Writing Workshop

A few days ago Bri's mom stopped me at school and told me about an idea Bri had for writing folder. On their way to school a flock of geese flew over their van heading for destinations unknown. In our mini-lessons we have been talking about how writers get their ideas and how to be on the lookout for ideas anywhere and anytime. Bri got to share her story with the class and so we'd like to share it with you...
Today we also continued our project with the Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal. I brought it a box this morning and we used it for numerous activities. We first gathered a small cup from the box as a "benchmark" for everyone to use as they made their estimations of how many pieces were in the total box. Then each child was given a napkin full of cereal to tally and count. We gathered all our numbers, and added up the amounts and came to a grand total of 841. We checked through all the estimations to discover that Garrett was closest with 852! Later during writer's workshop we wrote about the experience. We saved the best part for last...by consuming all 841 pieces with not a crumb to spare. It was a great learning experience for us all.