If you want them to learn, you have to bait the hook! (with a FREEBIE!!)

I {big puffy heart} Spring!  Not only does it mean ice, snow and cold are gone, but I get to teach some of my all time favorite units--weather, insects, frogs and for the last two weeks-plants, seeds and worms!  We have had so much fun learning about the needs of a seed, parts and functions of a plant and worms. 

Our week starts with a poem:

Then we started learning about the parts and functions of a plant using the one thing I saved from my college days:

The students made their own version:

They turn out so adorable!!

We also wrote about growing our own garden:

We also sequenced this life cycle of a plant using my Plant Life Cycle pack.  Click here to see it for yourself!





The next week we learned about a plant's helper, the wiggly worm!  Here's a few highlights!

Gummy Worm addition and subtraction game:

Apples and Worms ending sound review:

And my NUMBER ONE!!, absolute favorite activity all year....a "wormology" lesson!

Observation:

Measurement:

Recording our findings:

And the release!

Click here for my wormology sheet!

 

Up next...insects!