This week we discussed what makes Earth a good planet for humans. We made the following list of what we need to live-
air to breathe water to drink food to eat shelter for protection Earth has all of those things, which makes it a great place for us! We will be learning how we can protect our planet and keep it safe for us. We learned that our planet is mostly water, so one of our activities illustrated that. We tore green (land) and blue (water) construction paper and glued them together to represent the Earth. We read the book “The Curious Garden” and realized that other living things (plants, animals, trees) have needs, too. We began an experiment using identical plants (a type of ivy called “Pixie Dixie”). We labeled one A and one B- for plant A, we are going to supply all of its required needs (water, nutrient-rich soil, sunlight, fresh air); plant B will not receive any of those things. We made predictions about what will happen to both plants, and we will observe them over the next week or so. We read “The Lorax” by Dr. Seuss, a prophetic tale about how greed can destroy the environment. We identified that the Onceler took away food, clean water, fresh air, and shelter from the animals who once lived there. Since the Lorax asked for help keeping the world safe, we are planning to do our part! In Handwriting we have been focusing on the capital letter R (big line, little curve, little line), so today we made rabbits! We used scissors to cut out the rabbit shape then glued decorations to it. It was hard work guiding the scissors with our little fingers. We had such a wonderful time at our Easter egg hunt at the Helena House! Our grand friends were so happy to see us and watch us run around their courtyard. We each found eggs and got a treat bag from the Easter Bunny, and they can go home with us today. Hola! In Spanish this week we learned a new song for Springtime, "Pedro el Conejito" (Peter the little rabbit). We also learned some insect names in Spanish to go along with the song: una mosca (a fly), una abeja (a bee), and una mariposa (a butterfly). See a link to the song here! http://www.spanishplayground.net/spanish-song-actions-pedro-el-conejito/ Our photos are here.
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