For our life cycles unit, we decided to look at our own lives and the changes at various stages from our birth to the present time. We each took one of our friend's pictures and put them in the order we thought they went in. It was really fun to see our friends as babies and as they grew! We then discussed the changes we saw and any other observations we may have had in looking at all the pictures. Later, we will compare other life cycles we have studied and how they differ or are similar to our own.
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Our plants are doing really well and we are all eager to transplant them outside! Now for the weather to cooperate!
In both English and French, we have discussed the life cycles of plants, bees, frogs, butterflies and chickens. We have lots more to discover such as dinosaurs, lions and crocodiles (all animals the students asked to learn about!).
Let me start by saying that these little plants have become part of our family! Every single day, we care for them, make sure they have plenty of water, are positioned accordingly so as to get the most amount of sunlight and admire their growth with patience and excitement!
Yesterday, we transferred them to little pots that sit together in a self watering tray. There were some plants that did not survive so we put them in a bowl to better observe them at our science table. We looked at the roots, the leaves that were forming and the stem and compared plants that were very delicate to the ones that were more sturdy. We were VERY careful when we took them out of the egg cartons and into the new pots! Stay tuned for updates!
This morning we talked about and labelled the parts of a plant. Even though our Life Cycles unit has not yet begun, the students have been very interested and curious about plants. We did a group labeling activity before we did our own writing, colouring and labeling.
We displayed our work and went on to watch a time lapse video (same as below) of a bean plant growing. This was actually because one of the students had a question about how our plants were growing. They wondered why the bean was growing the way it was, looking somewhat like a loop. We then discussed what we saw and went on to watch a few more! Before lunch, we all did a silly dramatic play activity where each student was a seed and when I watered them, they began to grow. Once fully grow, I asked each student to tell me what their plant parts were called. They thought it was quite funny and it was a great way to reinforce the language in French and the understanding of the few parts of a plant we were talking about. Ask your child to demonstrate what we did and name you each part we learned about today! Today, the kindergarten class planted some 200+ seeds! I chose egg cartons to show the students an example of how we can reuse things and asked them if we could then put the egg cartons straight into the soil once it was time to transfer the seedlings outside. Mixed responses but after some discussion about the material of the egg cartons and referencing our ongoing decomposition experiment, we concluded that we can indeed transfer the seedlings into the soil, egg cartons and all. Just outside our playground are two large planters and once spring rolls around, we will clean them up and plant our veggies. We decided to start early so that we can harvest our food before school is out, hopefully it will all work out! This unit along with our two final units go ever so harmoniously with this activity...ok I planned that! More to come about those later! So we will make sure our seeds are watered three times a day since it will be harder to control the moisture as they are out in the open and a chart on the window will help remind us! We will take as much care as we can of our little soon-to-be garden so we can garner the best results! During lunch, there was some discussion about what we will do with all our veggies once they are ready to be eaten! Salads and stews are on the menu, we shall find out in a few months! Also to note is how great everyone is at helping clean up! Love our little team!
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