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Mrs. Groff's First Grade

Ridge View Elementary School- Hobart, Indiana

Traffic Signal Snacks

We are first graders in Mrs. Groff's class at Ridge View Elementary School in Hobart, Indiana. Hobart is in the northwestern corner of Indiana. Hobart is a small city and is hard to find on many maps. We are next to Gary, Indiana which is a big city. We are 35 miles southeast of Chicago, Illinois. Chicago is a very big city and easy to find on most maps. Hobart does not have many tall buildings. We have many parks and trees. In a few weeks the leaves on the trees will start to change colors.

We have 9 girls in our class and 6 boys. Our favorite activity in school is working in the computer lab. We enjoy using Kid Pix, WiggleWorks, and MathKeys. To find out more about our class you can visit our class web page Groff's Galaxy.

We have been learning about bus, bike, walking, and playground safety and traffic signs. Today we learned this song (sung to the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star).

Red means stop and

Green means go

Yellow watch out, you

Better go slow!

Keep your eyes right

On the light

It will tell you

What is right!

Then we made traffic signals to eat for our fruit break during morning recess.

Traffic Signal Snacks

• rectangular crackers
• whipped cream cheese or peanut butter
• red and green grapes
• cheese in aerosol can

Direct the students to spread the cream cheese or peanut butter on the crackers. Then have them arrange the red and green lights with the grapes. Spray cheese in the center for the yellow light.

Palmcroft School-Yuma, Arizona

We're in Yuma, Arizona. Yuma is in the southwestern corner of Arizona along the Colorado River, next to the California state line, and about 13 miles from the Mexican border.

For our nutritious snack we made a cool and refreshing fruit salad as a part of our study of bats. People are usually afraid of bats because of old myths and stories but we learned that bats are very important for plant pollination, and seed dispersal, especially the megabats. Microbats are important for controlling insects that harm people and plants.Bats are the only flying mammal. There are about 1000 species of bats in the world. Bats benefit the environment and humanity and need to be protect!

Products from Bat-dependent Plants

• Bananas
• Peaches
• Mangos
• Figs
• Dates
• Cashews
• Carob
• Guavas

(We also included watermelon, strawberries, oranges, grapes and kiwi) Every child is encouraged to bring in a small amount of one kind of fruit i.e. 2 bananas, or 2 peaches

Other Supplies:

mixing bowl; spoons for mixing, serving and eating; knives, and 8oz. cups for serving salad.

Steps:

1.Wash and slice fruit into bite-sized pieces

2.Place in a large bowl and mix

3.Sprinkle with chopped cashews and carob chips 4.Serve in paper cups.

We hope you enjoy this treat has much as we did!

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