Mexican Jumping Beans!

In connection with our unit on Mexico, we used our March PLUSS day to jump for joy for the Mexican Jumping Bean!

Our morning kicked off with Mr. Scott and Senora Neyra reading Lucas and his Loco Beans by Ramona Moreno.

Next, we headed upstairs to the science room to receive our beans, observe them, and learn about their life cycle with Mrs. Filer.  

 We opened a few beans so we could see what the larvae inside look like:

 After lunch we headed up to the art room to work with Mrs. Weiss to make houses for our beans:

We concluded our day with a Mexican Hat Dance lead by Dr. Culbertson:

It was another terrific PLUSS day in first grade!  Thank you to all of our community members who made it possible- Mr. Scott, Mrs. Filer, Senora Neyra, Senora Pena-Welch, Mrs. Weiss, and Dr. Culbertson

I overheard a first grader as he was leaving with his mom today.  He said, "Mama, guess what!? We are going to have six moths in our house!"  Hopefully this won't be the case, but as your first grader should be able to explain to you, with the use of their life cycle drawings, this very well could happen! If you keep your beans in the refrigerator (the area of the fridge where you store butter is the recommended area), the beans will last longer in this state.

First graders, this was such a fun day with you!  What was your favorite part of today?  Post a comment to share with all of us!  

I posted our slideshow of photos from Dr. Seuss Day on Friday. Click here