Mighty measuring

We have been doing lots of measuring in First Grade this week. We have been using rulers to measure in centimetres and metre sticks for longer things. We are learning how to estimate how long something is first before we measure also. Practice your estimating here:
http://pbskids.org/curiousgeorge/games/how_tall/how_tall.html
http://pbskids.org/dinosaurtrain/games/howbigareyou.html
Have fun.

Brilliant day out at Basondo

First Grade had an amazing time today at Basondo meeting all the animals and learning lots of information about  the animals that live around us in the Basque country.
We met Lola the deer who loves to be stroked.

Morgan the fox who likes to play.

The shy lynx with tufts on his ears.



And we really liked watching the acrobatic coati from South America.

What's the time, Mr. Wolf?

We have been learning how to tell the time in First Grade using clocks with hands and also digital clocks. Practice telling the time here: http://resources.oswego.org/games/StopTheClock/sthec1.html

Can you beat the clock?

Today we read the Lorax at story time and thought about how we can help look after our planet and the plants and animals that we share our Earth with. First Grade planted trees kindly donated by Iris' dad on the last day of term before Easter. There are some photos of this on the school website: http://www.asob.es/en/
If you would like to listen to the Lorax again, click here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYIX9lNi5ns&feature=related

Growing and hunting for plants

We have started a new Science unit 'Plants and Animals in the local Environment'. We started by looking at seeds and talked about what they need to grow. We wanted to test our ideas and so we made predictions about which seeds would grow in different conditions. We are now just waiting for our results.
This week we will be hunting around school for different types of plants and will looking at the life cycle of a tomato plant.

Long i

Tired of all the rain? Why not practice your spelling long i words here if you can't go out to play:
http://www.starfall.com/n/make-a-word/long-i/play.htm?f

Me on the map!

First Grade are looking at maps this week. We have been learning about the different things you can see on a map and the different symbols that are used. We made our own maps with plasticine and made a list of different things you can see in an atlas. 
Practice your map skills here:
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/multimedia/interactive/maps-tools-adventure-island/kd/?ar_a=3
Why don't you look for your house on google maps?
http://maps.google.com/
Just type in your address.
Happy map hunting.

First Grade go live!

Today we had a very interesting trip to Eitb in Bilbao. We saw a radio show live on air and went into a TV studio. We saw lots of cameras, cables and lights and watched all the journalists busy working in the news room. We learnt so many new things about how TV and radio is made and also the different jobs that people have at Eitb. You can watch Eitb for children and play games here:

http://www.eitb.com/eu/hiru3/#/bideoa/1041310631001