Some Videos Taken With An iPad of Our Adventure In The Corn Maze!

Looking For Clues!

The Land of Pumpkins!

This morning we enjoyed a wonderful trip to the pumpkin patch.  We learned all about the different types of pumpkins, how big a pumpkin can get, how a pumpkin grows and what pumpkins are used for.  Later we traveled through the corn maze.  It was lots of fun traveling through the maze and noticing the tall columns of corn.

Visiting The Apple Orchard!

We had a wonderful afternoon at Adam's Orchard. We were able to learn about the different types of apples, take a ride on a wagon pulled by a tractor, pick apples and we even learned about how apple cider was made! Thanks so much to everyone who helped us out!

Scientific Drawings Inspired By Gail Gibbons!

This week we have been reading stories about how apples grow and examining apples. The children are learning about the life cycle of an apple tree as well as how it provides food for us, animals and even home to some creatures.

When we create scientific drawings they are drawn with a pencil first and then we shade in the colors. We discovered that labels are also very helpful as it tells information about what we have drawn. We learned about this in a book called,"Apples" by, Gail Gibbons.

Another tool we use when we create scientific drawings is a magnifying glass. This helps us observe and examine carefully whatever we are drawing.

After we created our drawings we were able to use our document camera and our SMARTboard to explain what we drew! This was a nice way to share our ideas. The drawings are wonderful!

Fun Hands On Activites About Frogs and Polliwogs!

Frogs and Polliwogs!

On Thursday we had our last 4 Winds presentation for the year. The focus was on frogs and polliwogs!
We learned that:
frogs are born in the water frogs live on land frogs camouflage themselves to hide from predators frogs jump frogs are great swimmers
An interesting facts about frogs!
The bigger the frog, the deeper their voice is!
Some frogs can lay up to 20,000 eggs!

Taking Care Mural!

This morning we began creating and designing a mural of how we take care of ourselves, our community, our school and our world. The children are working collaboratively together to create a colorful mural that represents what we do to take care of our planet. The photographs were taken by the children.