Week of 10/22

Hello Families!  

We had an amazing week!   Teacher Christie has been working with small groups on word work and the writing process.  Teacher Andrea is working on concepts of print (what is the cover?  What is a title? Which direction does text run?  What is the difference between a letter and a word?)  

Students also practiced sequencing a story as they re-enacted the building of the scarecrow in The Little Old Lady Who Wasn't Afraid of Anything, after having read the book.

An impromptu create-your-own Pokemon center sprang up during the morning.  These boys were stretching out words and writing the letters that represent them to label their Pokemon creations.

We also read Ten Apples Up On Top by Dr. Seuss.  Afterwards, students were invited to create their own pages for a class Apples on Top book.

Younger students continued their work on patterns.  On Wednesday, older students extended their work on gathering data by polling younger students on the question  "How many seeds are in an apple?"

Wednesday Afternoon was especially exciting.  We had a guest speaker come in and answer the question, "What's inside a pig?"  This question was generated by a couple students during our family group project work.  The speaker was fun and the kids had tons of questions for him.  I think just about about every child now knows where we get ham from...the pigs butt!

After our pig talk, Melissa Bookwalter (a.k.a. Emmett's Mom) brought in a cider press and help lead the students in making apple cider.

Wash the Apples

Cut the apples into small pieces

Grind the pieces and put them in the press

The kids were totally into the whole process and the final result was delicious!

See you on Monday for more fun and learning!