Discovering First Grade: March 2012

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Social Studies

In Social Studies we have began working on animal habitats.

The students love working on projects so they have began to work on posters on either a farm, pond, ocean, rainforest, or desert habitat.

We had a busy day celebrating St. Patrick's Day. We had a birthday and many treats. She brought fun themed St. Patrick's Day snacks and a neat drink. To make a green drink color ice cubes yellow and blue, drop one or two of each in 7-UP and watch the colors mix to make green! It was a great idea!

Our leprechaun boys and girls. I think they are so cute!

Pick a Better Snack

Once a month, we have Pick a Better Snack when the students

get to taste new foods that they might not have tried before, but are also healthy, easy, and fun for them to make. Here is our Pick a Better Snack and activity for March.

Writing

We finally have had some nice weather so we were able to take

class outside. The students used things they saw around

them to write a story while practicing using descriptive words.

Science

Solids, Liquids, and Gases

More hands on activities!

We made predictions and observed what happened when we

dropped raisins in Sprite. The students found out that the

gas in the Sprite make the raisins dance up and down!

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Science

Solid, Liquid, and Gas

In Science, we are learning about solids, liquids, and gases. We are having hands on experiences with many different objects that make up these three types of matter. The students and I are excited to try some upcoming experiments also!