These past two weeks were slightly off schedule as we celebrated Andalucia Day on February 28 and International Women's Day on March 8. We've also had some teacher's out with various things going on so these past two weeks were definitely a lesson in going with the flow which is very important! All that said, they were very good weeks and the students had a lot of fun with the activities that were related to these two very important holidays.
In fourth grade we covered a bit about grass, bushes and trees, as well as flowering and non-flowering plants. This activity was very straightforward, the students wrote the characteristics in their notebooks and used a flow chart to break down the differences of the flowering and non-flowering plants...not my most fun activity but sometimes things must be done the old fashioned way.
The following week, I taught about ecosystems and introduced the various types of ecosystems we have in Texas. Spain and Texas share some very similar ecosystems with the exception of the wetlands we have in Texas. I went more into depth with this type and used it to add in the food chain and talk about alligators! Another thing we have (few of) in Texas but not in Spain. We covered the definition of an ecosystem with a breakdown of everything we would find in a wetland. This was a pretty fun activity and I did a lot of drawing, which proved to be comical for the kids!
