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🍪 Cooking Week 🍞
🍪 Cooking Week 🍞
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Monday June 1
Monday June 1
Food Science Explorations: Spherification Science- Use the reagents provided by Margaux’s family to try your hand at spherification.
Watch video of Margaux’s demonstration of the spherification process.
Ms. Amy's Steam in the Kitchen:
Watch video of Ms. Amy’s Solar Box Oven
Create a Solar Box Oven
Meditation/Outside Exploration:
Nature School Week Two - Exploring Animal Homes
Outdoor Choice: Play Outside
Numeracy:
Tomato Math
Writer's Workshop: Write a birthday letter to Ivan. Be sure to mail your letter using the addressed provided in our birthday email.
Read Aloud:
Read a chapter of J.K. Rowling’s The Ickabog
Cooking Activities:
Sawyer’s Macaroons
Treasured Reading:
How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World read aloud by Ms. Aja
The Things You Can Do That are Good for You read aloud by Ms. Rachelle
A Crazy Day at the Critter Café read aloud by Ms. Amy
Read books from our food collection on Epic, or from your group’s reading shelf below.
Tuesday June 2
Tuesday June 2
Food Science Explorations:
Advanced exploration with NSTA: Why Does Some Food Disappear
Check out Mark Rober’s contraption to feed birds and squirrels (20 minutes)
Ms. Amy's Steam in the Kitchen:
Fire Snake from Sugar & Baking Soda
Meditation/Outside Exploration:
Noticing Meditation with Ms. Julie
Outdoor Choice: Play Outside
Numeracy:
Math World Record Cheese
Writer's Workshop: Write a birthday letter to Nora. Be sure to mail your letter using the addressed provided in our birthday email.
Read Aloud: Read a chapter of J.K. Rowling’s The Ickabog
Cooking Activities:
Ms. Shannon’s Easy Mac and Cheese
Treasured Reading:
Strega Nona read aloud by Ms. Aja
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs read aloud by Ms. Laurel
Read books from our food collection on Epic, or from your group’s reading shelf below.
Wednesday June 3
Wednesday June 3
Food Science Explorations:
NSTA: Why Does Food Turn Brown?
Watch time lapse video of food decomposing
Ms. Amy's Steam in the Kitchen:
Make an Apple Volcano
Meditation/Outside Exploration:
Nature School Week Three: Signs of Spring
Outdoor Choice: Play Outside
Numeracy:
National Chocolate Chip Cookie Math
Writer's Workshop: Write a birthday letter to Ms. Julie. Be sure to mail your letter using the addressed provided in our birthday email.
Read Aloud: Read a chapter of J.K. Rowling’s The Ickabog
Cooking Activities: Ms. Caroline’s Banana Bread
Treasured Reading:
The Cow Loves Cookies read aloud by Ms. Aja
The Duckling Gets a Cookie read aloud by Ms. Aja
Eggbert The Slightly Cracked Egg read aloud by Ms. Amy
Read books from our food collection on Epic, or from your group’s reading shelf below.
Thursday June 4
Thursday June 4
Food Science Explorations:
NSTA: How Does Your Nose Smell Things?
Ms. Amy's Steam in the Kitchen:
Cleaning Pennies with Kitchen Substances
Meditation/Outside Exploration: Clever Manka read aloud with Ms. Julie
Outdoor Choice: Play Outside
Numeracy: Food Invention Math
Writer's Workshop:
Discover your family’s recipe story.
Discuss your family’s recipe story using these questions.
Begin writing your family’s recipe story.
Read Aloud: Read a chapter of J.K. Rowling’s The Ickabog
Cooking Activities:
Max’s Cowboy Hot Pot
Treasured Reading:
Who Ate All the Cookie Dough read aloud by Ms. Aja
Pancakes, Pancakes read aloud by Ms. Laurel
Read books from our food collection on Epic, or from your group’s reading shelf below.
Friday June 5
Friday June 5
Food Science Explorations:
NSTA: What’s in an Egg?
Ms. Amy's Steam in the Kitchen:
Tornado in a Jar
Meditation/Outside Exploration:
Final Meditation with Ms. Julie
Outdoor Choice: Play Outside
Numeracy: Game Day!
Play a family game of Yahtzee. All you need are five dice and this score sheet
Third Grade: Play How Many Rows
Writer's Workshop: Finish working on your family’s recipe story.
Read Aloud: Read a chapter of J.K. Rowling’s The Ickabog
Cooking Activities: Ms. Aja’s Saturday Morning Pancakes
Treasured Reading: Mouse Mess read aloud by Ms. Aja
The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza read aloud by Ms. Aja
Hi, Pizza Man read aloud by Ms. Amy
Read books from our food collection on Epic, or from your group’s reading shelf below.
Notes
Notes
View Materials Needed for Cooking Week
Ms. Amy’s STEAM in the Kitchen activities overview
Learning Goals for June 1-5
Literacy
Read for at least 20 minutes each day.
Numeracy
• Become familiar with Bedtime Math daily problems. This is an excellent resource that can be utilized during the summer to inspire mathematical conversations and problem-solving
• Use flexible thinking and problem-solving skills to solve real-world problems.
Writing
• Write and mail a birthday letter to Ivan, Nora, and Ms. Julie. Also, to Max, Henry, Landon, and Sawyer if you didn’t get a chance to do so last week
• Record one of your family’s food stories
Cooking Skills
• Gain experience reading and following a recipe.
• Develop practical life skills such as chopping vegetables, mixing ingredients, measuring ingredients, and preparing meals.
• Discuss your family’s food traditions.
• Notice and marvel at chemical reactions and changes in states of matter while cooking
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