As some of you may or may not know, our first graders have been working on understanding the many different types of habitats that people and/or animals live in. We have been working on knowing our 7 continents and viewing many videos and pictures of them in class. We have also been hearing stories about each continent and the habitats that exist there. Along with our studies we have been working on making a visual representation of the different habitats and writing short stories to go along with our artwork. As many of you may not know, last Tuesday we took our students out to experience the continent of Africa at The Wild Animal Park. Like our fellow 6th graders, we quickly discovered that nature was our classroom; whether it’s on a hike learning about the animals around the park and their habitats, standing by the water ways watching a great variety of birds, walking along wooden bridges afraid that we just may not make it across, sitting in a giant egg, or just enjoying a lunch with friends and our classroom parents as we look out onto the beautiful grassland areas below us, our students were learning, writing, and loving this amazing experience as being one with the animals surrounding us. This is a trip we are sure we will not soon forget!
Your friends,
Dawn Wold, Gina Drew, Gretchen Donais, Bertha Ortega, and Heather Naddour
April 9th, 2009 at 1:13 am
I love the pictures in this post. Way to go First Grade Team!!