Being Prepared

Today we talked all about being prepared for school and all of the things we need to have a great day of learning. Two things that came up were food and good clothes for outside.

We used a bunch of lunches to make one awesome, healthy lunch. Then we worked together to label the items. The kids in our class are getting really great at sounding out words.

I asked the students, "Why do we need a healthy lunch?" 

Here's what they said:
If you eat candy you'll be fat. - Yuan
We need a healthy snack to get big and strong. - Brayden
So we can grow up like the big kids. - Alfonso
So your brain can wake up. - Landyn
If you are hungry and you don't have any food you'll be really hungry. - Isabella

They also had some other great ideas for healthy snacks and lunches:

• bananas
• apple
• oranges
• corn
• salad
• fruit salad
• apple sauce
• pear
• grapes
• carrots
• sandwich
• cheese
• watermelon
• milk
• meat
• spagetti
• chicken noodle soup
• potato salad
• macaroni and cheese
• crackers
• soup
• 1 treat 

Then we talked about all of the things we need to be warm and comfortable at recess. Students go outside for two 15 minute recesses and one 30 minute break at lunch. They will go out unless it is colder than -28 with the windchill. It is really important that they are dressed for the weather, including the windchill.

We used our Smart Board to make this drawing together and the students labelled all of the things this little student needs to be ready for outside.

This student is ready for winter recess!

We have also posted this picture by our door so students can check that they have all of their belongings, before they go outside.