Wacky Watermelon Wednesday

      

Today was “Wacky Watermelon Wednesday”.  We learned about the letter Ww and how to write it. We drew what the watermelon looked like on the outside and the inside.  We also did a Ww paper to practice hearing that Ww sound.

 We talked about how watermelons are a fruit that grows on a plant and that they grow from a seed. We reviewed how plants need: sun, soil, air and water to grow.  We learned how bees are important to spread pollen from plant to plant.  We found out that a watermelon plant is a living thing and we learned that watermelon is very healthy to eat.

 Next, we were artists and painted a picture of the watermelon with our own paint set.  My painting is the one on the cover of this booklet.

 We also felt the watermelon and held it too. It felt smooth and cool. Most kids said it was heavy, but one boy said, “It’s literally not that heavy!” Some guesses on its weight were 150#, 20#, 210,050# pounds, but Mrs. Preheim weighed the watermelon and it weighed 11 pounds.

 Later we told Mrs. Preheim a make-believe story about this watermelon being alive and going to the beach.  She typed it out for this booklet.

 In the afternoon, the teacher cut the watermelon into pieces and we looked at it and smelled it. Then we sat outside and ate it.  It was yummy, but we sure got sticky!  We learned a lot from a watermelon today!