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My second
graders really enjoyed being part of the Chocolate Stories
project. We began our study comparing and grouping our favorite
chocolates. Then they used their five senses to describe their
chocolate candy. Children completed a graphic organizer using
all of their senses. Of course our favorite sense was that of
taste. The following morning we wrote our sense poems and were
off to the computer lab to publish our poems using Apple Works.
Our favorite
chocolate story was Chocolatina by Eric Kraft. This has
become one our class favorites. The children then went back to
the computer lab to create their own chocolate person. Our
favorite computer specialist Mrs. Shazar created a graphic
library of different chocolate wrappers. They used Apple Works
to create their fabulous chocolate person. This was a wonderful
opportunity for my students to have fun while they were
learning.
Sweet
Kit-Kat
My
Kit-Kat tastes good
My
Kit-Kat smells yummy
My
Kit-Kat feels hard
My
Kit-Kat sounds crunchy
My
Kit-Kat looks like a brown box.
Funny
M&M’s
My
M&M’s taste chocolatey
My M&M’s
sound kooky
My M&M’s
feel funny
My M&M’s
smell tasty
My M&M’s look so juicy.
King
Size Reese’s
It
smells good and it is kooky
It
sounds soft when I chew it
It
tastes good and it is sweet
It
feels smooth
It looks like a round circle.
English Language
Arts
Standard 1: Students will read, write, listen and speak for
information and understanding.
Standard 2: Students will read, write, listen and speak for
literary response and expression.
Standard 4: Students will read, write, listen and speak for
social interaction.
Technology
Benchmarks
Standard 4:
The student is an effective communicator through a variety of
appropriate technologies/media. |
