Reflection on The Giving Tree activity

The Giving Tree activity went great! I feel like the children were really engaged with this activity which proves their interest and ability to understand the topic. I heard relevant table conversations and observed several children relating the Giving Tree story to their own lives. One child stated " I climb trees!" and further wrote "David climbs trees" on his leaf. This let me know that he was able to extend the topic (how plants help people and how people help plants) to his own life. The parapro in our classroom guided the child by explaining that "yes, you climb trees, so trees give people limbs to climb on". This was an awesome connection for this student!