Plants – We Eat Every Part

We just started a new chapter in science! We are learning about plants. In between learning about things like photosynthesis and pollination, we are also learning about the different parts of plants. What better way to learn about them than to eat them!

Monday we ate some seeds. Would you like to know what kind? They were yellow, but after we applied some heat, they became white and fluffy! That’s right, we had some delicious popcorn. We were able to very clearly see the seed coats after we finished, because they fell to the bottom of the bowl.

Tuesday we had stems and leaves to drink. Sugar cane stems and tea leaves, that is. The students were super excited to be trying yet another part of plants.

Tomorrow we will be having roots for an afternoon snack. What do you suppose they will be? Ask your student if you’d like to find out!

School Spirit Week: Twin Tuesday

Check out these great pictures from today's twin day!

 

 

 

 

"DS" Day

The students saved up enough behavior stickers to earn a day when they were allowed to bring electronic games to school. They thoroughly enjoyed playing them when they were done with their work today!

100th Day

Thursday was the 100th day of school! I enjoy making this into a super special day full of fun (and learning) for my students. Here’s a peek into our day.

The students were greeted with this sign,

 

and a streamer curtain at the door. They walked into the classroom saying “Whoa!” and “Wow, what is this?”

(Pardon the blurry picture.)

Their faces were full of smiles, and that made this teacher’s heart very happy!

For one student, the day was even more special because he had earned enough stickers to trade in and use the teacher’s chair for the day!

 

In Bible class, we did sword drills, looking up verses that contained the word “hundred.” The student who found the most Scriptures got a prize.

Since it was a special day, we moved desks into groups after we were done with spelling pretests and Language.

Each student colored 1/4 of a poster with 100 puzzle pieces on it.

 

There were some very creative posters when the pieces were put together.

 

 

Although the students might have told you that we didn’t have math, they spent 1/2 hour estimating, adding, subtracting, using money, and learning about ordering from catalogs.  

Each student was given a school supply catalog, and told that they had $100 to spend. They had to buy at least three things, and their goal was to get as close to $100 as they could without going over.

One of my mathematicians was only $0.05 away and received a prize for his hard work! Several others were less than a quarter away.

Throughout the day, we did quite a few other fun activities. We did 100 exercises (20 jumping jacks, 10 jumping high fives, 10 stretches, etc.). The students guessed which of three bags of jelly beans had 100, and how many jelly beans were in the other two bags. Two students were only 1 jelly bean off in their guesses, so they each got a prize.

 

We ended the day with several 100 yard dashes.

One of the students commented that they were glad we had a whole day where they didn’t have to learn anything!

 

But it thrills my heart to know that not only did they learn quite a few things, but they also will have memories to last them for a long, long time!