Oatmeal for Breakfast

When we celebrated "Read Across America" in kindergarten our kids came in their jammies and were thrilled to see me dressed the same way, down to my slippers.It was a day full of fun and learning but the best part was making oatmeal in our classroom.  This related to our unit on Goldilocks and the 3 Bears. With some creative thinking we came up with the idea of using our own coffee pot to make hot water. I had the kids line up as I poured the water into their cup of oatmeal and then had them stir carefully. We offered toppings such as honey (that's what a bear would want), brown sugar, and raisins. This was a big hit!





It's a simple set-up and oatmeal needs very little heat to cook.
Just be sure to add enough water to make it creamy.



 

The students helped me make a bubble map using their senses to describe the oatmeal.
We practiced the following linguistic pattern:
Oatmeal is ________.

  The  children got into small groups and graphed their answer to the question: Do you like oatmeal? A green strip was for yes and purple was for no. We let them do this independently after modeling.

I will have them fill out a form like this on Monday.