May
14
2012
Mrs. Argus
Its hard to believe, but summer will be here in only four weeks! With six weeks of summer vacation, we would love to visit our girls every day, but us teachers are going to need some help!
Would your family be interested in helping maintain our garden and chickens for a week over the summer? Send Mrs. Argus an email at argusm@ips.k12.in.us and let her know! You are welcome to sign up with other families as well and share the responsibilities, or sign up for a whole week yourself. Chicken and garden stewardship is super fun and when maintained properly, should be very easy. Plus, you get free eggs and veggies- YUM!
May
14
2012
Mrs. Argus
May
11
2012
Mrs. Clark
Mrs. Argus explaining her class' tree choices.
Over the past week, we have been writing letters to Mrs. Argus’ class about trees. At the beginning of the week, they asked us if we could plant trees together. We gave them four choices of trees; apple, cherry, maple, or pecan. Today they came back with the research about each tree. After we learned about each choice both classes voted together and we had two winners. The kids picked apple and cherry! Over the next few weeks we are going to be working on planting an apple and a cherry tree in our garden.
As our week came to a close, we finished our chicken responsibilities. This afternoon we had to clean out the chicken coop! Take a look at the pictures below:
Sophia cleaning out the coop.
David helping clean out the coop.
Selah and Olivia are putting new hay in the coop.
May
10
2012
Mrs. Argus
Angela answers our daily question.
Today we started talking about the difference between insects and arachnids (spiders are arachnids). We noticed that insects have three body parts and 6 legs, while arachnids have two body parts and 8 legs. We also began a discussion on whether or not spiders are beneficial to our garden. Originally, we assumed they were, because they eat insects that may be harmful to plants. However, upon looking at our daily question responses, a big debate ensued- what if they eat the good bugs for our garden? How can we be sure ALL spiders are eating the right insects?
We discovered a spider when we came in from lunch! He came in from the ceiling and dropped in for a visit.
May
09
2012
Mrs. Argus
This afternoon, we got to share our chicken knowledge with a second grade class. They seemed very interested and impressed with what we had to share. I was so proud of our friends.
Friends measure our garden plants.
- Michael measures the Rosemary. Its eight inches!
We also broke into small groups and measured specific plants in our school garden. Each week, we will graph their growth. We hope to compare certain plant types to one another and discuss why they are growing the way they are.
Today, some friends hosted a Block Roll competition. Ask your child what this was all about!
- Friends run and organize the Block Roll competition.
Lately, our class has been very into organizing class events during studio and explore. The other week, friends organized multiple plays for others to attend and watch. I remember during the beginning of the year, friends would sing songs for others. Today, friends organized what they called a Block Roll competition. It was really neat to see the kids organize and orchestrate this class competition on their own. We had so much fun!
Tags: chickens, collaboration, creativity, garden, project
