~Sweets~

What better way to introduce themes of friendship and the essential question, "What makes a good friend?" than a book about worst enemies becoming best friends!  Enemy Pie by Derek Munson is the perfect book for the first few weeks of first grade!

After reading the first half of the story, students write their thinking on a metacognition thinking bubble.  They just love making predictions at this point... will Jeremy Ross's hair actually fall out when he eats the pie?!?  

We also paint paper plates to make our own scented pies!  

On Day 2, we start by writing an ingredient list for Enemy Pie in our Good Morning! Writing Journals.  Then, we read the second half of the story.

After Day 2, when we finish the story, we complete a shared writing for Friendship Pie.  Here is some of my class's best thinking: