The World is our Garden

We kicked off our next learning expedition, The World is Our Garden.

  Students will be learning all of the first grade English Language Arts (reading and writing) non-fiction standards.  In addition, we will be hitting all of our first grade science standards. 

Students traveled between 4 different stations to predict what we would be learning about in our next learning expedition.  We loved observing in our outdoor classroom in the garden beds and in the compost bin.

Students wondered and noticed about different plants and plant parts with other first graders using magnifying glasses.

Students traveled to Ms. Jamie's room to observe sand, rocks and pebbles.

There was a lot of excitement as students tried to discover what they would be learning about!

Students returned to their classrooms to discuss what they wondered and noticed about our kickoff. We created a sign with the title of our expedition and discussed our guiding question:

"What helps a garden thrive?"
Our long term learning targets are:

I can use a variety of resources to locate information and answer questions.
I can identify what plants and organisms need to thrive.
I can explain how plants and organisms work together to help our garden thrive.
I can teach my community specific actions that will help our garden thrive.