donor's Choose

A big "Thank you" to all of our donors from Donor's Choose!

As teachers, our goal is to help students fall in love with learning. Diane Ackerman summed it up best, "Play is our brain's favorite way of learning."

We love to play dress up! 





Scientist in action!



Check out our new kitchen accessories...

Check out these big smiles!

 "I think...I see... I wonder..."