Fred Bird visits OB to kick off Success Week!

We were in our Cardinal Red and so excited to see Fred Bird at Old Bonhomme!  

Obi the Eagle, Coach Jander, and Coach Prange joined Fred Bird and demonstrated how balance is an important part of our lives.  Everything from eating right, to exercising, to studying... Balance is best! 

We wish our school much success this week during our annual exams.  Go OB Eagles! 

Learning About Air and Weather

We spent a few weeks during the month of April learning about Air and Weather.  Students completed research through close-reading articles, created a special folder with guides and graphic organizers, conducted experiments as a class, went outside to explore weather and clouds, and kept a graph of daily weather conditions.  

Students identified cloud types and learned about the different weather associated with the different cloud types.

We conducted experiments as a class that helped learn about different weather conditions.   

The lessons were often integrated with our language arts lessons, so students were learning reading and writing skills while they learning science skills.  One of the highlights of the unit was watching a video clip on You Tube of a real storm chaser.  There were a lot of oohs and aaahs that day!  Don't worry.  I did warn them not to try this at home!  :)  However, students were encouraged to try their weather experiments at home, and I did hear about several students trying some of these out!  

Weather was one of our favorite units! 

Eat your veggies!

This semester we spent some time learning about nutrition. We found out that one of our moms specializes in cooking and nutrition, specifically cooking with vegetables, so we invited her into our classroom to share some of her expertise.

The lesson included literature, diagrams, and a hands-on experience for the kids.

Mrs. O'Donnell taught the students about the different kinds of vegetable plants: roots, stems, bulbs, tubers, and leafy vegetables.  This was especially great because we have a unit about plants coming up! 

The lesson ended with students drawing a rainbow of fruits and vegetables to remind them to eat many different colored foods to ensure that their body absorbs as many vitamins and nutrients as possible.  We really appreciate the time that Mrs. O'Donnell took out of her work day to help us learn about this important topic!