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Around and around and around and around and around it goes!! The water cycle is amazing! We are rocking and rolling in first grade, learning all about evaporation, condensation, and precipitation. To explore this phenomenom, we of course experimented! Thank you Pinterest! Water cycle in a cup. Check out the pics! So we started with water in a cup the day before, dyed blue (because obviously water is blue!). After marking the level of water, we set the cups outside and hoped for evaporation! Later....the next day. We began our cycle experiement. Making observations.   Recording our observations! Then we added clouds (shaving cream). And dropped drops of "rain" (food coloring) onto the clouds and waited...... Thanks to patience, a lot of food coloring, and of course gravity - our water cycles in a cup started to rain! It was so cool!!  Today was ALSO the 100th day!!  Hooray! We made it!   We made 100th day hats with 10 strips and then we put 10 different item...

Hey all!! We have been super busy speeding through January!! Can you believe that it is already the end of the first month f the new year?? Crazy! Anyhoo, we are nearing the end of our unit "Reasons for the Seasons" and we have been studying the phases of the moon! For all of our units, we have what we call CRLGs (criterion referenced learning guides). Seen above. Click the pic for a copy. We observe the moon and discuss patterns and day and night. We had a little fun with some oreos, too! They loved it!! YUMMY!!! Check out Nasa's Space Place page to grab a copy of the activity for yourself! Onto MLK and the 100th day!! Happy Teaching :)

Happy Friday to all!! I hope those of you on spring break this week have had a nice one so far. Mine has gone by entirely too quick for my liking but I am a little anxious to get back to school and work on Monday!! I've spent some time this week working on some upcoming units for first grade. Our next unit of study is How Does Your Garden Grow? as well as a Dr. Seuss Author Study. I am loving all the new fun stuff we have planned for the last three weeks of school. Here is my little unit on insects. This little unit would go great with a bigger study of insects. I've chosen to include some basic vocabulary words about all insects and simple little worksheets that would fit into any classroom lessons. I read insect books, like On Beyond Bugs: All About Insects by Tish Rabe from Cat in the Hat's Learning LIbrary series, or other appropriate books about insects to start our unit on bugs.  Included: Anchor chart Picture for anchor chart Vocabulary Concentration game and accoun...