A HUGE thank you to Mr. Eisfeldt who prepared an incredible presentation for the Lemurs about farming.  Mr. Eisfeldt works for Case Agriculture who makes massive farm machinery.  He also brought in fantastic coloring/activity books for each student to take home and a very cool CASE model tractor that is already the most popular toy in the classroom.  Look for photos in a previous post.

We learned all about yeast this week as we made some bread from scratch.  Like the chemical reaction we created with volcanoes, we created a chemical reaction by feeding dry yeast some warm sweet soup (warm milk and honey).  This made the yeast bubble up and expand, allowing our bread rolls to raise up in the oven.

Treehouse Small Group Activities This Week:

Monday
Writing – How to Harvest Wheat Book – We finsihed up our writing project, creating a “How to” book for harvest wheat.  The finished books are hanging up in the classroom.
Math – Game – Harvest Time – Students learned how to play a new cooperative game, Harvest Time.  Students worked together to plant seeds before Fall came and then harvest crops before Winter came.
Performance – Scenery Painting/Practice – Students painted green leaf scenery for our performance.  I worked with partners to practice lines.

Tuesday
Reading – Sight Word BINGO – Ms. Ryan helped student practice high frequency words with a fun game of BINGO
Math – Rainbow Dice– Students rolled dice and added the sum to color in on a rainbow sheet.
Performance – Props – Students practiced using their props for the show

Wednesday
Science – Baking Bread – We all baked bread together and enjoyed the results with butter and honey!  I included the recipe for “kitty rolls” in your red folders.

Thursday
Reading – Book Bag Check-in – Ms. Ryan read book bag books with each student and updated with new books.
Math – Rainbow Tens – We began learning about numbers that add up to ten.  We used a rainbow to see the connections.
Performance – Practice Lines – Students practiced lines for the performance.