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| Students sorted different items and decided whether they were needed by plants, animals, both or neither. We learned that both plants and animals need nutrients, sun, water and air. Animals need food and shelter. Neither animals nor plants need Barbies or TVs! |
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| Students acted out being hummingbirds. The straws represented the hummingbird's long beak. Hummingbirds can flap their wings more than ten times in one second! |
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| Some animals have special adaptations to help them survive in their habitats. The string shows how long the wingspan is of different kinds of birds. |
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| The condor's wingspan is as long as three grade one children standing fingertip to fingertip! One of our last units in Social Studies is about where our food comes from. We learned that all of our food comes from either plants or animals, except for salt. (Ask your child where salt comes from!) We read a book called Let's Eat! What Children Eat Around the World to find out what boys and girls in different countries eat. Then came the best part: tasting!  We tasted pomegranate (from California), mango (Mexico), Gold Pear (New Zealand), Pineapple (Costa Rica), Naan bread (eaten in India, but from Canada), refried beans, and weetabix! You can see the coconut in the picture - we will taste that on Tuesday after I figure out how to crack it open! I also bought a papaya, but it was on the verge of being over-ripe/rotten so we didn't taste it. Have a great weekend and Happy Father's Day to all the dads! Remember to keep your child's Home Journal at home on Monday. See the yellow checklist in the Journal for a reminder of all the things to send along for the Track Meet. Hope to see you there! |
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