Caleb's Flat Stanley Visits Philadelphia

How many people live in your community?

The Philadelphia area consists of over 4 million people

"It is a huge community. St. Louis has fewer people than Philadelphia."

 

Is it in the country or the city?

It is in the city, but we spent most of our time in the suburbs of the city (Bensalem, PA)

 

How far away from St. Louis is your community?

886 miles!

 

What state is your community in?

Pennsylvania 

 

What country is your community in?

The United States

 

What is important about your community?

Philadelphia is on two major rivers (Delaware and Schuylkill) that make it a large shipping center on the East coast of the United States.  The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia and the Liberty Bell (picture) lives here! There was a lot of history made in this city, going back to the early days of our country all the way until now. 

 

We learned that the bell is 259 years old. They pulled it with a rope. It was a heavy bell. The building was 50 feet tall that it was in. It used to be in Independence Hall but they replaced it with a different bell. When they rang it, they might have plugged their ears. The bell doesn't ring any more. They put it in a glass case. It has a big crack in it.

 

What is interesting about your community?

There is a lot of great food in Philadelphia.  While here, we got to try their AMAZING pretzels and Cheesesteaks.  From what the people I visited tell me, "Jim's Steaks" (picture) make the best in the world.  

 

 

 

 

Also, they tape Sesame Street very close to Philadelphia, so we went to visit Sesame Place, which is an Amusement Park and Film Studio (pictures attached). 

Sports teams up here are REALLY taken seriously.  The Phillies (Baseball), Eagles (Football), Sixers (Basketball) and Flyers (Hockey) all play here. 

 



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Greenhouse Field Trip

After our trip to the greenhouse, we organized our photos and described what we saw and did during our adventure.

Life Cycle of a Sunflower

The seed for a sunflower grows roots. Then the roots grow a small stem. The stem grows bigger. The stem grows a flower. The flower grows seeds inside it.

Pumpkin Life Cycle

We made a pumpkin video. We drew the pictures. We had five people. It was fun.

Our First Field Trip

We were at the greenhouse. We had a great time. It was our first field trip. We planted flowers. We found seeds. We saw 8000 poinsettias. We saw roots. We saw one bee. It was hot in the greenhouse. Our flowers were really floppy because we just planted them. They need water so the roots can hold on the soil.

Our Plants That We Made

We made plant sculptures. We made them in the classroom. They are really fragile. We were learning about plant parts. It represented the roots, stem, flowers and leaves. 

My plant has roses on it.

I drew a line for roots.

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I made a flower.

Mine makes music.

My roots are separate from my plant because I didn't have space. 

My plant has a big flower.

My plant is a rose.

My tree is big.

My plant is a playground for bugs.

Caleb's plant has thorns.

We made plant sculptures. We made them in the classroom. They are really fragile. We were learning about plant parts. It represented the roots, stem, flowers and leaves.

2012 First Grade Friends Share Bag

Our first grade friends brought things that were special to them. Our friends showed and shared their stuff. It was an awesome thing.