Learning About Pumpkins

Here is our bulletin board display showing activities that we have done on the topic of pumpkins. The children have learned to identify the inside and outside parts of a pumpkin. They have used their eyes, hands and nose to make observations about a pumpkin. They estimated seeds and measured the circumference, width and height of pumpkins.  We will continue to learn about pumpkins by observing our seeds growing in our `pumpkin patch and by watching ``Rachel the Pumpkin`` turning into compost. To see those activities closer, and other activities go under Our Classroom Activities tab. 

Visit from Mr. Shallal

Today, we had the visit from Mr. Shallal, Christina`s dad. Mr. Shallal owns a Gabriel Pizza and we invited him to visit our class and answer questions.

Mr. Shallal owner of Gabriel Pizza, 178 Greber in Gatineau

1.    Do you wear a chef hat?

 

Mr. Shallal - Yes, we wear paper hats or hair nets.

2.    What is your most popular pizza?

 

Mr. Shallal - Our Deluxe pizza.

3.    What day of the week do you sell the most pizza?

 

Mr. Shallal - Friday

4.    What holiday/ special day do you sell the most pizza?

 

Mr. Shallal - On Superbowl Sunday

5.    What kind of pizza do you sell? Meatball?

 

Mr. Shallal - We sell many pizza like the Combo, La belle, Hawaïen, Little Italy, Deluxe, Vegetarien, Canadian and others. The Litte Italy pizza had meatballs.

6.    How many crusts do you do?

 

Mr. Shallal - Whole Wheat, Gluten free, regular, thin regular, thick

7.    Do you have pizza for parties?

 

Mr. Shallal - Yes, we make them different sizes depending on the customer`s request

8.    What is the biggest pizza you’ve made?

 

Mr. Shallal - 120 cm X 35 cm

9.    Do you sell anything other than pizza?

Mr. Shallal - We sell hamburgers, donairs, subs, cake, pasta, salads, wings, chicken fingers.

 

We would like to thank Mr. Shallal for giving us Gabriel Pizza boxes and flyers from his pizzeria. The children had lots of fun playing in our Gabriel Pizza restaurant.

 

 

Spaceship and Space

A few weeks ago, Adam showed an interest in building a spaceship. We did an inquiry to find out what the children knew and what they wanted to know about spaceship and space. We had lots of fun building a rocket, a spaceship and a moon. The children learned why astronauts wear a helmet, a backpack, a space suit and boots when they go into space. They also learned what they eat, how they sleep and even how to use the washroom in their spaceship. You can go under the tab Inquiry to listen to children answer the questions. 

Procedural text: How to make a rocket.

The children also listened to songs about the sun, moon and planets of our universe. Here is what they have learned:

There are 8 planets (Ben).
We turn around the sun (Giluliana G.). The sun is super hot (Adam).
Mercury: It is as small as the moon (Giuliana G.)
Venus: It is the same size as Earth (Ben). There are volcanos and mountains (Sean)
Earth: It is where we live (Anthony). There is gravity (Sean). There is oxygen (Devin).
Mars: The planet is red (Sean). It has 2 moons (Davan).
Jupiter: It is the biggest planet (Ben).
Saturn: It has a ring (Ben) made of lots of rocks (Colin).
Uranus: It is laying on its side (Adam).
Neptune: It is the coldest planet (Ben) and it rains a lot (Sean).


To view more activities go under the tab Our Classroom Activities.

Pizza

Today, Tianna, Kaitlyn, Alessa and Colin got to serve pizza and birthday cake in their Pizza Restaurant. It all started when they were making pizza and birthday cake with playdough and then wrote a menu for a pretend pizza restaurant. Mrs. Cole and I thought it would be a good learning experience for them if they got to sell pizza and birthday cakes in a real life situation. We decided to get all the children involved by having them create their own pizza recipe, as we were already talking about procedural text in our Inquiry of Space and with our apple crisp. We chose to have Colin serve apple crisp as his birthday cake for a healthier choice.



This morning the children used their recipe to make their own pizza. We then set up four tables where Tianna, Kaitlyn and Alessa got to sell the pizza made by their classmates. Colin sold apple crisp on which he added a candle to make birthday cakes. Nahisha, Giuliana M., Ben and Ava got the be cashiers and Giuliana G. did an amazing job as our hostess. Here are a few pictures. Do not forget to view your child`s ePorfolio to see your child in action.

Recette de pizza

Restaurant Alessa - Pizza $1

Restaurant Colin - Gâteau $5.00



Restaurant Kaitlyn - Pizza $10.00

Restaurant Tianna - Pizza $4.00



 

Pizza Restaurant menu written by Tianna, Alessa, Kaitlyn and Colin.

Click here to listen to what the children have to say after tasting the apple crisp  

Here are more comments about our apple crisp 

 

What did you like most about making pizza?

 

 

James: Eating it in the afternoon.

 

Adam: I didn't like anything about the pizza, I just liked the apple crisp.

 

Aiden: Making the pizza and eating it with the apple crisp.

 

Ben: Putting on the cheese.

 

Alessio: Cheese

 

Tammy: I liked putting on the cheese on the pizza.

 

Devin: I liked putting everything on it because it tasted really good and it tasted so delicious like apples.

 

Kaitlyn: I liked when I got the bread.

 

Hannah: I liked to put on the sauce.

 

Colin: The pizza because I put mushrooms and peppers. I don't like spicy peppers because they're too spicy for me.

 

Davan: I like the peppers and the pineapple but not the mushrooms because I don't like mushrooms.

 

Brandon: I like getting the cheese.

 

Preston: Just cheese.

 

Ava: Cheese.

 

Jackson: Putting on the sauce.

 

Nahisha: Putting the cheese.

 

Joanna-Lee: I liked the cheese.

 

Folu: All of it.

 

Tianna: Cheese on it.

 

Mahmoud: Pouring cheese on it.

 

Fouad: Eating it, it was yummy.

 

Giuliana G.: Putting the cheese on.

 

Giuliana M.: So I liked it how I made the pizza and I liked it how I was the cashier and I liked it how I eated my pizza and the apple crisp.

 

Christina: I like to make that pizza and I liked to put the cheese on it and the sauce.

 

Antonio: Putting on the cheese.

 

 

After doing a survey, we found out that 15 children preferred the pizza over the apple crisp.

 

 

 

 



Apples

 Apple Crisp

On Tuesday, the class made apple crisp. First, we started by reading the book "How do Apples Grow." Then, we made some observations on apples. The children looked at two apples and observed that apples can be red, yellow or green and that some apples are big and others are small. 

 

 

 

Then, the children started to share with the class how apples were part of their Thanksgiving. Adam mentioned that he had apple pie with ice cream. Kaitlyn ate apple cake. Colin also ate apple pie and apple donuts. Tammy ate a whole apple. Christina enjoyed eating apple crisp. Tianna, Ava, Giuliana G.  and Giuliana ate apple pie for dessert. Finally, Mahmoud drank apple juice. Before cutting their apples, the children touched them and told us how it felt in their hands. Here were their observations:

Ben - soft
Sean - hard and round
Adam - soft and round, tastes like peaches dried up
Christina- strong
Aiden - like apple
Preston - hard
Anthony - hard
Mahmoud - hard
Brandon - rough

Recette de la croustade aux pommes

Jackson - hard
Antonio - feels cold
Alessa - soft
Tammy - rough
Giluliana G. - rough
Alessio - hard


Nahisha - hard
Hannah - smooth
Colin - cold
Arman - soft

 

At story time, we read the book ''Max and Mo Let`s Go Apple Picking!'' We decided to make ''apple prints'' following the instruction in the book.








Tammy



Hannah
 

How to make apple prints.

 





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Retelling the Story Mouse Count

After reading the story Mouse Count, the children were encouraged to practise retelling the story using the Light Table. Here are three retells of the story by Adam, Antonio and Kaitlyn.

Making Predictions

 

 

By looking at the cover page of the book "La pomme rouge", Aiden was able to predict that the story was going to be about an apple. Colin answered the "when"and "where" by saying that the story was happening outside during the day because it was light. Kaitlyn added that there was grass. The children identified the characters as a girl, rabbit, squirrel and bear. The story started with the girl going up the hill and dropping her apple, which started to roll down the hill. She asked the rabbit to stop the apple and then the squirrel but they all started rolling down the hill themselves. We took a pause to predict what was going to happen after and how the story was going to end. Here are some answers given by the children.

Giuliana M. - "The bear is going to take the apple to a far away place."
Sean - "The bear is going to eat the apple."
Aiden - "Their friends are going to put down the apple."
Brandon - "The apple is going to hit the bear."
Tammy - "The apple is going to go down."
Devin - "All of them are going to share the apple."
Colin - "The apple will roll and turn into ice cream cone and they cut it in half and share the ice cream cone."

The story ended with Brandon and Devin's being correct about their predictions.