Chocol-ANT-y Learning

It all started in February, when Ms. Leom read the book, Chocolate Fever, to her class. If you are going to read about a boy (Henry Green) who eats SO (too) MUCH chocolate and develops a new disease, you should eat some chocolate to get into the flavor of the story ...

 

We had SO MUCh fun with story, when students asked, "What are we going to read next?", Ms. Leom didn't want to disappoint. So she pulled an old favorite from the closet ...

If you are going to read about Chocolate- Covered Ants, it would be even MORE fun if you got into the flavor of the book ...

So Ms. Leom shared some "chocolate-covered ants" with the class ... So if someone offered you "chocolate covered ants" ... what would you do? Would you try them ... ?

What kind of reaction would you have? What reaction would the people sitting next to you have? Several students insist that they were eating chocolate-covered raisins, but Ms. Leom only raised her eyebrow and twitched her mouth to a smile in a mysterious grin. Then she started reading our new book.

Our attention is captured. We only read to page six. There was a discussion about synonyms for the word, "said" ...

a discussion on puns ... some connections to the Liberty Bell ("LiberANTy Bell") and Independence Hall ("IndependANTS Hall") ... each student has his or her own copy of the book to follow along, and a packet of related learning to develop the story.

F-ANT-astic learning happening in Elem-ANT-ry Room 113!