I Love You Like a...AND PIZZA!

Sometimes I feel like this could be a first grade musings blog but then I turn around and write extensively about a project with fifth, third, second, fourth...so it really is all encompassing.  Yet today it is all about the six year olds.

I Love You Like a Pig

Last week I read I Love You Like a Pig with words by Mac Barnett and art by Greg Pizzoli.  Then we attempted to write similes with first graders.  A bit of a challenge but we did it.  The classroom teacher and I already have a list going of things to change should we do it again next year.  We made our own book and dedicated it to a friend who moved to another school last Friday.  Check out our book here:

I Love You Like a...and Other Similes

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Ninja in the Kitchen

This week we donned our aprons and chef hats and made the trek into the bowels of our building to the old faculty room.  There we rolled out pizza dough, spread the sauce, added pepperoni and cheese and watched our creations bake in the ancient oven.  The smell wafted through our building and once again, success! Thanks to Luke Flowers and his Moby for the inspiration. The kids also read Michael Garland's Pizza Mouse to themselves while we waited for the pizza to bake.  Hiyah! It was a delicious batch of fun!

A #MobyShinobi #ReaditMakeitTakeit #collaboration w/@C_ESLibrary featuring Ninja in the Kitchen by @lafcreative.Hiyah!We rolled,tossed &added toppings of our very own.A tasty treat made by awesome #firstgrade Kitchen Ninjas! #GeiselContender @CastletonES @SchodackCSD @Scholastic pic.twitter.com/kbXTYkuaCE

— Earna Eagle (@earnaeagle) December 21, 2017

ps-Do you spy one of the students wearing my Lunch Lady apron?!