Science!
We are back into the swing of our schedule and both groups are back to doing science.  Group A is finishing up the Nature's Recyclers unit and Group B has begun the Habitats unit.  
Group A
So much to do!  So much to discover!  From Decomposers to Soil...students will examine a variety of inorganic and organic planting materials.  We discussed the connections between the work of nature's recyclers, soil, and plant development.  On Friday, we planted a variety of seeds in potting soil and another group of seeds in some perlite.  Over the next few weeks we will observe our baggies (taped to our windows) and graph, illustrate and write about our observations.  

Group B
The Habitat unit is great!  We talked about a variety of habitats and read a story about an oak tree - and its role as a habitat in nature.  We then created our own oak trees in our science journals - illustrating the animals who might live in, around or under the oak tree.  They created beautiful trees and worked hard to show what they learned.