Grande Cache, connecting with Peru, van Gogh, and Stone Soup

We had a busy week in 1B, with all of our many projects on the go. We are finishing up on the building of our model town of Grande Cache and the students are beaming with pride! They designed, built, and set up the entire town and I couldn't be prouder of them. We also began our study on van Gogh and students recreated Starry Night, one of van Gogh's most famous paintings. The students loved watching the animated video of the painting, which you can check out here. The parcel of school supplies, art work, and books was shipped off this week as well. The students waved good-bye to the very heavy box and wished it safe travels as it zooms off to find Jhinanti in Peru. She will use the items to help out students in need. Grade 1B hopes that the students in Peru will love the valentines that they made for them. Finally, we finished off the week by making stone soup. The students learned that by sharing ingredients we could create a delicious soup to share with all. A huge thank you to our parent volunteers for doing the slicing, monitoring, and cleaning of the soup!