Thursday, March 27, 2014

Measuring Daffodils

What fun to see the girls back in their spring uniforms! We are quickly learning that "spring comes in like a lion and out like a lamb", so the green leggings and sweatshirts are still a very important necessity!

Before Spring Break each student chose a daffodil outside of our classroom to observe over the next few weeks. We have enjoyed watching the stems grow and we are beginning to see small buds at the top. We can't wait to see what color the daffodils are when they bloom! The daffodils have led us into a unit on measurement. The girls are learning how to compare lengths of different objects and to use a ruler to measure their daffodils.




Observing and photographing our daffodils




How tall is your daffodil?


Find something that is longer than your popsicle stick.







Comparing crayon lengths.
This week was also all about the letter 'e'. We have pretended to be elephants eating eggs, read the book, Eloise, and learned about Elmer the elephant who learned it is better to be different! We have now learned about all of the vowels and are growing into wonderful readers!




Finally, a few pictures from before our break. We pretended to be tight rope walkers as we walked and read the word family wire. Our bug hats (from the -ug family) made it quite a challenge to walk across the wire without falling!










Silly girls in silly hats!