On Thursday, January 5, Mrs. Sandi Sorenson and her fourth graders entertained Hawthorne students with a delightful skit based on The Popcorn Book by Tomie de Paola. This is a non-fiction book that presents a variety of facts about popcorn. Threaded throughout the skit were facts and concepts about math. The reading strategy of questioning was illustrated by the students, who asked questions of their audience before, during, and after the skit. The fourth graders had an interesting stage and set of props including a fire (a box fan with read crepe paper being blown out), a cave, a cornfield, and a kitchen filled with the tools to make popcorn!
