Show KINDERGARTEN children Wayne Ben McConkle Deb ra Mace and Paula McDowell working on the new modern math program in Mrs Beckstead's class at Ashley Elementary school Here they follow directions to find where to put circus pictures on checker board Class lakes I Study Of Plants Soil ASHLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL By Nikki Freestone Mr fourth grade room has been studying grow ing plants in science We found out that everything we have gocs back to plants Each part of the plants have a job In Inthe the flower seeds begin to form After the flower dies the seeds form inside the fruit The lea ves catch sunlight to help the plant grow They take carbon dioxide from sunlight The stem holds it up and carries food to the root Roots take in water and minerals from the soil We bave learned that a gard ener can have his soil tested by sending it to a place where i they test soil They tell him himI I what kind of a fertilizer to put putI in his soil to make the plants I grow better Some plants are kept in the green house Now all allgreen green plants can make food they live on other plants They are called fungi When plants de cay they form humus U you look closely at the roots of plants you will see tiny roots These are called root hairs They spread out in soil and water Plants have enemies too In sects destroy more plants than any other one thing Some of them are Japanese beetles grasshoppers and many others Birds destroy plants and help them to The honey bee takes the pollen to make honey and at the same time The blister beetle eats grasshopper eggs Praying mantis eat harmful bugs Lady Ladybird bird beetles eat harmful in- in insects sects also We learned when to spray so harmful insects will willdie die Plants are useful in many ways iI |