When we made pulp painting pictures like Denise Fleming does in her books, we also made the letters of the alphabet. We have them displayed in our room. We want to share them with you.
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A Little Building Fun!
We enjoyed the many Gingerbread Boy stories we read this month but we were especially delighted by Jan Brett’s stories of The Gingerbread Baby and The Gingerbread Friends. We made plans to make gingerbread houses similar to the one that Matty made for the Gingerbread Baby. Although we didn’t catch a gingerbread baby, we did have lots of fun.
Soup From a Stone…Fancy That!
We read different versions of the story, Stone Soup and began making plans to cook the soup ourselves. This story is a folktale that has been retold in many countries, each having its own version. It is a story of hungry travelers, looking for food, who arrive at a village and the people are fearful of being generous. The story ends with the realization that when each person makes a small contribution, the collective impact can be huge. The people learn about the pleasures of sharing – soup from a stone, fancy that!!
Another Visit from Our Big Buddies
Color Science
Our classroom was transformed into a science lab for several days, while we explored the science of color. We used water, color fizzer tablets, water jelly crystals, pinch and mix color goo plus test tubes, petri dishes, mini mixing trays and pipettes. We learned about primary and secondary colors and lots of additional colors. We love science. What do you do for science in your classroom?
Painting with Paper Pulp
We learned that trees help the earth. We need trees to keep the earth healthy. Sometimes trees are used to make paper. We should save paper so we can save the trees. Ms. Smith and Mrs. Knee showed us how we could recycle our paper scraps and use them to make something new. We tore up the paper from our scrap boxes and used a blender with water to mash the paper into pulp.
We read books by Denise Fleming who makes her illustrations with pulp she makes from cloth. When it dries, it is paper. We decided to use our paper pulp to make paper leaves and then make a tree with them.
We enjoyed making leaves so much, we decided to try to create pictures the way Denise Fleming does. We put the paper pulp into squeeze bottles so we could “paint” the different colors onto our screen.
These are the pictures we made.
If you want to learn more about Denise Fleming, click here.
Thank you, Denise Fleming for inspiring us.
We Love Eric Carle
We read many books by Eric Carle and learned how he illustrated his books. Although we could not decorate the paper as he dies, we used tissue paper and liquid starch to make some of our paper for collage. We also used finger paint on paper to create textures on paper. We also used those papers.
We sorted the papers by color and then chose pictures to copy from our many Eric Carle books. Even the teachers got involved. Collage is so much fun. You should try it sometime!
Here are the pictures we made.
Our Eighth Grade Big Buddies
Last week we met our Big Buddies. They took us outside and asked us some questions. They wanted to learn more about us. After that we played for a while. When we came inside, we shared a story we wrote. It was fun to have new people to look at our books and listen to our stories. Then our buddies read stories to us. We can’t wait to have our buddies come back for another activity. We love our big buddies! Thank you for coming to our room.
Picking Apples at Appleview Orchard
We had our first field trip. We went apple picking. It was the best day ever. Thank you to all the parents who helped on the trip.
Beginning a New School Year
Our school year is about 10 days old. Here are some things that we do during our day.
Writing Workshop
Eating in the Cafeteria
Playing in the Woods
Exploring Learning Materials
Reading with a Friend
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