Madeline in Paris

Fun class this week!

We compared the art in our Madeline book to photos of buildings in Paris.  They were beautiful.  We attempted our own copy of one of our favorite Paris landmarks of choice.  They turned out remarkable!  We also had a fun impromptu visit from Teacher Genne.  She told us about some of the landmarks in Paris.  We even quizzed her and she passed with flying colors.

Also, we talked about symmetry.  We made a symmetrical Eiffel Tower with colored penne.

We also talked about the wonderful foods in France, including frog legs and sheep's brains!!!

We attempted to walk in two symmetrical lines to the bathroom to wash our hands.  We formed something that was more like a meandering river.  But we did make it back to class and we broke bread together when we ate a fresh baguette from Albertsons.

Next week, we will discuss personification and the book, Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel.  If we have time we will also read a few Halloween stories.

Week 5 - Madeline

We had a fun class this week with the book, Madeline.
We were whisked away to France where we saw poor little Madeline rushed to the hospital for an appendicitis!
The inquisitive kids wanted to know what an appendix was.
We talked about where and what it is, and why it sometimes MUST come out!
Then we discussed how to keep our bodies healthy. 
We made small hygiene bags with soap, tissue, and bandages.  We talked about sneezing and coughing without releasing all our germs and most importantly, we learned how to WASH and WASH our hands : )!!
We ended our class with a little lesson on food groups and creating a healthy plate. We learned which foods belong in which food groups and attempted to create a healthy plate of our own using a lovely Safeway advertisement.

Next week, hopefully, we will all be on the pumpkin patch adventure for the core kids!!

Week 4- Lentil and Tastebuds

We had a great class this week.  We went on another journey into the book Lentil.

After reviewing character and setting, we talked a bit about taste buds.  In the book, the antagonist, Sneep, sucks on a lemon and causes the band to all pucker their mouths, hindering their ability to play their instruments.  Why would a sour lemon do this?

We talked about how taste buds are found on our tongue. They are called papillae.

We have over 10,000!!! 

We put our taste buds to work identifying four different tastes: sour, salty, sweet and bitter.

After identifying them using foods we eat all the time, we tested our taste buds by drinking four different liquids and assigned them a taste.

I think the sweet lemonade was the favorite. No one liked the salt water!!

They were all great sports.

Lastly, we built the town of Alto, Ohio with blocks.  We each built a house, library, train station, or store for our little town.  The kids attempted to re-enact the story with wooden clothespins as their characters.  They were creative and shared well.

This week we will read Madeline, by Ludwig Bemelmans.

Je suis impatient!