Hello, families-
I can't believe that October is almost over and we only have a few more weeks until the first quarter is done! Our new (and returning) students have become more and more acclimated to our new classroom environment. It has been very rewarding to see each student work towards becoming a part of our classroom community.
Our friends have been practicing observing each other during work, working together and giving presentations to each other. The multi-age grouping benefits every child because the learning truly becomes their own. It is so cool to watch the youngest group very intently observe the kinders complete a work. They aspire to do more work because the see what exciting works are in store for them! I also love seeing the older kids give so much presentations to other students. This truly gives them ownership of their learning, while reinforcing the skills they have mastered.
Last week, we had a field trip to the Kohl's Children's Museum. The children had such a great time exploring and playing! We also did a lot of food preparation and cooking. Some parents requested for our Pumpkin soup recipe. This is as close as it gets! =) We don't really have one but it always turn out so good! *fingers crossed* hahaha! Enjoy!
Room 101's Pumpkin Soup Recipe
Ingredients:
- 3-4 cans pumpkin puree
- 1 box veggie broth
- 1 can coconut milk
- 3 onions
- 2 shallots
- olive oil
- some garlic, nutmeg, cinnamon
- a little maple syrup
- salt and pepper to taste
Procedure:
(The children are chopping and prepping everything during work time. As soon as they are finished with one step, I place the ingredients in the slow cooker. The "cooking" begins after work time wherein the recipe cooks in the slow cooker during recess, lunch, nap time and specials- approximately 3-4 hours.)
- chop onions, garlic and shallots
- add salt and pepper
- put some olive oil in the slow cooker together with the chopped ingredients
- put in the pumpkin puree and veggie broth. Stir together.
- add nutmeg, cinnamon and maple syrup. Stir.
- add the coconut milk. Stir a few time then leave the soup to cook.
- use an immersion blender to smoothen the soup's consistency
- Enjoy!
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| Worm composting in Room 101 |
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| We got some worms!!! |
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| Look at them! |
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| Roy reviewed letter sounds |
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| Jackie Jack Jack has changed its appearance |
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| The children are excited to document the changes |
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| New works! |
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| Ethan concentrated and completed the Punching work |
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| Sebastian and Stefan created an autumn tree |
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| Haylie graded the Rainbow work |
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| Peek a boo! |
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| Library time |
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| Winter "read" the environment. ("Good readers read everything! Good readers read the world around them.") |
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| Tyler and Roy found more signs to read. |
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| Found another one! |
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| Santi found a sign after nap |
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| Imagination at work |
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| We made some banana bread |
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| Mark Anthony wrote sentences with the Moveable Alphabet |
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| Ethen created a picture with different shapes |
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| Concentration |
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| Nijel was so proud of his work |
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| Maddox showed us another way to create a structure with the Rainbow work |
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| We received pumpkin donations for our Harvest fest. Thank you! |
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| We made pie crust for our apple pie. Thank you, Ms. Castillo for our new blender! |
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| Apple pie in my tummy! |
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| Tyler sorted words |
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| Sophia practiced building the sight word list |
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| The life cycle of a butter fly |
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| Ariana and a Tonging work |
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| Amelia with another Tonging work |
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| Roy and Tyler paired up and shared the books they are reading during Independent Reading time. |
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| Mark Anthony and Maya did the same |
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| Kindergarten share time |
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| Santi squeezed a whole pitcher of orange juice for his friends |
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| Field Trip!!! |
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| EC/E1 Halloween Social |
