Today was Fresh Air Friday and it was also Potato Day!
To start the day we had big buddies. Our big buddies are doing a special project where they are trying to take old discarded books and make them better. They read us the stories and then asked us which parts we didn't like and how we thought they could make it better. A few of our groups had extra time and got to look at another art project our buddies are working on. We are excited to see their final projects!
Then we started our potato stations. Before we went to our stations Ms. Boyer showed us how to make potato wedges. Our first station was potato prints. We will use our prints as the covers for our recipe books. Next, we went with Mr. O'Reilly to work on the potato wedges recipe. Last, we went to see Mrs. Hamby to work on our pastel potato artwork.
After the potato stations we got to eat the potato wedges! They tasted super duper good with ketchup. They tasted like french fries!
Then we started our leaf study. Our outdoor job was to find as many different kinds of leaves as we could. It is important for botanists to be able to tell the difference between leaves because often that is how they tell the difference between different plants. We were able to find quite a few different types. Some were very prickly! Next week we will use these leaves for a special leaf study project.
Please remember, there is no school on Monday. Have a great long weekend!
