The smell of apple butter is in the air at Hayes...

This week our students welcomed in the fall season!  We spent time completing an apple butter math activity that required students to use their knowledge of fractions, decimals, and percents to answer questions as they cut apples into 32 small slices.  Students were able to tell us that one whole apple was equal to 100% and after they cut their apples down the middle, we discussed that one piece of the apple was the 
equivalent to 1/2, .5, 50% and the term half.  Students explored the idea of fractions, decimals, and percents and applied their understanding of the concepts to even the tiniest apple slices made for the apple butter!

And... if you have homemade apple butter, you must also have homemade bread!  Of course, everything in our room has an purpose and it is not just to put delicious food into our bellies.  Our students were put to the challenge!  We required them to take a recipe for homemade bread and cut the recipe in half before they were able to begin measuring, mixing, kneading, and baking.  They did a great job too!  We were so impressed with how our morning group really worked as a team to problem solve and help each other.

Check out our final products!  Makes your mouth water, doesn't it?