Week 3 is underway!

We started week three of Garden Camp today!

After a healthy breakfast, we wrote in our journals and answered two questions: what are the parts of the plant we eat? Why do we eat plants?

Plants have leaves, roots, a stem, seeds, flowers, and sometimes fruit. We eat plants to help keep us healthy. They have many nutrients that people need.

We pulled weeds in the garden today. It is important to pull the weeds so that the plants get all the nutrition, not the weed. We also pulled weeds in front of the building to help our school continue to look great!


We did some planting at one of our neighbors, who is also the grandad of one of us at garden camp!

After lunch and free time, we spent time reading silently. Then Mr. Johnson shared with us what the parts of plants do. There’s a lot going on in there!

Then we cleaned up, watered the garden one more time, and finished the day listening to Miss Smith read out loud to us.

Here is a video of today:



Garden Camp at Edison rocks!

Week 2

This week was awesome! We learned all about farms and how farmers grow plants and raise animals to make money. We were able to visit a farm and see how these farmers raised cows to get milk and fertilizer. We also designed our own farms. We made posters and went to the computer lab to make advertisements. Overall, this week was just as fun as last week, and I can't wait for next week!!

Day 6

We had plenty to do and learn on Day 6 of camp. Starting the day by journaling is a great to get our thinkers activated and ready to learn! We also took care of morning gardening chores by watering and weeding. It was time to plant some more of our plants from the greenhouse too.

The weather was beautiful so we had lunch outside in the courtyard again. In addition to our own silent reading time, Mr. Johnson and Miss Smith have been reading a book to us. It is a mystery book and keeps us on the edge of our seat!

Community service is part of what we do at Garden Camp. We spoke to one of our neighborhood friends about helping him with his yard. We are excited for the opportunity to serve!

Tomorrow, we might be taking a field trip. Check back to see where we go!

Day 5

Today was a busy day! There were extra people here today taking pictures for our school. They took many pictures of our Garden Camp activities too. Here are what two students have to say about today:

Dominick: "We pulled weeds and watered our plants. We also ate lunch. We also did a KWL chart about farms. Miss Smith told us to look at things in our house to see what came from a farm. Corn, peas, and other things grow in the spring. In summer, soybeans, watermelon, cucumber, celery, zucchini and peppers are grown. We played outside on the swingsets and picked up trash."

Joanna: "We ate snacks. We watered. We learned about farm animals. A chicken comes from a chicken. Milk comes from a cow. Eggs come from a hen. Meat comes from a pig and a cow. We played outside and picked up trash."

Here is a video with a few highlights from today:

Day 4 - Farmers Market and Microscopes

Today we got a great start with breakfast in the room and by journaling. Today was also our first trip to the farmers market, so we worked together to create a list of questions for our research. Our questions were:

• Where do your seeds come from?
• How long did it take for _____ to grow?
• How many different types of plants do you grow?
• What jobs do you do to make your plants grow?
• How do you know when to pick?
• How do you decide the price?

With clipboards and our questions in hand, we walked to the farmers market, which is just a few blocks away. Here is a video with pictures of what we did on our field trip.




After lunch and silent reading time, we explored microscopes! We learned that a microscope magnifies whatever is being viewed by 4, 10, and sometimes 40 times! To demonstrate, Mr. Johnson showed us the letter 'e' under the microscope connected to the computer.


After that, we were able to use the microscopes that Mr. Johnson got out for us. He and Miss Smith helped us get the different slides of corn parts focused so that we could draw them. The tiny little things under the microscope were cells. We learned that every living thing is made up of cells, even people!


On Monday, we will see more pictures of cells and start another week of Garden Camp!