Bakery Fun!

What a beautiful week! This week was filled with so many wonderful learning experiences! Our caterpillars are ALL in their chrysalises now, and we eagerly await their arrival as butterflies. In our insect unit, students are making connections in nature--we found some caterpillars and inchworms on the playground, and were able to catch a couple of pictures.

Mural we made to celebrate our year with the fifth
grade book buddies!

It was one of our last meetings with our fifth grade book buddies! We created an amazing mural to put by the gym.

We wrapped up our money unit with a fun bakery on Friday afternoon. Each student was given $0.35, and they chose how to spend it on a cookie, frosting, and three different kinds of toppings. The kids had lots of fun, and had the chance for real-world experience in counting out coins and bringing in coins to trade in (i.e. a dime for one nickel and five pennies).

Finally, the students got to make notes for Kristen; since Kristen may not be back to school by the end of this school year, the students decorated their hand outlines as way to "wave" to her. They decorated one side and wrote a note on the other side. We are excited to have her back again soon!

Making our "wave"s for Kristen

Bakery fun!