Stone Soup Celebration

What a joyous time of year :) We began our Stone Soup celebration weeks ago with a big book study on the several different versions of the fable. We read four versions of the traditional Stone Soup, as well as Mouse Soup, Nail Soup, Bone Soup, and Cactus Soup. We compared and contrasted the story and learned about using venn diagrams. We talked about the copyright date and how the pictures and words are influenced by the time period in which the book was written.

Fascinating stuff is happening in first grade :)

On Tuesday we made our own bread. We tripled the traditional recipe and discussed multiplication and fractions (the kids were thrilled when I told them this was third grade material!). We set the table and talked about what we are thankful for. There is so much to be thankful for in our little classroom.

On Wednesday, we had feast day! We started with a stone (just like the story!) and everyone contributed something.

When the pots were boiling around the room, we got to work on making butter.

We finished setting the table...

Made a toast to our school family...

Cut the bread...Added the butter...

And chowed down!

Some ate a little too much...

...But we all enjoyed our own version of a Stone Soup feast!

Happy Thanksgiving, from our family to yours! :)

Just some of the things we are thankful for...

I am thankful for Damaris because she is my friend. I am also thankful for my cat because he wakes me up. -Alma

I am thankful for my family because I love them. -Allie

I am thankful for my grandma; she is so nice to me. -Cristina

I am thankful for my mom, she is nice to me. And for the hunting trip because it was cool. -Gunner

I am thankful for my dad and my sister because I love them. -German

I am thankful for my mom because she is nice and she makes food. -Wesley

I am thankful for my nana because she puts on a movie for me. -Victor

I am thankful for my brother in Mexico. -Judith

I am thankful for my mom and my dad because I get to go to each of their homes for Christmas. -Kayden

I am thankful for my school family because they're my friends. -Elsie

I am thankful for all the kids in the class and my teacher, Ms. Conte. -Alena

I am thankful for Ms. Conte because she is nice. -Carlos

I am thankful for my dog and my mom and my dad because they make me happy. -Melissa

I am thankful for my dad because he plays with me. -Sergio

I am thankful for Jesus Christ because he takes care of us. -Monica

I am thankful for Ms. Conte because she is nice. -Leonel

I am thankful for Jesus and I am thankful for my school and my teacher, Ms. Conte. -Nina

I am thankful for my dad because he wrestles with me almost every night. -Rowan

I am thankful for Ms. Conte because she teaches a lot and because she takes us on cool field trips. -Juan

I am thankful for Ms. Conte because she is beautiful. -Damaris

I am thankful for my sisters because they help me with my homework. -Emmanuel

I am thankful for the 26 kids that spend all day with me. It is a joy to watch them learn and grow. I love them so much. -Ms. Conte

WOW! We have so much to be thankful for!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Butterfly Release Party!

Back when the weather was nicer, we released our butterflies. It was so fun watching the life cycle in the classroom, one of my favorite parts of first grade. Every single butterfly made it out of the chrysalis, and most of them did it during class time. It was so fun to watch!Each student got a chance to pick up a butterfly and release it into its natural habitat. Carlos was less than thrilled about picking one up, so he watched from afar :)