School is officially out (at last!) and Lindsay has 1st grade in her rear view mirror. What a fun year it has been! Here are a few pictures of the fun she's had...
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| Lindsay 7 years |
The first grade at Ben Franklin Elementary put on a "Vocabulary Museum" where students were to chose an unknow word and to make a 3-D model of it out of shoe box. Then they invited all the parents to the "museum" to learn about their vocabulary words. I wasn't sure what to expect until I got there. LOL.
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| Linsday's word: Eagerly |
Lindsay did the scene in her shoe box to describe "Eagerly" as a family on their way to Great Wolf Lodge. The caption bubble says, "How much longer? I am eagerly waiting!". LOL.
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| Class Photo |
Ben Franklin has a fantastic garden where the kids plant veggies every year. In the fall they 'harvest' their veggies, and in the spring they plant new ones for the incoming 1st graders. Lindsay LOVED the gardening.
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| Digging up potatos |
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| Cleaning up the garden |
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| Yay! We dug up potatoes! |
Here's what they harvested....
Lindsay told me that they made fried potatoes and ate them! So much fun!
Here she is playing a game at Field Day...
Sack Races!
The coolest thing that her class did was take monthly walks down to the stream that runs behind the school called, "Turtle Back Pond".
They wore water shoes and waded in the stream to collect samples and look at ecosystems.
They looked at the things they found under microscopes and made observations. Lindsay really enjoyed this part of 1st grade, and tells me she wants to be a scientist when she grows up!
Way to go Lindsay on completing 1st grade!! What a fun year, we are so proud of you and all you have accomplished. We are looking forward to many more fun grades ahead!! Love you!
