Pumpkin Soup and the Harvest Fest

Hello, everyone!

This post is long over due. The children had a tremendously great time at the Harvest Fest. More importantly, I noticed that our students enjoyed food preparation so much! Yes, our Snack work is our daily snack preparation that help foster the skills they learn in the Practical Life area. But preparing the pumpkin soup for the Harvest Fest and sharing our soup with everyone took the activity to the next level. The children were beaming with happiness! I am sharing some LOTS of pictures here.

Also, I am asking for your support. We have a snack preparation project on Donorschoose that will expire in 27 days! This project will help purchase new appliances for our classroom so we can consistently "cook" in the classroom. I wish for the students to experience the whole cycle of food preparation from cleaning the ingredients to sharing their food to the other classrooms. Please share this link to all of your friends and families.

Thank you for your support and enjoy the pictures!

Children lining up to taste our pumpkin soup!

Yummy!

More please...

We read the book, "Pumpkin Soup" to tie this activity to literacy. We talked about the concept of teamwork.

Our students scrubbing the carrots.

More scrubbing...

and peeling...

and cutting..

Pumpkin soup taste testing.

Yoga In Our Classroom

Room 101 does yoga in the classroom. Time permitting, we practice different yoga poses every Monday and Thursday afternoon. Thank you to Jasmine Sandhu for all of the yoga mats donation!!! We appreciate you and your support. Watch us here.

Bee Study

I know this is not Pinterest ready but my students were very excited when they chose to do a study on bees. Two of our kindergarten girls choose the Life cycle of a Bee work and decided to create their own diagram of this to post in the classroom. Before you know it, everyone wanted to share something they know about bees. We decided to start an Inquiry study on bees. We made word webs, read both fiction and non-fiction books and dramatized our learning. We even invited students from the other classrooms to see our presentation. We didn't have a lot of materials to work with but my students were creative and resourceful with just butcher paper and a handful of pipe cleaners! Here are some pictures:

Harvest Fest Letter

Hello, Room 101-

Due to our delayed return from last Friday's field trip, I was not able to send this letter home to you. Please consider donating to this activity. Thank you.

The EC team is planning a Harvest Fest on Thursday, November 3, 2016. At this event each classroom will be making a recipe to share with everyone. Our class will be making Squash Soup. I am requesting for your help and support in purchasing the ingredients. Please find below the things we will need:

• ·      Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• ·      Yellow Onions
• ·      8 pounds of chopped butternut squash (I saw this at Costco.)
• ·      12 small carrots
• ·      1 gallon Apple Cider (not Vinegar)
• ·      Curry Powder
• ·      Cinnamon
• ·      Nutmeg
• ·      3 cans of pumpkin puree
• ·      2 blocks salted butter
• ·      Cream cheese (Neufchatel)
• ·      Brown sugar
• ·      Heavy whipping cream
• ·      20 cups of Vegetable Broth (either canned or boxed)
• ·      Pumpkin Seeds

We would also like to borrow:

• ·      a slow cooker (I have mine but we need an extra one to make soup for everyone)
• ·      Mixing bowls (sturdy and stable)
• ·      Child-sized safety knives
• ·      Whisk

My idea is for the students to prepare the whole recipe. I can’t wait to see their proud faces! Our recipe calls for some ingredients to be sautéed but we will not be doing that for safety reasons. The children will (Practical Life skills!!) cut, peel and mix the ingredients in the slow cooker. We will hope for the best! hehehe. =)

More info will be sent home on Monday.

Thank you for your continued support.

                                                                                                            Sincerely,

                                                                                                            Celine Guerrero

Busy Days Ahead

I wanted to send a Remind message but it won't give me enough characters to type ALL of the events coming to us at Suder!

Please find them below:

Thursday, October 27th

Jog-a-thon
Please have your child wear gym shoes and appropriate outerwear.
EC 1:47-2:51
Parents and families are invited to watch and meet us at the park.

Family Costume Movie Night 
$5.00 entrance (Bring extra cash for concessions)
5:00-7:00pm


Friday, October 28th

Field Trip to County Line Apple Orchard
Please have you child bring a bag lunch. As always, make sure your child is clothed for the appropriate weather.
Leaving Suder at 10:00 (approximately)
Back at Suder: 2:15 (approximately)


Thursday, November 3rd

EC Harvest Fest
What is it? Please wait for more info. We are ironing some last minute details. =)

Taste of Suder
Wear your national costume (I will!) and share a dish. *See the form from PTA that was shared in the folder last week.
Bring cash for food tickets.
5:00-7:00 pm

Friday, November 4th

NO SCHOOL!


Wednesday, November 9th
Parent-Teacher Conferences
Please sign up here.

Whew! That's it for now!

North America

Hello, families!

This week our class "traveled" to several places in North America. The children were beside themselves in excitement when I showed them our travel box. (The whole world is inside it!) Room 101 was able to explore different artifacts from Mexico, United States and Canada. I have accumulated souvenir items (maps, trinkets, models, post cards, currency, etc.) from places I have been to and put these in the box. Enjoy a snapshot of the North America presentation! =)

*Don't forget our Continent Artifact Boxes when you travel... We will gladly accept anything to add to our collection. Thank you!