TREES

We started our new unit on trees and this class is branching out! The class took a nature walk to find out what type of trees we have on our campus. We loved the nature trail and we could not wait to see the different types of trees that are in our woods.

What food comes from trees?

One of the highlights of this unit is examining food that comes from trees. Each child was asked to bring a food to school that comes from a tree. The children loved watching me cut open the fruit they brought and they enjoyed tasting it. Apples were our favorite fruit and I was glad because one of our activities from this unit had this class making applesauce. The children measured and compared ingredients to make the applesauce. As we followed the recipe the children learned that print has meaning. I was thrilled that almost all the children loved it!

Story Problems and Connecting numerals with quanities

We pretended to be insects that live in trees for our math story problems. The children had to work out simple addition problems as they traveled to or flew away from a tree.

I used acorns from one of our trees to help the class understand that numbers have meaning. Each child had to look at number five and count out the corresponding amount of acorns.

Positional Words

The class had a blast as they pretended to be bumble bees. They had to fly around the room and touch something higher or lower than they were.

Special Visitor

A special thank you to Mr. Lee for bringing six trees to school for the children to examine. Mr. Lee owns Evergreen Designs. The children were amazed to see the different types of trees. We discussed the characteristics of each tree. The class was thrilled to learn that some trees produce fruit and some trees produce nuts.

Community Service Project

Our community service project was a great success. A special thank you to everyone that brought food for HARVEST TEXARKANA. St. James has a history of wonderful community service. Every year each grade picks a project and we do our best to help the community.

LETTER T

Letter T is for Tree. We used sticks from our playground to make letters. As the children form the letters they are enhancing their letter recognition skills. Stay tuned to see what happens next. The tree unit is one of my favorites!

Mrs. Diane