Ag In My Classroom

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Students Publish "AG" Books

Our class is all excited about "ag". We have written and illustrated ag books, and we've had them published. (hard covers, author's name on the spine, and keepsakes we'll enjoy for years) We wrote about so many different topics. Natasha wrote about farms, Isaac and Joe M. wrote about bugs. Brayden and Joe B. wrote about plants. Mackenzie, Haley, and Isabel wrote about the food pyramid. Daniel's book is about the trials and tribulations in agriculture. August wrote about 'the dirty thirties' and how agriculture effected their lives for ten years.

These books are beautiful hard cover books and each student in our third grade -fifth grade class gets the first copy at NO COST to them. This was our first year participating in this wonderful writing project. email me for more information at www.musicmovesmyclassroom@yahoo.com

American Farm

http://www.myamericanfarm.org/

Great concepts to learn in these wonderful areas: math, science, language arts, and social studies... while learning about the American farms.

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Health Component Added To Our ESP

The majority of our research, collection of information, and new concepts that we learn are put into our Electronic Student Portfolios. (ESP) We have now added a 20 page Health Component (20 slides on power point) that will display the students' knowledge of what it takes to be and stay healthy. This is coordinated with over 20 songs that we sing about the food pyramid, germs, exercise, eating and living healthy, and filthy habits that all help us to be healthy citizens. It concludes with a contract/promise to do our best to make healthy choices.

Bulb Growing

Shhh! Don't tell anyone what kind of bulb we are forcing in our classroom. We predicted what we were growing and what we thought might happen. We then worked as botanists daily to record data. Since we are using a clear vase with water instead of dirt to grow the bulb, we can observe what is happening that usually we would not be able to see with the roots growing in the dirt.

What a treat this has been, as over the weekend on Day 5, the roots grew about 4 inches and completely took over the complete bottom part of the v-necked vase. What we had available to observe on top was slow but progressive. And then the second shoot came up from the bulb. The students get so excited with each new development. Our guesses and predictions will soon come to see whether or not we were correct!

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Pumpkins At School

Thank you Gail, Rosie, and Ed...because of you, our class all got a pumpkin! We have discussed many things we can do with them, including using shaving creme on them to practice our spelling words. Then we'll take them home for jack-o-lanterns, pumpkin bars, and pumpkin pie! Students will get their names put into the bucket for a drawing for every new thing they do with their pumpkin. http://agweb.okstate.edu/fourh/aitc/lessons/extras/recipes/pumpie.html Check out this sit for Pumpkin Pie in a Bag, Pumpkin Ham Soup, Roasted Pumpkins, and facts about pumpkins.

Interested In Gardening And Want To Win Gardening Prizes??

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