SURVIVAL!  

Well, sometimes the lesson you had planned sort of goes off o

n a tangent of its own, as we well learned today. After talking about cold fronts and how quickly weather can changed ( if you live in Texas you know exactly what I am talking about), our conversation lead to what a person would need to survive in their home if they knew they might be stranded there for a few days. It was a perfect opportunity to teach the students the words,"cabin fever", since none of them had heard of it before. Students were given 30 minutes to illustrate what objects they felt were necessary for them to survive. Below are the results....

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FIRST GRADERS

A turtle's shell protect it. Other animals have different ways to protect themselves. Draw what it would look like if the turtle "switched" with another animal. 

Dane observing our rock collection.

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The fifth graders chose a topic they were most passionate about and created their own quote. They signed their names too, "in case we ever become famous".