After a visit from Mr. Andy (a volunteer that reads to the class weekly) he shared the various things you can do with apples and concluded with an applesauce recipe. The class and teachers were excited about making applesauce with Mr. Andy’s recipe. Mrs. Nicole took two apples and placed them in a crockpot with ½ spoon of cinnamon and let them cook while the class rested. After snack each student washed their hands, put gloves on, got a paper towel, and a teaspoon. Ms. Lul and Mrs. Nicole peeled the skin off the apples. Each student scooped ½ cup of cooked apple and cinnamon onto their snack tray. The students then measured and added ½ teaspoon of sugar, onto their cooked apple and cinnamon. They the smashed and stirred their apple mixture. A student said, “Do these apples taste different?” The teacher said let’s find out. The teachers gave each student a portion of an uncooked apple to taste first. The students spoke about how the uncooked apple was hard and crunchy and the cooked apples were soft and smushy. Another said, “I think I’m not going to like this one because it doesn’t look like the other one (we had applesauce for breakfast a few days before).” The teacher said I know a way we can find out. She placed 2 teaspoonful of the applesauce that they usually have for breakfast on a small tray for each student to try. After trying the bottled applesauce, the students tasted the applesauce they made and then they gave feedback. The student that said they didn’t think they were going to like it said, “I like this more! It’s way better.” Another student said, “I’m going to make this a lot at my house.” Our next steps for this project will be creating a graph showing the similarities and differences between the uncooked apple, cooked apples, and bottled applesauce.
