Field Trip!

Today we went on a field trip! It was very fun! We got to tour the George Bush Childhood home. What a neat place to visit. It was fun to imagine life in the 50's. Its amazing how much our world has changed since then. It was also pretty awesome to stand in the very house that two presidents lived.

 

I think my favorite part of the trip was the bus ride! The kids sang from the time we left the school all the way to our destination. We have enough songs to last us a 15 minute bus ride! The bus made us all sound wonderful! The bus driver told me that she had the most fun driving us around and thought that we were a very fun class! I was a proud teacher!

I sure do love my days with these kids!

Mrs. M

food chains and new vocabulary

Today we discussed food chains. All food chains can be traced all the way back to the sun. Tonight, trace your meal all the way back to the sun and use your science vocabulary!

Week twenty-five Vocabulary


March 1-5, 2010

Your spelling and vocabulary test will be on Friday, March 5, 2010 . You will be responsible for knowing how to spell each word correctly and the definition for each word.



1. Food chain- the path of food energy from one organism to another in an ecosystem.

2. Food Web- overlapping food chains with different pathways for the flow of food energy in an ecosystem.

3. Producer- an organism that makes its own food.

4. Consumer- an organism that gets energy by eating other organisms.

5. Decomposer- an organism that gets energy by feeding on dead materials and wastes.

6. Predator- an animal that hunts, catches, and eats another animal.

7. Prey- an animal that is hunted, caught, and eaten by another animal.

8. Herbivore- an animal that eats only plants or plant products.

9. Carnivore- an animal that eats another animal.

10. Omnivore- an animal that eats both plants and animals

What a fantastic day!
Mrs. M

Can you find the hidden moths?

Today we studies camouflage of animals. We "hid" some around the room! Aren't these kids creative?

oh, how fun!
Mrs. M

Week twenty-four Vocabulary

February 22-26, 2010

Your spelling and vocabulary test will be on Friday, February 26, 2010 . You will be responsible for knowing how to spell each word correctly and the definition for each word.



1. Adaptation- a structure of behavior that helps an organism survive in its surroundings.

2. Biome- a very large area of land with a certain kind of climate and certain kinds of organisms living there.

3. Camouflage-the shape, color, or pattern of an animal that helps it blend in with its surrounding.

4. Community- populations of different kinds of organisms that live in the same place at the same time.

5. Ecosystem- all the living and nonliving things that interact with each other in an environment.

6. Habitat- the environment where an organism lives.

7. Mimicry- one organsim’s looking like another kind of organism in its environment so it can escape predators or catch prey.

8. Niche-the role that an organism plays in its habitat.

9. organism – a living thing.

Week 23 Vocabulary!

Week twenty-three Vocabulary


February 16-19, 2010

Your spelling and vocabulary test will be on Friday, February 19, 2010 . You will be responsible for knowing how to spell each word correctly and the definition for each word.



1. Learned behavior- a behavior that an animal develops by observing other animals or by being taught.

2. Instinct- a behavior that an animal inherits from its parents

3. Inherited trait- a characteristic that is passed from parents to offspring

4. Migration- the seasonal movement of animals from one place to another

5. Hibernation- a deep sleeplike state when an animals body processes slow down

6. Stimulus- something that makes an organism act in a certain way

7. Response- something an organism does when it senses stimulus

Inherited Traits Song!

The kids have loved singing this song! It is fun and funny! The intentions for this song is to remind the students that inherited traits are passed from parents to offspring.

Inherited Traits...passed from parents to the offspring!

Hair so brown, eyes so green...passed from parents to the offspring!

B: Like my hair?

G: yeah, its rad!

B: Thanks I inherited from my dad!

G: Like My eyes?

B: They’re the bomb!

G: Thanks I inherited from my mom!

Inherited traits! passed from parents to the offspring

Hair so brown, eyes so green...passed from parents to the offspring!

Inherited....TRAITS!

Growing Beans!

About three weeks ago, we planted a bean seed in a bag! We were hoping atleast a few of them would grow into bean plants! There is no better way to learn about plant life cycles and photosynthesis than to grow a plant of your own!

We had a few beans actually sprout and begin to grow! Watching the plants grow is just as cool as watching these kids grow in their love for science! My favorite is watching the kids talk to the plants each day in hopes of giving it more carbon dioxide!  Here are a few of the growing plants!

This has "bean" a great project!

Mrs. M