We Are As Unique As Snowflakes!
In first grade we have been discussing how each of us is unique, different and special. We began by reading two inspirational and beautiful books.
(Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin. This is the story of Wilson Bentley, a Vermont resident, who loved snow and spent all his winters photographing snowflakes. A few weeks prior to his death his photographs were eventually compiled into a book.)
(Snow Crystals by W.A. Bently and W.J. Humphreys. Mr. Bentley's book contains pages and pages of the beautiful snowflakes he photographed.)
We discovered that out of the thousands of snowflakes Mr. Bentley photographed he never found two alike. We then created a bulletin board of our own snowflakes with writing pieces about how unique we are. Here's a peek at the board!
Then we celebrated snow by making our own snow cones! Yummmm! (Don't worry families, Miss Novellano made sure it was fresh, clean snow!)
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This Is "For The Birds"!
Sometimes animals need help finding food in the winter. So, to help out our feathered friends, we took some time to make bird feeders. We followed the example of a family from the book Night Tree by Eve Bunting.
Putting the peanut butter on the pinecones:
Rolling the pinecones and peanut butter in the birdseed:
The feeders are ready for the birds!
The messy projects are the most fun!
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