The whole school was surprised with a pizza party today. The reason for the party was because we were the school to have the highest percentage of participation in the food drive several months ago. Way to go! Your little botanists planted lima bean and sunflower seeds today. They thought they saw sprouts 15 minutes after planting them. I tried to convince (convince is one of our vocabulary words) them it would take a week or so before they would see any changes. We learned a song to remember what plants need to grow, to the tune of Head Shoulders Knees and Toes:

We know what plants need to grow. We know what plants need to grow. Air and soil and light and water. We know what plants need to grow, need to grow. These are the plant parts we know. These are the plant parts we know. Roots and stem and leaves and flower. These are the plant parts we know, that we know.