Earth Day Toys

Our class had a great time celebrating Earth Day! Everyone made a toy or activity out of recycled objects!

Here are band instruments:

Something that was too BIG to fit in the car!

A cute piggy:

A polar bear!

A homemade creature made out of old PJs!

Many moving contraptions:

An airplane made out of pop cans!

Cardboard airplanes:

A parachute!

A bracelet made out of paper beads, rolled from magazines!

Paper craft!

A submarine!

A cute wiener dog!

A puppy container!

A cute little pink pet:

A Cartesian diver!

Another submarine!

Ella's "thing"!

Another submarine with a working propeller!

Paper toys from Club Penguin:

A boat!

What else can you make with different supplies?

We Have Mealworms!

Our spring science unit (my favorite!) is all about insects! Right now, we have milkweed bugs (their eggs) in a class habitat, silkworm eggs, and mealworms! The mealworms will soon turn into darkling beetles. Each person gets to be responsible for caring for their mealworm at their desk. Today, we dumped out the containers into coffee filters and observed them with magnifying glasses. These mealworms are larvae. Next, they will molt their exoskeletons and change into pupae. Finally, they will emerge as adults!

They are kept in cornmeal. Many of them like to dig and hide in it!

We are having a great time in science!

THOSE SNEAKY LEPRECHAUNS!!!

Room 14 was in a crazy mess on the morning of St. Patrick's Day! Everyone set up their leprechaun trap the night before, and we were sure that we would catch at least ONE. We were ready to set up a glass aquarium with a lid on it, and make a cozy home for our leprechaun. He could've been our class pet! Here's what happened when school first began:

Even though the leprechauns destroyed some of our traps, they did manage to leave us some nice things.... like chocolate gold coins, good luck clovers, and lucky green coins!

Mixed Up Day!

We had a fun time looking all mixed up today! There was crazy hair, mismatched shoes, pants on HEADS, and all sorts of silly stuff!

We have Foxy Spirit!