Farm Abby came to visit today with a basket filled with Maine produce. We have learned that we live in the town of Wiscasset, and now we know that Wiscasset is in the state of Maine. As we have been reading books from Maine authors we thought it would also be fun to eat some Maine food.
Farm Abby brought in root vegetables for half the class to prepare as I worked with the other half to make ployes (a buckwheat pancake). We talked about how the root is part of a plant that grows underground. We also watched a liquid ploye mixture turn solid with heat. When all was ready the kids had a buffet of carrots, turnips, cabbage, ployes and maple syrup. The kids made a great text to world connection when they remembered their favorite part of "The Wicked Big Toddlah" (by Kevin Hawkes) was when the baby Toddie squeezed a maple tree to get the syrup. We also learned that the ployes came from northern Maine and decided that northern Maine is a long way from Wiscasset.
We made a chart of how many people liked each food we sampled. The results are as follows:
Ployes: 15
Syrup: 15
Carrot: 13
Cabbage: 8
Turnip: 9
Everyone also wrote a sentence to share what their favorite food was. We took Maine foods and covered social studies, science, math, reading and writing standards today. It was a tasty way to learn!
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