Sunday, November 20, 2011

Native American Games




As students finished up our unit of The First Thanksgiving, Pam Holz came to offer the students insight into Native American games of long ago. Pam shared with the students how hundreds of years of history has been written and documented, allowing us to have knowledge of the past. Students had the opportunity to play two different games. One game had students working on their aim as they worked to drop a rock into a small bowl, while the last game had students 'tricking' the human eye by hiding a rock within their hand and having another students guess the correct hand.

Young Geologists





First Graders wrapped up their unit on geology by finding places in our world where rock is used. The students found many examples of how rock is used not too far from school! Some of the examples our young geologists discovered were sidewalks, brick paved walkways, foundations for homes, and many more.