Recipe for a Forest
Well,
as you know from watching the video of Mrs. Wrigley and I trying to
make a forest during our ECO lesson at Harrison Field last Wednesday we
had a lot to learn from our students about what actually does make a
forest. Through
a brief reflection to begin our science lesson this Wednesday, students
from both classes shared they found rocks, logs, trees, pine needles,
pine cones, water, sun, leaves, feathers, streams, and more while on their forest scavenger
hunt last week. Mrs. Wrigley and I co-taught this extension lesson and led students in a shared writing to
match forest pictures and write the names of each item as a whole group
to identify the objects, and practice sound spelling each label. Students
then got to work on their own forest recipes... each child decided if
they wanted to include five or up to ten forest items in their recipe,
then glued the item onto their recipe "card" and wrote the item's name
using sound spelling strategies, as well as their visual memory of the
words from our shared writing activity. Enjoy reading our class' forest
recipes on the bulletin board the next time you are in the hall outside
our classroom! INQUIRE with your child what ingredients they included in their own recipe.
Well,
as you know from watching the video of Mrs. Wrigley and I trying to
make a forest during our ECO lesson at Harrison Field last Wednesday we
had a lot to learn from our students about what actually does make a
forest. Through
a brief reflection to begin our science lesson this Wednesday, students
from both classes shared they found rocks, logs, trees, pine needles,
pine cones, water, sun, leaves, feathers, streams, and more while on their forest scavenger
hunt last week. Mrs. Wrigley and I co-taught this extension lesson and led students in a shared writing to
match forest pictures and write the names of each item as a whole group
to identify the objects, and practice sound spelling each label. Students
then got to work on their own forest recipes... each child decided if
they wanted to include five or up to ten forest items in their recipe,
then glued the item onto their recipe "card" and wrote the item's name
using sound spelling strategies, as well as their visual memory of the
words from our shared writing activity. Enjoy reading our class' forest
recipes on the bulletin board the next time you are in the hall outside
our classroom! INQUIRE with your child what ingredients they included in their own recipe. 
