More Careers!

It was a blast this week to have many different parents come in for career days! The students (and me!) learned so much about different jobs in our community. On Monday, our school cook came in to talk about what she has to do everyday to prepare lunch for the school. The students participated my making a grocery list, and then following the recipe to make a delicious milkshake!

Anxiously watching the blender as the snack on a cookie!

On Tuesday we had a hog father come in the morning and talk about the importance of farmers. He showed just how many people one pig can feed, and then showed how many a whole hog house can feed! I've really be under appreciating farmers!

On Wednesday a civil engineer came in, and talked about the work he does with bridges. He showed the class many different types of bridges, and different components that have to be considered when designing bridges.  He also showed the class some tools that he has to use when inspecting bridges. 

We had two special guests on Thursday. First, our high school science teacher came down and brought a prey mantis down to teach us a little about etymology. He also talked to us about another job he does, cleaning the church. The students enjoyed him racing against a sweeper to pick up some paper. He then showed us the inside of a full sweeper bag, ew! Also, in the afternoon, a dairy farmer came in to talk to us about what all happens on a farm, and what milk can be used for. She even brought in some yummy ice cream!

The students have also been busy in math. Kindergarten finished learning about numbers 1-5. They've also been counting to 20, practicing patterns, and and working with counting bears to learn one-to-one correspondence. First grade has been counting dimes, practicing subtraction, and learning place values. 

First grade have also been reading like crazy! We are almost through our first reading book already! They are continuing to review letter sounds, and learning many new consonant blends. Kindergarten has read their first reader books with words in them! I wish I could of gotten a picture of their excitement when they read through the whole book. Since the beginning of school, they have also been building time on how long they can read silently. They reached ten minutes this week, so they had a special surprise of eating lunch outside!

On Friday, the first graders worked on their stand (which will be on September 30th). They placed advertisements around the school, and are excited to go grocery shopping next week!