Good Afternoon!
One of our favorite topics to talk about is food and what food we’re having each day. Today for our PREK1 sign in, children wrote their name under their favorite fruit. They had six different fruits to choose from.
We took this information and placed it onto a graph so that we could look at the information at a deeper level. We found out that zero friends identified apples as their favorite while cantaloupe and pears were our favorites because both fruits were tied with two votes.
K.W.5: With support, build understanding of a topic using various sources. (Identify relevant pictures, charts, grade-appropriate texts, personal experiences, and people as sources).
One of our students got very interested in the differences between leaves he was picking up in the yard yesterday afternoon. Today we leaned into that interest since there are several kids noticing the leaves. To begin investigating the leaves further, our oldest kids started a leaf book this morning. Each friend went out to collect as many different leaves as they could. We got out a magnifying glass and looked carefully at the leaves to find which ones were of the same species. We looked at shape. We learned about a “serrated edge versus a smooth edge”. Next, we glued each kind of leaf to a page and used our kid spelling to write what kind of leaf was on each page. We will make a title page and put our leaf books together when they are dry!
At the round table, we worked on making patterns with our unfix cubes. We looked for different patterns in the book to make and children tried repeating the patterns. Some of our older friends discussed other ways to make patterns, like when we write we could alternate colors to make a pattern, or we could alternate words to make a pattern of words! What deep learning was taking place today!
Outside, many of us enjoyed raking leaves and using a leaf blower to get some fall yardwork done!
Breakfast– Toasted oatmeal squares with banana.
Lunch– Homemade chicken avocado salad on whole wheat bread, fresh pears/cantaloupe/banana, and fresh pepper/cherry tomatoes/cucumber.
PM snack– Whole wheat bagel with butter and cinnamon.
Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper.
Have a wonderful night.
-Wee Friends Teachers
Link to pictures:2025-10-21