1st Grade Life in Room F: "Hey I found a connection! The sunshine and these oranges are both warm and juicy...JUST LIKE OUR EARTH!"

I think I'm still trying to figure out exactly what that quote means, but this kiddo was so excited that she made a connection to all of the facts we learned about earth, I had to chuckle. Today we had oranges for snack, but we are still getting new fruits and vegetables. We had sweet potatoes last week and I was so proud that every kiddo tried at least one! (Not many ate more than that, but it's the trying that counts!)

We have been learning about our earth in order to properly celebrate Earth Day. After reading books we learned many facts:

From space Earth looks green and blue.

Earth is mostly water but has land too!

Trees give us shade and air to breathe.

Earth is a planet in outer space.

Earth has many things that we need to live.

After learning about earth, we read the book The Lorax and then brainstormed ideas about how we could help our earth. After writing our own lists of what we are going to do, we used paint to create our earth. Then, I took a picture of the "Room F Loraxes". Check out our hard work, and enjoy us with our mustaches!

Look at how diligently all of these kids are working!

Wesley actually looks like the Lorax!

We have also been studying There Was An Old Lady Who... books. We have had a blast reading them, and singing them (did you know there was a tune?!) and comparing them. We have noticed that all of the books have an old lady, rhyme, and use animals. But not all of the books have the same animals, all have different illustrations and rhyming words. Once we read all of the books, the students had a chance to make their own rhyme. We had a blast imagining what it would be like if an old lady really swallowed all of the things we thought of!

How can you not laugh when you see these?!

We have two more surprises that we are celebrating! First, many of our mealworms have changed into pupas and some have even turned into Darkling Beetles! They are squirmy, and red, and creepy (as the students say) and we are completely enthralled. Second, look who surprised us yesterday after lunch...