January 24, 2014

Aloha Parents and Families! We had such a fun-filled week. Last week we read a book called "Making Butter" by M.C. Hall. The book was a step-by-step book on how to make butter. The students enjoyed reading the book and began to get curious if these steps actually worked, so on Tuesday we put it to the test! Ms. Jennings brought all of the ingredients, as listed in the book, to school which included: heavy whipping cream and salt (and of course a jar to put our butter in).

Next, we took turns reading each page, and as one student read, the rest of us followed the directions.  We first had to fill the jar up half way with heavy whipping cream. Next, we added just a pinch of salt. Lastly, we each had to shake the jar as hard as we could (10 minutes). Finally, we opened our jar and...

We made butter! We then got to spread our butter on a small cornbread muffin and eat it as a snack. It was delicious!

For writing this week, we each created our own informational book on "The Coral Reef". We created a title page, table of contents, "Things in a Coral Reef" page, "Parts of a Puffer Fish" page, and "Fun Facts" page. Here's some pages from Marianne's book:

"The clown fish lives in the coral reef. It hides in the tentacles to protect him."

Finally, on Friday afternoon we earned a Recess Party (by filling our classroom marble jar)! We had so much fun getting a chance to play on the F Field's play structure, shoots hoops, and draw with sidewalk chalk.

We would also like to recognize and congratulate Emma and Halia! They won "CARE Kid" this week for Kindergarten. Way to go girls!

We hope everyone has a great weekend. See you on Monday!