Firstly, we are really immersing ourselves in plants! We now have a whole collection of carnivorous plants (thanks to a great parent!) and we are exploring them first-hand now that we've done so much research on them.
We also have grass growing on the window ledge. We will be "mowing" it next week to see how plants grow.
Our brassica plants may be wilting and dying - but the seed pods are now forming! Next week we can plant our new seeds to start new plants!
In non-plant related news, yesterday was our last Cook Shop lesson. We celebrated the end of this excellent program by making a recipe that used all 5 food groups. Can you spot them all on our ingredients table?
A few kids asked for the recipe so here it is:
- 2 cans black beans, drained
- 1 head lettuce, washed and cut into strips
- 2 apples, diced into small pieces
- 1 red pepper, diced into small pieces
- 1 bag of low-fat shredded mozzarella cheese
- 8 whole wheat tortillas
- 1 tsp. chili powder
- 1 tsp. cumin seeds
Mash the beans and mix in the chili powder and cumin seeds. Then spread it on the tortilla. Sprinkle on the cheese. Then add the apples and peppers. Next top it with lettuce. Roll up the tortilla and eat. Can be served with salsa or low-fat Greek yogurt.
We also began our drama residency with Kelli yesterday. We have immersed ourselves into the world of TV journalism to find out about how New York City runs. Tomorrow we will be going on a community walk to search for evidence of City Government Agencies. Stay tuned for lots more from this amazing project!
And finally...in math we left the Land of Inch and met a new king in an unnamed kingdom. This ruler of the land measured everything with his foot. But when he gave measurements to his carpenter for a new stall for his daughter's horse, it could only fit a pony! We figured out it was because the carpenter's foot was much smaller than the king's foot! We wrote letters to the king explaining that because the measurement tool wasn't standard in size, none of his buildings would be either. The carpenter cut a piece of wood that was the same size as the king's foot to use to measure with before she cut or built anything. She called this standard-sized measuring tool a "Ruler" in honor of the king. We are now using rulers to measure in class. ....They sure are similar to our 12-inch-brick measuring tool, though!
