WONDERing Around in First Grade: November 2012

Ok, we're back! Enjoy the following by my fabulous Foxes...

What a cool day to be in the garden. The temperature was 58 degrees. We had our math journals and pencils and were ready to learn. First we observed the garden to look at everything new. Fuzzy caterpillars were everywhere! We also saw dying sunflowers which will drop seeds and rotting pumpkins which will help the soil.

Next we turned our math journal to a fresh clean page and we roamed the garden to spot fractions. We found that a butterfly's wings are in halves because there are two and they are equal. We also saw three baby pumpkins in a group. Each pumpkin was one out of three. We saw the herb wheel and it was in four equal parts. The two paths divided it into fourths. There were many other fractions in the garden too. Then we went back to the stumps and shared what we wrote.

Last we watered our cabbage and looked at the giant holes where our new trees are going to be planted. We can't wait to see the new trees in the garden!

Last Friday I was watching my wonderful nephews so I missed out on garden but my precious Foxes made it. We have also missed a couple of Friday's due to happenings around school, and we are glad to be back! Instead of a class blog, the kids wrote their own blogs and drew pictures to match. Their writing is something I love to read and it is so fun to decode! I have transcribed exactly what they wrote and have translated if necessary, and if possible :). Enjoy.

"My klas wint to the garden we had to mack (make) 3 gropts (groups) my grop solal (saw) 2 foze (fuzzy) kelallipitrst (caterpillars)."

"Today at the garden we meshered across the flower bed. And it was fun!"

"Today at the garden we did ourvashin (observation) and the timchr (temperature) was 72. we medrd (measured) the lef (length) of the bed and we medr (measured) the lef of the sasis (spaces) beteing (between) the cabbages."

"We went to The garden. We haded a grat time at the garden. I like the garden. We all like the garden. I Sal (saw) a cadapiler, Pumkin and Plants."

"I so (saw) a dutrfiy (butterfly) it wus coold (cool) it had culrz. I so (saw) a pucin (pumpkin) to I Thot (thought) They were cud cep lon I like to crv (carve) a pucin!"

"At the garden! We wint to the garden we adsrd (observed). I fand (found) Bees and a fusi (fuzzy) cadipilr! I Love the garden!..."

"Garden i saw a catapilr on a plan (plant) NO MORE"

"We megrd (measured) in detwingn (between) plans (plants) it whus (was) so fun! it whus are (our) first time to do it!"

"Helo Ms. P at the garden we saw fuzzy caterpillers. I experenst (experienced) kale. I miss you! =("

"fest (first) uwr (our) clas did upvshin (observation) in ufvshin (observation) we did look for plant an (and) insat (insects)"

"Friday at the garden. I sold (saw) a catrpilr it wus (was) posis (poisonous) and cabbages. I mis you biy (bye)."

"we whel (went) to The GarbeN iT Was f We So (saw) Caplirs Thay (they) wor (were) Black Tay SPrK"

"we wint to the goridn (garden) thin we got in to grops (groups) we magrd (measured) bockle (broccli) and marugolds (marigolds)!"