Sorting our class by eye color

 

During morning meeting we looked closely at photos of each other.  taking notice of the color of our hair, eyes and skin.  

Kaia and Eli's pictures were the first two we looked at.

Livio: Both have brown hair.

Ren: They both have the same eyes.

As we continued looking through the pictures, friends made observations about themselves and one another.

Max: Lucy should be with Ren.  They both have the same skin.

Charlotte looked at her hair: I call it caramelish.

Mila: My eyes are hazel.

Brooklyn: My skin is a little bit white and a little bit brown.

Max: White hair, blue eyes, white skin.

Grace: Did you notice something on my hair?  I got it cut.  My skin is kind of a little pink.

We found out there are two students with hazel eyes, four students with blue eyes and seven students with brown eyes.

A few friends in the class noticed the new larger mirrors we had introduced to the science area and started to reflect the sun light around the room.

                       Others looked through prisms and were surprised to find they could see rainbows.

Catch the light is a phrase they use to describe the light reflected onto the mirror around the room.  With so many children making the light dance around the room. itt felt like a disco, so, of course, we started to dance.

At the end of the morning the class discussed the difference between yesterday and today.

Yesterday why couldn't we play with the mirrors and light?

Mila: Wasn't bright enough

Farrah: Too much shade

Kaia: Because it wasn't all the way in the sun

Today why could we play with the mirrors and light?

Brooklyn: SUN!

Max: It's called sunbeams

At the end of the morning we had so many books that the class created that we decided to leave my book for tomorrow and read stories about snakes, onions, gorillas and Camilocks by our new Authors and Illustrators.  

QUESTIONS

Name one of the students with the same eye color as you?

What was one thing that surprised you in the stories your friends wrote?

What is an Author?

What is an Illustrator?