First grade at Windmill Springs in amazing and unique for many reasons! As a grade level we are collaborative, not just as teachers, but as classrooms. Here are some of the activities that your first grader will participate in:

• Build challenges with their Big Buddies – in December they make gingerbread houses, and in April they build instruments out of recycled materials.

• In the fall, we celebrate the harvest, and the end of our plant adaptation unit, culminating with a day of apple and pumpkin activities. This includes a test test of apple and pumpkin treats!

• We study eight habitats, and do a corresponding art and writing project for each.

• Lastly, in the spring, we immerse ourselves in the world of author Eric Carle. Each student then chooses an animal from their favorite habitat to create a narrative, and informational, story in the style of Eric Carle.