THANK YOU FOOD CORPS!

Our class would like to give a great big thank you to Allison! Allison works with Food Corps and she provided monthly hands-on lessons and activities related to gardening, healthy eating, native plants, and local culture. Some of the favorite treats that the students made and tasted were: sauteed brussel sprouts, energy balls, veggies roll ups, herb flavored popcorn, and mequite flour pancakes. We are so thankful to have had these engaging learning experiences in fifth grade!

Rock Climbing Field Trip

Have you ever been rock climbing in Bishop? Well, we just went there a month ago. We got to climb and actually get to choose between four rock climbing spots at the Happy Boulders! But, you would have to to switch off in the middle to eat lunch and do a little map of Bishop. I would say most of the students enjoyed rock climbing the most. However, I bet there were some that were a little scared. We were really thirsty and there was very scarce water but no one really cared. We were just in shock how people all the way from Cleveland would come here to boulder climb! Out of a zero to a ten, I would give our rock climbing field trip a ten!!

Agostino

Rock Climbing

Field Trip to Harvest Amaranth

On October 5th our class went to the Bishop Cultural Center to learn about amaranth.

Students were separated into 3 groups. Groups rotated through stations where they got to do different activities with the amaranth. The first station is where students harvested amaranth. The tops of amaranth were picked and students also removed the leaves from the plant. Hands were used in a rubbing motion to separate as many seeds as possible, but some flowers were left with the seeds.The second station was to separate amaranth seeds from the flowers. Sifters were used over a bucket to separate the seeds from the flowers. Students also lightly blew on the seeds in their hands because the flowers are lighter than the seeds and the flowers would just fly away.  The third station is where students get to eat the amaranth seeds. We popped the amaranth and then enjoyed it with yogurt, banana, and honey. It was delicious!

Gabby