Composting and Sunshine!

The Whales had such an enjoyable week in the sunshine!! We had many picnics outside, and took our reading and writing outside! So much fun to write in the sunshine! The Whales have been working so hard on publishing and our author bin is getting so full.

This week we continued our work on Changemakers. We talked about Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Martin Luther King Jr., and Kate Sessions. We learned about Climate change and the effect human activity has on our Earth. We talked about different ways we can make change in our classroom (turning lights off when we aren’t using them, not wasting water). Most importantly we talked about composting as a way to make a change in our school community. We collected compost bins for each of the ELC classrooms, and we became experts on what you can and can not compost at the University. We are Compost Captains! We made posters that we will present next week to all of the other classes. We will be working on educating our school on the importance of composting. At the end of each week, the Whales will be collecting the compost from each classroom and dropping it off at the University compost center. We are so excited to be leaders in our community and Stewards of the Earth.

On Friday, we took a trip to the library. We love seeing the kind librarians who welcome us into that community space with open arms. The Whales did a lovely job sharing the space with other community members. The librarians told the Whales “You are welcome anytime!”. When we got back to the classroom the Whales had sharing. There were some incredible sharings. Some friends shared items that have sweet memories attached to them. One Whale showed us pictures of a “ghost forest” at Pacific City. Where the tree stumps are 2,000 years old. We even had a Whale share pictures of his compost bin at home! We love seeing the Whales share each week. They have grown so much and share so much detail!