Class 2OL

Each day students are solving problems in so many different ways. They share their strategies with classmates and with adults in the classroom. It’s important that the students try out new strategies to help them improve and become more efficient problem solvers. Playing with numbers,  pulling numbers apart and putting them back together help students to become stronger mental math thinkers. Each week I share at least one strategy  that a student has used to solve a problem. I try and share strategies that we may not have seen before or strategies that really seem to work for kids. These student strategies get posted on the wall for all to refer back to and try out.

This weeks strategy was used by Luke B. Thanks for sharing with us Luke! 

It was a hit! Our trip to Applecrest on Friday was a success. The students had a great time picking their apples from the trees and looking for the biggest and brightest apples. Along with apple picking, we learned many different facts about apples including how the apples are stored, cleaned and what they are used for. The cider donuts and apple cider was delicious. The hayride was a blast and we loved watching the bees work so hard. 2OL had and wonderful experience and learned many new facts they would like to share below.

Did you Know…
When the freezer is full they close it up and take out all of the oxygen. – Troy
When you put the apples in the water the bruises go away. – Kelsey
I tasted a new thing today – Cider donuts. – Jacob
After they squish the apples for cider they give the skins to a pig farm. – Gabby
The apples are put into a big machine to make the apple cider. – William
The bees are the busiest workers at the orchard. – Cooper
Applecrest has a queen bee with a red painted back. – Sophia
When an apple grows, it makes room on the branch for new apples to grow next year. – Carter
The branches have buds where new apples grow. – Luke
There are buds on the trees through the winter. – Hayden
Apple crest makes 26,000 apples pies a year. – Dana
When you pick an apple you twist and pull so you don’t harm the branch. – Anna
They stack six layers of apples before they are squished for cider. – Kelsey
In the cooler the walls are made with the same material as a refrigerator. – Luke
The freezer is kept at 34 degrees F to keep the apples fresh. – Cooper

Now check out our awesome photo’s from the trip!