An Afternoon Surprise!

Today is Mrs. Mellette's birthday and Friday is Gabriel's birthday! To our surprise, while we were getting ready to take our Rocketmath test, the door opened and we had two SPECIAL VISITORS!

The one and only INSPECTOR CLOUDEAU and his sidekick PINK PANTHER! 

They brought YUMMY GOODIES- individually wrapped Pink and White M&MS  for everyone! Wow, they put a LOT of effort into making us all feel so special! THANK YOU!

Inspector Clouseau even read us a Dr. Suess birthday book!

Poor PINK PANTHER was tuckered out!

Thanks so much for coming to see us today! It was so fun to hear your story, see your cool costumes, and eat the M&Ms!

Happy Birthday Mrs. Mellette (today) and Gabriel Mellette (Friday)!!!

Justin's Post

Last week we had acheivment tests. We also had gym and played a game called "Stealing the Treasure".  The Phillies beat the Blue Jays 13-6. The Phillies' first game is April 1st against the Houston Astros. I'm counting down!
Well, good-bye.

Justin

Chapel!

This past Tuesday, third grade had the opportunity to lead elementary chapel. We had a few special music performances, taught the elementary students some of our favorite songs and informed them about Nutrition. Below are some pictures and highlights from our chapel:

Stephanie played the piano for us.

Anna and Kelly played their recorders.

Gabriel played the piano as well!

Janae and Jessica did a duet on the violin and the recorder.

The students each read a poem about a different food group and informed the students what kinds of foods they can be eating and how much they should have each day.

Justin and Stephanie asked "Have you had your meats today?

Gabriel and Janae are sharing information about the Dairy group!

Kelly sharing about the importance of getting your Grains each day!

Dear Mrs. Mellette wrote a script for us and we wanted to be sure and thank her!

THANKS MRS. MELLETTE!!!!

Below are a few pictures of our skit.

And since we are wrapping up our Nutrition unit, we created Yogurt Parfaits for an afternoon treat!

Delicious and Nutritious!

Thanks Mrs. Horst for taking pictures during the chapel for us.

Thank you parents for coming out to support our chapel.

We had a blast!



Weis Mystery Tour

Here is our belated documentation from our trip to Weis Markets in February. I left my camera at home so Gabriel's Mema took all these great pictures! Thanks for sharing!!

Our class ready to go inside!

We received our necessary items in the beginning:

-Detective Hats

-A magnify glass

-Notebook

-Pencil

-Grocery basket

We are ready to solve the mystery!

At each different food group section we discussed the servings needed and why we need those certain foods. Then, each group needed to find specific items to place in their basket.

The boys' basket.

Also, at most of the stations we each had a sample. Here the third graders are eating Kiwi. For some, it was a first! Yum!

Discussion time. :-)

Each station had a nice big poster board with all the information we needed!

Here the leaders are showing how many spoonfuls of sugar are in a regular can of soda- WOW.

Anna solving the mystery.

In the end, the students had to use their clues to fill in the blanks and solve the mystery!

-Eat right

-Exercise

-Have fun!

Each student took home a delightful bag with samples and coupons!

And it was such a nice day, we had to stop at the park for lunch and a little bit of play time. Here are the girls.

And the boys...

Gabriel and his Mema!

Stephanie is checking things out. 

Being goofy and enjoying the warmth and sunshine!

Thankfully the snow is now GONE!

It was a really fun field trip and we are now looking forward to wrapping up our Nutrition unit! 

Bread Bonanza!

Last week, we made bread with the second graders. They are learning how to measure and we are finishing up our nutrition unit so Mrs. Horst and I thought it would be a fun, healthy activity to do together!

Mrs. Horst helped guide us since we used her Grandma's yummy "Honey Wheat Bread" recipe.

Each of the students had an opportunity to help out in some way!

Gabriel looks pretty excited. :-)

Justin and Zac measuring out the flour.

Mrs. Horst giving important instructions and Dylan (from second grade) adding more flour.

Instead of using sugar, we used Honey to sweeten it up. Anna is carefully adding the "sweetness" to our bread. Yum.

Jessica is carefully adding the oil.

A different ingredient we used was called "lecithin". Mrs. Horst was letting the students smell

the "vanilla-like" scent.

While the bread was rising for the first time, the students worked on a bread facts sheet.

They also created raps which they performed for the classes later in the day!

Looks good!

The next step: Kneading the bread!

Johnny going to town!

And Stephanie took a few hits too!

This was at the end of the day- our finished product! Delish!

After all their hard work, the students enjoyed the bread with butter, jelly and juice! What a FUN day!

Below is the recipe if you would like to try it at home:

Honey Wheat Bread8 c. whole wheat flour
½ c. honey
¼ c. canola oil
1 T. salt
2 T. yeast – dissolved in ½ c. warm water
1 T. liquid lecithin
2 ½ c. warm water

First, dissolve yeast in ½ c. warm water. Set yeast aside while combining all other ingredients. Add yeast and knead (with a dough hook on electric mixer) for 10 minutes. Add flour if the dough is sticky. Knead on counter by hand for 10 minutes. Place dough in greased bowl and cover with a towel. Let rise one hour. Punch down dough and break into 3 equal balls. Shape into loaves and flatten each loaf with a rolling pin. Roll up the dough into a loaf shape and tuck ends under. Rub some oil on the loaves and place in greased/floured bread pans. Cover with towel and rise for 1 hour. Bake at 350 for 25-27 minutes or until brown on top. Rub some butter on the top of each loaf as soon as it comes out of the oven. Makes 3 loaves