Happy Friday! Let me tell you, I am worn out. I think have figured out part of my exhaustion issue. Normally I start school mid-August, then September roles around and we get a 3-day weekend. It’s a nice time to catch your breath before the long stretch until Thanksgiving break (we don’t get Columbus Day or a fall break). Well, this year we started after Labor Day and I have not had a break other than weekends. So that’s the reason, I am declaring that is why I AM EXHAUSTED! I am linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching for Five For Friday. It was a long week, but a great one!
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We finished up (for the most part) our green team unit. We did a fun recycling sort with real recyclable products and pictures from food advertisements. The kids enjoyed this. We still our working on our C is for Conservation book, but that will be a work in progress for a little while.
Check out how we also use these pictures in our recycling interactive notebooks.
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We went to the worm farm this week, a first grade favorite. We go to a farm called the Blue Belly Worm Farm. Farmer Mark teaches us all about worms. We dig for worms and climb a huge hill of dirt (worm poop). The kids love it. Luckily my son is in first grade (not my class), so I am there for all of his field trips but I don’t have to take a day off. Here is is playing with worms.
And now a shot of him after climbing the dirt pile. Ew!- as I am singing the Jimmy Fallon and Will-I-Am song!
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After a fun day at the worm farm, we had our annual worm day. We made worm buddies, a worms in dirt treat, worm measuring and some worm science. Fun stuff!
To read more about worm fun, check out these past blogposts:
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I love this time of year. I have an obsession with pumpkin products. Trader Joe’s can be a dangerous place for me because I will buy and try anything with pumpkin in it. I also love going to the pumpkin patch with the family. It’s such a fun time. We always go to this one farm that is about an hour away, but it has a train, corn maze, slide, and so many other fun events.
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I thought I would direct you to some freebies that are great for this time of the year. Boo! A Math Game and Fall Is…A Poetry Freebie
[…] We are fortunate to live near a worm farm. Yes, you heard me correctly…a worm farm. Blue Belly Worm Farm is run by farmer Mark and he guides field trips all of time. The kids love it. Here always gives us worms to bring back to our classroom to experiment with. You can read about how we use them to set up a worm compost bin here. We also have a worm day that is filled with all kinds of fun worm activities. You can read about our worm day here. […]