Monthly Archives: December 2012
Great Feedback from Ms. White!
My goal as the Environmental Education teacher at Springdale Park is to teach students the standards they learn in their homeroom classes in a new and meaningful way. This fall, I taught my first grade students about fiction and non-fiction in the context of pumpkins around Halloween. We also used fiction and non-fiction books onContinue reading “Great Feedback from Ms. White!”
A Robert Frost Poem: “Putting in the Seed”
You come to fetch me from my work to-night When supper’s on the table, and we’ll see If I can leave off burying the white Soft petals fallen from the apple tree. (Soft petals, yes, but not so barren quite, Mingled with these, smooth bean and wrinkled pea); And go along with you ere youContinue reading “A Robert Frost Poem: “Putting in the Seed””
Finding Symmetry in Leaves
This week, we continued our study of leaves connecting it to mathematics – specifically geometry. Students learned about symmetry and finding lines of symmetry in different shapes. Then we used what we learned about identifying trees by their specific leaf shape to create symmetrical leaves from folded paper.
Home-School Connection: Kaitlyn
Look at the HUGE leaf Kaitlyn found at the bus stop this morning!
Home-School Connection: Isabelle
Isabelle found one of the gingko trees we’ve been learning about in her own backyard!
New Composters!
The kids are loving the new Envirocycle composters that were purchased for us by Schoolyard Sprouts. We picked them because the kids can independently put the food scraps in the barrel since they are low down to the ground. The kids can also mix the compost independently (in a way that is really fun forContinue reading “New Composters!”
Trees Atlanta: December Visit
We were so fortunate to have Lauren Sandoval, the Education Coordinator from Trees Atlanta, out to visit and teach our kids about the trees that are on our campus. We learned some of the reasons why trees are important then created posters with leaf rubbings to display the reasons. Some of our students’ work wasContinue reading “Trees Atlanta: December Visit”
Home-School Connection: Ethan and McKenna
Ethan and McKenna received some Venus Fly Traps from their grandmother! The Venus Fly Trap is a very neat, carnivorous plant that catches and digests animal prey like insects and spiders.
CINS Grant for Composting Project!
We were so excited to receive the news that we have been awarded $500 by the Council of Intown Neighborhoods and Schools to expand our composting program! Thank you so much to parents, Teresa Groshans and Nadia Aziz, for writing the Excellence in Education Grant for our program! Here is an excerpt from our grantContinue reading “CINS Grant for Composting Project!”
Tending Our Common Ground 