The Art Show is here! May 20th 6-8 pm

Please come to the R.C. Buckley Elementary Art Show May 20th from 6-8 pm. It will be a chance to see some incredible art made by our very own kids! They have all worked hard to make their creations...as well as Mrs. Stratton! It promises to be a fun night...we hope to see you there!

We grow plants!

We have been enjoying growing all sorts of plants in class. We put seeds in zip loc bags in the windows, documented their growth and enjoyed learning about the life cycle of plants and how very important seeds are. We planted a variety of seeds and predicted which would germinate first? The radish? The pea or corn? It was the radish!

We learned about the seed coat, germination, roots, stems,leaves, flowers and the role of each of them in the plants life.

We enjoyed looking at different foods and talking about which one's have seeds on the inside and the outside and what foods in our refrigerator have seeds.

We really enjoyed learning about how seeds travel? Ask your child how many ways they can remember!

Bountiful BoxTops!

Thank you for sending in your Box Tops! As a class we enjoyed building our collection through the math lesson in Everyday Math. It was a fun thing to collect while at the same time contributing to the R.C.Buckley school's collection! We counted them in piles of 10's then counted by tens into the hundreds! I think we collected over 350 boxtops! Thank you for your support!

It's Dandelion Season!

Yes... this child came in from recess...decorated in dandelion! He is not the only one. I hope the families have stock in ERA:-) Nothing like dandelion rubbings...sorry! Like everything else kindergarteners are washable! Good thing!

Shhhhh....come back mommy robin!

After the recess period our class watched to see if the mommy robin returned to her nest. Sure enough she snuck back to the nest as we watched quietly from the wall by our classroom door. Too bad Head Start is next on the playground. We are talking about how much time she spends off the nest and wonder if this will effect the hatching of the eggs? Hummmmm?

Our Seeds!

We came to school bright and early Monday...and we found that "germination" had taken place. We could see the seed coat, small shoots and even some roots! We write our observations down and can't wait to see what will happen next. The seeds are growing fast in the window.