Ready for winter
The folks from Blue Earth County came to school to talk to our third graders about winter safety. We watched a video about staying away from the street when the snow plows go past, as well as how to safely build forts in the snow. We also got to make an emergency kit for our car! Lastly, we got to check out a snow plow up close!
Music Program
The kids did a beautiful job in the annual music program! Our class even got to play the mallet instruments in one of the songs! This was not easy, but sounded great! We forgot to get a good picture of just our class this day--woops!
A Thankful Heart
With only one day of school this week, today was kind of a crazy day! Last week we made Thanksgiving Lap Books. We learned all about wild and domestic turkeys, as well as how Thanksgiving became the holiday we celebrate today!
I brought back an activity that I haven't done in years....we made homemade bread and butter! I hadn't fired up my old bread maker for probably 7 or 8 years, but it worked like a charm!
The kids asked me to share the recipe, so in case you have a bread maker tucked way back in a cupboard somewhere, here you go:
For a 1.5 pound loaf.
1 cup water
2 T sugar
2 1/4 tsp yeast (1 individual quick rise yeast packet)
1/4 cup olive oil (I firmly believe using olive oil, not vegetable oil made all the difference)
3 cups bread flour
1 1/2 tsp salt
1. In a bread machine, place water, oil and salt.
2. Add flour on top of liquids. Pour sugar into one corner of the bread machine basket. Then make a well in the center of the flour and pour in the yeast. Set your bread machine for "basic" loaf, and let it do the work for you!
For a 1.5 pound loaf.
1 cup water
2 T sugar
2 1/4 tsp yeast (1 individual quick rise yeast packet)
1/4 cup olive oil (I firmly believe using olive oil, not vegetable oil made all the difference)
3 cups bread flour
1 1/2 tsp salt
1. In a bread machine, place water, oil and salt.
2. Add flour on top of liquids. Pour sugar into one corner of the bread machine basket. Then make a well in the center of the flour and pour in the yeast. Set your bread machine for "basic" loaf, and let it do the work for you!
We didn't want to eat our bread dry, so we whipped up some butter to spread on top! When I did this years ago, I used baby food jars for each kid, which worked great. Since those days are long gone, I ordered film containers from Amazon and they worked great for a single serving of butter! I poured about half full of Heavy Whipping Cream and sprinkled with a dash of salt. The kids shook their butter for about 10 minutes until it thickened. Most of them turned into more of a thick whipped consistency, rather than solid. They spread it on their slice of bread and it was ready to enjoy!
I made them all wait and take the first bites at the same time. Here's a short clip of their reaction! The consensus was "Wow! This is really good!"
As we finish up this long day before break, I can truly say I am thankful for a classroom full of great kids!