Nutritious Breakfast in Ganon

As a culmination to our unit on nutrition, the Ganon classes came to school in their pajamas on Tuesday and enjoyed a nutritious breakfast which included foods from all the different food groups from the food pyramid.  They even used juicers to make their own fresh-squeezed orange juice!  They used the placemats they made showing the food pyramid on one side, and the correct way to set a place setting on the other side.

At the end of the day, the lights were turned off and the children curled up on the floor to watch a short movie.  We wish every day could be Pajama Day!!

Ganon Bet eats in the Lunchroom

 News Flash!! Ganon Bet is now eating lunch in the lunchroom everyday! We feel very grown-up and  we are enjoying eating with the Kindergartens.
After we eat lunch we clean-up our spots. If we are done early, we switch tables and color in pictures.

The Main Characters of Gan Bet

Gan Bet worked on a very special project with Ms. Schneck's 6th grade English class. First, we visited the middle school classroom, and were each paired with a 6th grader. The older students interviewed the kindergartners, taking note of such things as family members, favorite foods and activities. The 6th graders integrated these notes into original stories, which they printed in book format online. This week, the children excitedly read their stories together, which have also been emailed home to enjoy with parents. A fantastic literacy project for both grades!

Learning About Our Five Senses In Ganon Bet

Ganon Bet continued the unit on their Five Senses by smelling and tasting various foods with their eyes covered. To culminate the activity we looked into five bowls filled with various white food. The only way we could figure out what was in the bowls was by smelling and tasting the different foods. Ask us what we tried.

Food Shopping In Ganon Bet

We began our unit on nutrition with the question. "Where do we buy our food?" Some children mentioned: Shop Rite, Glatt Express, Pathmark and Stop and Shop. The next question was. "How do these stores get their food?" We looked at a map of the United States and the World and discovered that food comes from all over. The food is shipped by planes, and train from farms to warehouses, and then brought by truck to stores. The children designed their own warehouses and supermarkets. We turned our kitchen area into a supermarket, which we named the Makolet.