Weeks of February 25 - March 1 and March 4 - 8

These past two weeks were slightly off schedule as we celebrated Andalucia Day on February 28 and International Women's Day on March 8. We've also had some teacher's out with various things going on so these past two weeks were definitely a lesson in going with the flow which is very important! All that said, they were very good weeks and the students had a lot of fun with the activities that were related to these two very important holidays.

SCIENCE
In first grade we have continued watching our plants grow (or not). We are having a lot of success in one class, and practically none in the other. To me, it looks like a bird may have gotten to the seeds in our second class but we will continue to watch what happens. The students are very invested in making sure their plants are getting everything they need and remind me when they need water or when we need to look at them. We have also moved onto animals and are learning how they move, where they live and what they eat! This requires a lot of interaction and motion...jumping, chomping, slithering, etc. And the kids love it as much as I do. Sometimes its hard to get a classroom of frogs back in their seats but that comes with the subject matter.

ART
These weeks we spent some time learning about instruments because it corresponded with the Andalucia Day song and other festivities. We also completed our yogurt ducks!

During our class about instruments Teacher Carmen led a game where the students sat in a circle around pictures of the wind instruments they are learning about. They were given a chance to choose the instruments we named, in Spanish and English. They enjoyed it and I also got a refresher on some instrument names...my my my high school was a long time ago! Ha!

For their yogurt ducks, we glued them to the yogurt cups and added an anchored string to the bottom. When pulled with a wet hand it creates a "quack" sound! The students were amazed and I'd bet the teachers needed some ibuprofen at the end of that day. A class full of cute little ducks!