Fe Fi Fo Learn!

We our dirt deep into our plants unit! Here are a few activities we have done. We read Jack and the Beanstalk, Tops and Bottoms and many informational texts about plants.

We practiced making combinations to 5 with our flower petals.

We sequenced the process of a plant from seed to flower.

We studied the different parts of a lima plant.

We planted our own "magical beans" just like Jack did.

The students worked as a team to make a giant walking story map. Each table worked on a different section of the map to retell Jack and the Beanstalk.

The students walked the story map as they retold the beginning, middle and end.

We wrote opinion pieces on whether Jack should or should not have taken the golden eggs from the giant. This student said "I think that Jack should not take the eggs because he could keep his own stuff and his mom just wanted money."

Another student took a different approach thinking of how he could help take care of his mom.

We played a "character hot seat" game after reading the story Tops and Bottoms. In this story, there are two main characters: a lazy bear and a tricky hare. Hailey pretended to be Hare and she had to defend herself against Bear for being a trickster. Lincoln pretended to be Bear and he had to explain to Hare why her actions were wrong!

Some of the quotes from their "argument" were: Hare saying, "You are just too lazy. I had to take the plants." Bear said, "If you would have just asked me, I would have given you some." Great acting ladies!

We tasted the WHOLE plant. We got to try the seeds, stem, flower, leaves and roots. We have some healthy eaters!

In math this week, we are studying length, weight and capacity. We soaked up some sun and hit up the sandbox to explore and estimate the capacity of different sized containers. We learned SO much during this lesson. We estimated and we learned how to measure using a measuring cup. We discussed the different lengths, depths and heights of the containers. We counted by 2's when we used our "2 cup" measuring cup and we did some basic addition to find the total number of scoops.

We had so much fun measuring the sand.

Oscar is carefully finding the "2 cup" mark.

Each group had a "recorder" who documented all of our results.