Apple Tasting and Shared Research

This week was all about apples. From apple crafts to apple tasting and apple research, we did it all! Check out all the details and pictures below:

Apple Tasting

This week students were able to test different apples to share their opinions. I took the skin off of a red, yellow and green apple and gave out samples to students. Without knowing what color it was they shared their thoughts about the smell, taste and texture of the apples. Some were able to figure out the color of the apple based on the taste, but not everyone! Collectively everyone in our class liked the red apple the best, with yellow being the second most popular, and the granny smith being the least favorite! One of the students favorite parts was seeing the seeds and the star inside the apple. From here we discussed the parts of the apple that we could see (the stem, seeds and of course the skin). 

This is where we graphed whether students liked apple 1, 2 and 3.

These are some of the samples of apples that students tried.

This was the star we found when we cut open the apple!

Shared Research

This week was full of exploring apples, sharing what students already knew about apples and of course learning new facts about apples. Part of this was doing shared research. After I explained the activity students worked with a partner, with one notecard to share to come up with something they had learned about apples and draw it out to share with the class. The collaboration that I saw was phenomenal and I loved seeing students sharing their ideas and learning from each other. It was such a great moment!

Two students start drawing their ideas on their notecard.

Two students work together to draw the star inside the apple.

A student helps their partner with their picture.

Two boys help each other color their picture.

Estacada High School Parade

To end our week our class got to watch the Estacada high schoolers and many community members walk in the homecoming parade. It was fun because two of our high school helpers were in the homecoming court and the students loved getting to see them in the parade! They were a little disappointed that they didn't throw candy, but I think when the horses came by and pooped in the middle of the street it made up for it! 

I am loving every minute we get to spend together as a class. I love seeing the relationships that we are making as a class and how much progress we have made in just 3 weeks in Kindergarten! Cheers to the next week ahead!

Smiles,

Miss Adams