Wonderland in 1st Grade

Saturday, October 19, 2013

Shared Research, Earthworms, and "Wild" Learning in Room 204!

Shared Research in Room 204! on PhotoPeach
Earthworms Part 2! on PhotoPeach
The End! on PhotoPeach
Do you know the difference between a narrative and shared research?
Ask your child if they could tell you the difference.
This week the students did shared research on our Author Patricia Polacco.
Wow! We learned so much about her. We learned that a meteor landed in her backyard. She is 69 years old…thank goodness she’s older than Mrs. Lankford. Her family, friends, and her pets inspire her to write. The students finished the week creating a poster from all their shared research.
The students also shared their published Narrative writing. Some of the topics were, A Disney Cruise, Lost at Adventure Landing and When my dad jumped on the bed.
Incredible! We have an awesome group of writers.
During Science we explored earthworms. It was hilarious! Earthworms can do all kinds of surprising things. Did you know that they breathe through their skin? They dig burrows by eating soil. If they lose part of their tail they can grow a new one. Earthworms can survive in a habitat of soil. They chose the wet paper towel.
We had another special visitor. Mrs. Shannon’s 5th grade class stopped by with their baby chick to discuss the life cycle of a chicken. We ended our day on Friday discussing the Life Cycle of a Plant. So much learning going on in Room 204!

Enjoy the slideshow!

3 comments:

Sofi said...

GROSS! Those earthworms were disgusting i nearly got sick! But........ It was kind of fun to see One of my classmates put a worm on his arm!

Anonymous said...

I think it was great for the kids to touch live worms. I wish I was there to touch the chick and worms. Mommy does too. Can we bring the chick to our class again so I can see it?
From James T.

Anonymous said...

Science is so fun! Says Nick :)