Hi Families,

Today we started our new unit on Needs and Wants in Social Studies.  I put out a variety of different snacks for the students to chose from.  They could only select one and had to be able to tell me why they chose it.

It was interesting to watch the students select the snack.  We had 7 students select a piece of fruit, 11 students select cookies and 1 student select fruit snacks.

In the days ahead, we will be investigating our driving question “Do all food choices matter?”  We will be looking at food labels, especially at how many grams of sugar are in some of our favorite foods.  Talking about what we need might be different than what we want!

If anyone knows of a dietitian or a nurse who would be willing to come visit our classroom and answer a few questions on healthy food choices, please let me know!

I will keep you posted on our learning.

Also,  for science we need pictures of your child demonstrating a push or a pull at home.  If you could send a picture in or email one to me, that would be great!

Thanks!

Ms Wright