In Love With Baking Valentine's Day Cookies

In the spirit of St. Valentine our class hit the kitchen again to enjoy working together and share another fun baking experience. This time we made sugar cookies. We had fun rolling out the dough and using Valentine cookie cutters to make our cookies. When they were finished baking in the oven, we had to let them cool, while we had lunch. Afterwards, we came back to the kitchen to decorate our cookies with frosting and Valentine decorations. The students got to eat a cookie at school and take some home to share with their families. Hopefully the cookies made it home and you all enjoyed them. = )

Happy Birthday Kevin

This week we celebrated Kevin Park's birthday. He was very happy to share the day with the class and we were just as happy about it. Kevin's parents brought a cake to the school that we shared at the end of the day. We loaded the top with candles and Kevin struggled to blow them all out. The class found it all very amusing and the cake to be very yummy. Happy Birthday, Kevin!

January Birthdays

In January we celebrated Annie and Michelle's birthdays. Annie's birthday was January 11 and Michelle's birthday was on the 19th.

Annie's mother joined us with some cake for the class that they gobbled up. When it comes to birthday cake our Grade 1 class cannot get enough. Michelle's mother brought individual cakes in for the class at the end of the day for the students to enjoy at home.

It is always exciting to have a birthday added to the class schedule and we are always thankful to the parents for thinking of us. Plus, the fact that these Grade Ones will never say no to cake. = )

Baking Again

Grade One made it to the kitchen again. It appears that all of the students enjoy being in the kitchen and preparing yummy treats. This time we added a bit of comedy to the recipe in preparing cookies called Reindeer Poop. The students found this hilarious and were shocked too to find out that they liked eating Reindeer Poop. = )

Recipe

Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter
2 cups granulated sugar
1/2 cup milk
2 teaspoons cocoa
1/2 cup peanut butter
3 cups oatmeal -- not instant
1/2 cup chopped nuts -- optional

Directions:

Mix butter, sugar, milk and cocoa together in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly; boil for 1 minute. Remove from heat and stir in remaining ingredients. Drop by teaspoon full (larger or smaller as desired) onto wax paper and let harden. They will set up in about 30-60 minutes. These will keep for several days without refrigerating, up to 2 weeks refrigerated and 2-3 months frozen.

Attached Poem

I woke up with such scare when I heard Santa call... "Now dash away, dash away, dash away all!" I ran to the lawn and in the snowy white drifts, those nasty reindeer had left "little gifts".

I got an old shovel and started to scoop, neat little piles of "Reindeer Poop!" But to throw them away, seemed such a waste, so I saved them, thinking-you might like a taste!

As I finished my task, which took quite awhile. Old Santa, passed by and he sheepishly smiled. And I heard him exclaim as he was in the sky... "Well they're not potty trained, but at least they can fly!"

A Big Success!

The Holiday Show was a huge success! I am so proud of the class. They worked so hard on their routine and learning their songs, which showed by the amazing job they did preforming. The party was a lot of fun too and I think I can say that everyone there that night enjoyed themselves. A very merry night indeed!

Holiday Show

The students have been practicing hard for the Holiday Show. They are doing a wonderful job and getting excited to share the night with their families. Our class is looking forward to Thursday night and are ready for some reindeer fun!

A few reminders:

• Students are to arrive at school and report to the classroom at 6:30pm.
• The class needs to stay together throughout the show and will be able to join their families after the performance.
• When the performance is finished the students can go with their families in costume for pictures and a visit with Santa. However, costumes must be returned to the class before the students go to the party.
• The most important part of Thursday night is to enjoy the Holiday festivities, so have fun!

Presentations

Rikuto, Tommy, Kevin and Ashley.

Brian, Jacob, Alex, and Chantal.

Michelle (her project was home already), Annie, Angus' poster and Ryota.

Anne, Mackin, Emily, and Jonah.

This week the students had their second presentation of the year and they blew me away with their efforts. I was thrilled to see the hard work put into their poster displays and speeches. The class enjoyed listening to each student present and was able to gain new information from each presentation as well. We really learned a lot about the crops and farm animals the class presented.

Thank you for all the support you offer the students at home!