Plants

It's been another busy week in kindergarten! We've been working hard on our class science fair project! We are learning about the scientific method and plants at the same time! We've enjoyed observing or "watching" our grass grow! Our testable question is: What Do Plants Need to Grow? We've learned that plants need 5 things to grow: air, water, space, soil and sunlight! Plants will NOT grow without water! However, plants will grow in the dark (but they are yellow-need sunlight to be healthy) and plants will grow with NO air for just a little while, but they will soon wilt and turn brown!

Cup A-water, seeds, sunglight, air and NO soil (some are actually growing, just a little)

Cup B-seeds, sunlight, soil, air and NO water

Cup C-water, seeds, soil, air and NO sunlight (growing, but is yellow in color)

Cup D-water, seeds, soil, sunlight and NO air (growing, but will soon wilt)

Cup E-water, seeds, soil, sunlight and air....(growing and GREEN)

Check out this fun video/song on the needs of plants!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQT6piZOX7c

We've continued our work with addition/subtraction problems every day! We are using manipulatives (teddy grahams, counting bears and some use their fingers) to help us master the problems!

We're also working hard during writer's workshop to write 5-finger stories! We've been writing non-fiction stories about ourselves and our families!

Next week’s schedule:

Monday-D day
Tuesday-A day
Wednesday-B day
Thursday-C day
Friday-D day