Graphic Organizers

After going to Dewberry Farm, the children began writing about the field trip. We are learning how to use graphic organizers to put down all their ideas for their topic writing. They will use these graphic organizers to help them write their books during writer's workshop.

Dewberry Farm!

We went on our field trip to Dewberry Farm. The children had so much fun! When we arrived, we went on the tractor ride to see the Christmas trees and pumpkin patch. They even got to pick their own pumpkin! After the ride, we went to see the honey bees and learned that the female bees are the ones that work and the men honey bees are lazy. Interesting! We also went into a dark room where there are hundreds of carved pumpkins lit up. It was amazing. The children got to go feed the goats, see baby chicks, and animals. Once we covered all the basics of Dewberry Farm, the children got to play on some of the activities like the big slide and cow ride.

Bus ride to the farm 

Tractor ride to see the Christmas trees and pumpkins!

Christmas Trees!!!

This is the pumpkin he decided to pick. :) 

These are their pumpkins!

Learning about honey bees

Carved pumpkins

Bouncing pillows

Cow ride

Pinwheels for Peace

The entire school celebrated the United Nations International Day of Peace by participating in making pinwheels, learning songs, and celebrating together. They had a  great time! The students made pinwheels for peace to talk about the ongoing violence and hate that is in international and local media and headlines.

Back to School!

The school year has finally begun and it has been very exciting! We have learned lots of social skills and begun writer's workshop. The students all drew pictures of a social skill they learned and labeled. Love it! 

Word Work

Two of the girls took it upon themselves to write as many words as they could during the word work workstation. They did such wonderful work! 

More pictures from Dewberry Farm. 

Dewberry Farm

We went to Dewberry Farm in Katy, TX. This was a great experience for the kids. Some of them had never been to a farm, on a train ride, or even on a bus. They had so much fun! They got to pet animals, go on a train ride to see where they grown the Christmas trees, and play on some of the slides and playground equipment. It was a great day! 

Trip to the Zoo

The students took a field trip to the zoo last week. Although the weather was cold, it was a great adventure for all of them! They got to see birds, elephants, giraffes, chimpanzees, bears, and many more. They also got to go into the children's zoo area where they got to pet and brush the goats. They had a great time!

Riding the bus to the zoo!

The petting zoo, llamas, and giraffes. 

Presidents

The students are learning about presidents this 9 weeks. They have learned a lot of facts about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. The kids have been learning a lot!

Holiday Season

The students participated in a trip to one of the companies that help donate money to our school. They sang holiday songs, ate cookies, drank juice, and got to meet Santa! They had an awesome time. 

Riding the bus to sing holiday carols. 

The students are eating cookies and drinking juice from Daniel's Industries. 

Getting to meet Santa! 

The students also learned about holidays around the world. One of the holidays we learned about was Hanukkah. They got to play with dreidels and sing songs.