The 1st graders at Jackson Heights are off to a rip-roarin' good start! We kicked off the 2012-13 school year with a fun all-school assembly to introduce our Western theme. (The teachers even did a Western dance!) The following week we traveled to Red Rock Ranch for an interesting (but wet) field trip. We learned about the wild west of the past, how cowboys survived on the cattle drive, and how to care for horses. We even were served warm biscuits, a staple of old west days. A few days later, Mrs. Bottom and Mrs. Hewitt brought their horses to school and the kids got to take a short ride. What fun!
The other critters we have been excited about in 1st grade are butterflies! We received 5 caterpillars from the Extension Office. After about a week they became chrysalides and hung from the top of the jar. We then moved them to the large hanging net and a week later we were happy to see beautiful Painted Lady butterflies! When their wings were strong enough we let them be free outside. It was interesting to watch them get used to the outside world, and then take off!
My class is also "settling in" as we review writing our letters and numbers and read stories. I think it is going to be a rootin' tootin' good year!
The 1st graders at Jackson Heights are off to a rip-roarin' good start! We kicked off the 2012-13 school year with a fun all-school assembly to introduce our Western theme. (The teachers even did a Western dance!) The following week we traveled to Red Rock Ranch for an interesting (but wet) field trip. We learned about the wild west of the past, how cowboys survived on the cattle drive, and how to care for horses. We even were served warm biscuits, a staple of old west days. A few days later, Mrs. Bottom and Mrs. Hewitt brought their horses to school and the kids got to take a short ride. What fun!
The other critters we have been excited about in 1st grade are butterflies! We received 5 caterpillars from the Extension Office. After about a week they became chrysalides and hung from the top of the jar. We then moved them to the large hanging net and a week later we were happy to see beautiful Painted Lady butterflies! When their wings were strong enough we let them be free outside. It was interesting to watch them get used to the outside world, and then take off!
