Earth Day Birthday - 50 Years!

Celebrate Our Earth!

 

  
  

  

 

  

  

✏️ Letters to the Lorax

Letters to Mother Earth

Acrostic Poems

Solving Word Problems

 

Habitat & Spark Studio Adventure!

Habitat Showcase: Friday, 4/20/20! 

Arctic Hare in Winter & Summer 


Rain Forest Monkeys 

Beaver in the Pond

SCIENCE: Reading, Writing & Research 

Weeks 1 & 2

First grade girls learned about habitats from our nonfiction reader, Plants in Their Habitat. After listening to each chapter on the pond, rain forest, desert, and Arctic, girls sketched what the habitat looked like and listed a few animals that live there. 

Girls applied writing workshop skills from information writing to complete a research report about one habitat and an animal: Chapter 1 - Habitat and Animals, Chapter 2 - Food, and Chapter 3 - Interesting Facts. 

Week 2

With the completion of reports, girls were off and running with supplies to construct their habitats. 

Ready to Construct!

Who Lives in the Desert?

Coyote & Rattlesnake 

A Pond Habitat

Trees & Vines in the Rain Forest

A River for the Jaguar 

Fruit for the Spider Monkey

A Tall Tree for the Woodpecker

Who Lives in the Arctic? 

Harp Seals & Arctic Hare

 

SPARK STUDIO ADVENTURE!

Ms. Inchausti led the first graders on a fun art challenge inspired by the Getty Museum's "recreate your favorite piece of art challenge". After viewing examples of art paired with a creative interpretation of the art using items found in homes, girls set off to find materials for creating a spider inspired by the giant Maman spider sculpture at the Guggenheim Bilbao in Spain. See fun facts below!

Ms. Inchausti Explains the Challenge

Maman Spider Sculpture
by Louise Borgeois

Markers & Tape

Pipe Cleaners

Folding Paper Legs

Cardboard Construction

Paper Cup Spider