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| Our Prairie Racerunner Usbourne Reading Challenge Winner! Her friends were so excited for her! |
| Soil Samples and Observations In order to better understand layers of soil friends collected soil in preparation for a science experiment in class. Our garden was the perfect spot for sampling, complete with grubs, seeds and worms! We wondered if we would find pebbles, sand, silt and gravel in our soil.  |
| Collecting Soil Samples from the Garden |
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| Recording Soil Observations |
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| We still wear fedoras! |
Our Community and Beyond Night What a great success! K-6 Friends enjoyed watching performances by prohibition mobsters, Queen Elizabeth's Cousins and The Mona Lisa herself. They also browsed various website based on historical events. The Prairie Racerunners presented A Reader's Theatre: Past, Present and Future Generations! It was a huge hit. They have impeccable pausing and an intuitive humor. To represent their projects from past generations each friend chose a favorite piece of head gear.
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| Our Great Great Grandparents drove horse and buggy! We celebrate Korean Birthdays just as our grandparents did. |
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| Dogs didn't wear Halloween Costumes when our parents were little. Our grandparents and parents wear gold bangles to an Indian Wedding - just like me! |
Planting Seeds for Spring
Scott from the COOP came to our Group Discussion to help us begin tomato and pepper seeds. He taught us how to plant them, water them and provide sunlight and heat to help them grow. We can't wait to transplant them to our garden and enjoy them for morning and afternoon snack!
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| Carefully Planting Tomato Seeds |
Visitors from Joetsu, Japan on Friday Before Spring Break
Our friends from Joetsu, Japan visited on Friday morning to teach us about a popular plant in Asia, Bamboo. Does Bamboo grow in Iowa? Does in grow in California? A common toy made from Bamboo is TaKe Tombo. However, we made the same toy from paper and straw. The Prairie Racerunners were experts and making their TaKe Tombo Toys fly! After a morning of toy making, we were able to ask our friends about the weather and sports in Japan. They had a lot of similar outdoor activities as we do in Iowa! In the afternoon the friends from Joetsu who are here to learn about Montessori and Independent Learning Schools, observed as the Racerunners collected soil samples, brainstormed all that they knew about soil and shared their fictional writing pieces entitled "Adventures in Soil!"
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| Sharing SOIL ADVENTURES Integrated writing and science curriculum at its best. |
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| Author's Share with our friends. |
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| Listening intently as we make our TaKe Tombo |
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| Trying out the TaKe Tombo was the highlight of the morning! |
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