March Madness

We've had a wonderful month of March!

Here are some of the things we've been up to:

SILKWORMS!

Our silkworm eggs did not hatch. Mrs. Goshert decided they were too old and ordered some new worms. This is what they looked like when they came:

After Spring Break they were MUCH bigger. We each got three to take care of. We have proven to be very good parents.

Here we are cleaning our silkworm's homes.

 They poop a lot.
We know that this means they are healthy and that we're doing a great job.
We have been measuring them and writing about them.

  

They only eat mulberry leaves. 

We like to run out to the mulberry tree to get leaves for them. 

This is getting more and more difficult as there are very few low hanging branches. They eat a lot.

 

Here are some of us with our worms (which are actually caterpillars).

We got the birdbath and bird feeders we ordered from 

Eva, Sadie and Chelsea's bake sale money. 

We are currently working on finding the best place for them.

For Dr. Suess's birthday we had a "red hat" stacking center.
We've been creating some awesome stacked creations!

Last week we had an assembly with "Al, The Respect Guy".
He did some awesome magic tricks
while teaching us about respect for ourselves and others.

 

We've been learning about mud houses in Africa 

and Native American tribes and homes.

On Friday we made adobe with dirt, water and straw. 

It was very messy!

We each made an abobe brick in a milk carton.

 Surprisingly, we didn't love getting our hands dirty!

Our bricks are now drying in the sun. 

Later this week we will make a miniature adobe house. 

Two of our artists, Davis and Amelia
had their art hung in the district art show at the mall!

We're very proud of them!

We have one more week of March and we will make the most of it!

THE FARM!!

We had a wonderful field trip to the farm! We were so excited and the trip lived up to our expectations!
This trip would not have been possible without the support of all of you parents!
Thanks for sending your students in prepared.
Thanks to our chaperones and the parents who were able to meet us there.
Truly, I could not have done it without you!

First, we loved riding on the bus, although it was a long ride!

First we got a class picture. Then we headed out to the field to pick veggies.  We got carrots, lettuce, turnips, beets, onions and more. We took a train ride and after that we planted corn. We then got to pet and feed the animals which was so exciting! Next we had a snack and got to explore the play areas. There were water pumps, chicks, ropes and more. It was a great time.
Here are pictures of our day. I started to organize them but am losing the battle. Please excuse them being out of order and I apologize if there are duplicates!

 
 

 

 

 Some of us were very tired on the way back!

We had lunch, played and started to celebrate Read Across America/Dr. Seuss' birthday. We had an awesome snack made by Emily Grieff and had a  presentation from 3 6th graders.
It was a great day!