Apples, Apples, Apples!
/The Whales have had an amazing week of apple study! We continued to learn about the apples growing in our Piazza, and discovered that an insect in its larval state was enjoying the flesh of our apples! We shared lots of good ideas for how we might solve the apple codling moth problem , and worked together to clean up the diseased apples around the base of the trees.
Whales have become thespians. We have learned the story of The Apple Cake, and have enjoyed performing for one another on our new stage. To celebrate the story of the apple cake, the Whales baked our very own (and very tasty!) apple cake.
We have studied the art of still life artists like Cezanne and Matisse and have begun using oil pastels to practice adding shading and shadow to our apple still life paintings. We are wowed by the way the apples appear to “jump off the page!”
On Friday we worked REALLY HARD and chopped up an entire bushel of apples for cider-making. Whales kept saying “We won’t give up! We can do it!” We finished in record time, then lugged the huge bucket outside and used our muscles to grind the apples and then press them. We enjoyed fresh apple cider for a lunchtime treat!
Whales know how to work together to accomplish spectacular things!
