Food and Art

1. It's field trip time again.  This time we are going to keep our feet planted on solid ground and visit the San Antonio Museum of Art.  Our exhibit is titled, "Art in America." Follow this link to see some of the works that are on display.  Find one of your favorites and take some notes in your writing journal.  Then, get ready to view the real thing tomorrow at the museum.

2. Over the past few weeks we have been looking at homonyms, antonyms and synonyms.  When you know how to spell and use these different words, you will really boost your vocabulary.  You will be surprised how just a little knowledge can go a long way.

     Next, we are going to dive into the study of common prefixes.  Remember how we looked at the word antonym and separated off the prefix anto, then compared it to the word anti?  Do you remember what these two prefixes mean?  Well, there are many, many, many more examples of common beginning of words, prefixes, that will give us clues about the meaning of the word.  Click here to see a list of prefixes, then record them in your Language Arts Journal. Also, write down the two example that are given on the website.  You want plenty of data in your journal for studying later.

3. Have you noticed that Mr. Frisch has been talking about food a lot?  If you haven't noticed, he loves to eat, and he brags about his cooking creations.  However, this recent focus on food is helping introduce is to National Food Day, which we will celebrate across the entire SASIC community on October 24, 2011.
      Last week, we took a look at some of our favorite foods and started to map out what it takes to make these wonderful treats.  Today we are going to look deeper into the ingredients that make our favorites taste so great.  Following these directions to find the food that you love best, and record the details of what's inside.

     a. Write down two or three of your favorite cooked foods.  Is it your grandma's enchiladas, or your mom's macaroni and cheese? Maybe you love it when your tia makes cookies?  You can even list one of your favorite things to order in a restaurant.  When you have these written down, check with Mr. Frisch to make sure that are acceptable foods for the next step of the activity.

     b. Look at one of these websites that will give you recipes for your favorite foods:

       All Recipes
       Food Network
       The Joy of Baking
       My Recipes

       If you can't find your favorite foods on these websites, you can google it, or check with Mr. Frisch.

     c. Once you find your recipe, copy it down on a piece of paper from the scrap paper folder.  You will be using this recipe in some upcoming art and science activities.  Make sure your name is clearly written on your paper.