May 25, 2013

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Learning where our food comes from

Verna Barr
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As part of FFA Week in Cedaredge, these first graders participated in a stick horse rodeo under the direction of the Cedaredge FFA.
Cedaredge Future Farmers of America (FFA) members prepared six programs, one for each grade level, then visited the students at Cedaredge Elementary School for fun in the classroom during FFA Week earlier this month.

Finger puppets were worn by kindergartners as they learned about farm animals.

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Karlie Hanson, David Erickson, Rachael Latta, Madison Bowen, Gracie Fitts, and Nicholas Moulton from Ms. Barton’s class made “hamburgers” from Play-Doh while learning where all the ingredients come from . . . hint: they did not come from a grocery store!
First graders rode stick horses while
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In Ms. Benson’s class, Lindsey Cotten and Sidney Navarro (back row) helped Gabe Martinez, Kayla Davis, Rae Pyle, Kacey McIntire and Brandon McCracken craft their Play-Doh “hamburger.”
participating in a rodeo. Second graders created hamburgers of Play- Doh while learning the origin of some of the food they eat. Third graders, when finished with their session, had a better understanding of a life cycle, in this case, from a seed to the apple.

Making butter, while shaking a jar of cream, had fourth graders doing a "butter shake dance". Putting together "dirt pies" with gummie worms made for a lesson about the layers found in soil, followed by an "eat treat" for fifth graders.

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