Butterfly Life Cycle

| Wednesday, October 15, 2008

The first graders recently completed their butterfly unit in which they watched the life cycle of two types of butterflies; the black swallowtail and the monarch. They had a total of about 14 caterpillars they watched over the course of nine weeks. Some of them were found as eggs on leaves, and some as caterpillars. A few died, nine of . . . read more

First Grade Field trip Fun

| October 28, 2008

On Oct. 28 the first graders went on a field trip to Papa's Pumpkin Patch. We had a wonderful time learning about pumpkins, going through the corn maze, playing in a tank of corn, and sliding down the slide. Each of us also got . . . read more