Graphs

Grade 1 students created graphs. They worked in groups, decided what is that question that they would ask others, which kind of graph they would use to present the data that they collected and did it. They showed a lot of enthusiasm asking other students and teachers what is their favorite color, animal, food or do they have a pet. You can see the graphs on the wall next to our classroom. Come and take a look and your child can explain to you if you have questions.

Once upon a time...

I start the story and you continue. Once upon a time there lived a fish. His name was.....
Students continued the story a friend has started. In a way it is easier then writing your own story because you follow the storyline that someone has created. In the other hand maybe you want to write about something else but you must stick with that theme. Some stories are finished some are not so we will continue next week.

Venn diagrams

What is a Venn diagram? Why do we need it? How can we use it? These were our questions. We used Venn diagram to present the information about 2 habitats. What are the similarities and differences between 2 habitats?

Wonder Table

Thank you for bringing in so many different objects from various habitats. Students had many questions which lead us to discussions. Keep your eyes open to the wonders of the nature whenever you are!

Creating Habitats

Here you can see how students find information about the habitat that they chose. They think how to make a diorama that looks like the real habitat with animals and plants in it. They started to work on this task with great enthusiasm and at the end of the day one student said,``Making a habitat was fun. It was like play.``

For Mothers!

I'm your little flower, Mom.      
Please help me grow and bloom:
Take the weeds but leave the roots
And give me lots of room.

Mom, you are my gardener,
My sunshine and my rain.
Too much will make me wither.
With enough, I'll bloom again.

I am your little flower, Mom.
I'm different from the rest: 
Don't pick me Mom, just help me grow
To be my very best.

Grade 1 students 

 

Making Doughnuts

On Thursday Evan's mom Sharon came to our class and made doughnuts for us. Why? This was her and Evan's way of saying Good buy to us. As you know we have many students leaving ISE at the end of this year and Evan is one of them. He will leave just couple days before the school year ends. Thank you Sharon and Evan! We loved the tiny, cute doughnuts covered with chocolate and sprinkles, chocolate pieces, hearts and colorful icing. You can see on the photos how students decorate their doughnuts and enjoy them.

Sillaotsa Museum

What kind of habitat is a forest in Estonia? In spring you can see blue, white and yellow flowers blooming in the forest. There are thistles as on this photo. From trees there are willows, birches, spruces etc. In Sillaotsa forest there were 26 different kind of trees. Some of them were planted and brought to Estonia from other countries.

Pond as a habitat with tadpoles.

If you take young branches of willow tree and stick them to the ground and water them soon you will see that they are growing. Here is man made round willow edge what children found fascinating since they could go in there.

What tree is that? Apple tree of course.

Old engines.

If you think this is hair you are wrong. It is wool and linen.

In old times people used 4 horses to push this around so the machine could start working. It works also with child power.We tried.

Old tractors.

What is he doing? He is making toys from wood. This is what children did. They used a knife and carved cows, sheep etc. from wood pieces.

Do you want to make some bread? If you have grains put them between 2 stones and start turning it around. You will get flour and from that you can make bread. Easy? Hard?

Grade 1 opened a Store

In Math we started to learn what kind of money we use in Estonia. When I asked students to write down what kind of notes and coins of Euros they have seen I got very interesting numbers. Have you seen notes of 4 Euros and 8 Euros and 15 cents or 7 cents? The best practice for recognizing the Euros and addition, subtraction is to use it in real life. Students had an idea that we could create a store and here it is. We have our own Grade 1 store where you can buy sweets, food items and from shampoos to bath oil. Students themselves set up the store and wrote the prizes.Now they are practicing how to add up all the prizes of items that you are buying, how to give exact money to the cashier and check if she/he gave the right amount of money back.I can tell it is very popular store at the moment. A lot of costumes come here. If you need anything please stop by at our store!