It's Fall, ya'll!

To celebrate the first day of fall, we read Lois Ehlert's book Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf. It follows the life cycle of a maple tree.

Then we did a science experiment to try to figure out what color some of our playground trees will turn later in fall. We gathered leaves from 2 different trees on our playground, tore and grinded them up and poured rubbing alcohol on them. Next, we made strips of coffee filters and let them hand down into the cups where it just touched the alcohol and leaves. By the afternoon, we could see what color those trees' leaves will turn when it get cooler and the leaves start to turn. Our results: One tree was a pecan (we think it will turn a yellow color) and we aren't sure what the other tree was but we think it will turn brown. We are going to watch the trees and see if we are right.

Silly Girls

Love these faces!!

New Group Photo

Open House, 2010

Thank you parents for taking the time to watch us work some of our favorite lessons!

The Button Box

Recently, our class read a book called The Button Box by Margarette Reid. It is a wonderful story about a child who loves to play with his grandmother's button collection. He sorts them using several different ways. We used our school's button collection and sorted buttons. Some chose to sort by colors, some by the # of button holes and if they were shank buttons. (I did have other pictures but "someone" played in my purse at the ASU game Saturday and accidentally deleted some pictures!) Sorry:)

Global Safari Animals at International Studies

A baby porcupine
An Artic Fox

Can't remember this one:) But soooo cute!

Cameron feeding the tortoise a banana

Sophia helping hold a python

A lizard that looks like a snake!

Today, we were invited to watch a presentation on safari animals at International Studies. We loved the animals and learned so many things. Sophia and Cameron were picked to be helpers. Sophia got to get an up close view of a python and help "hold" him. Cameron got to help feed a tortoise. Very exciting afternoon! Thank you to the parent who helped us drive over-we were thankful to not walk in the rain today!

Spanish

We are so excited to have Mrs. Pagan teaching us Spanish again this year. We are starting with a review of counting and will be working on colors, families, and animals this year. We look forward to Spanish every Tuesday at 9.