Week 10 reflection

I missed four days this week because of the swine flu. So the only day I was at woodburn was on friday.

On Friday, I continued to teach the students about patterns. We also learned about critical thinking, history of candy, and problem solving. I had the students complete an activity on candy corn. We used the candy corn to talk about its history (it has been made over 100 years, you can buy it all year long, etc.) The students really liked the facts. Next, I had them try a piece of candy corn so that they know what it tastes like. From this, we made a venn diagram comparing candy corn and corn. They were able to identify the similarities/differences instantly. Finally, I had them color 6 different pieces of candy corn 6 different ways. As other class members finished, we put them in "pattern lines" so that we could look at all of the different patterns that candy corn can make.

The activity went very well. A couple of the students told me that they disliked candy corn before even trying it, so I had to persuade them to try it. After they did, they liked it. I was left wondering, "How often do we say that we don't like things but usually have never tried or experienced them?"