Recyclables

Hello families,

Just a reminder that we are collecting recyclables for our boats and buoyancy unit.  Please send them in with your child ASAP (anything they think they can use to build a boat).

ALSO, we are in need of used Kurig coffee/tea pods.  We will be using them for our Arbor Day tree art project that we begin this Thursday.

Thank you!

Weekly Spelling Words January 30 - February 2

Grade 1

with
his
they
pit
sit
hit
bit

Grade 2

pole
wire
fight
seen
eat
right
might
sight
tight
flight
bright
lost far
push
pull
strength

Hello 51,

Ms. Nestrovich has forwarded the recipe for that amazing goodbye cake she made, and that had us all begging for more!! She teaches this recipe in her foods class, and promises that it isn't difficult at all.  We loved that it was egg and nut free :) Thanks again for everything Ms. Nestrovich; we will miss you!

Foods Lab Planning Sheet		Name:
Grandmas Chocolate Cake		Oven Temp:	350 F
		Time:	30-40 min
		Duty:
Cookery Principles	Nutrition	Contents of Tray
Cake: muffin method minimal mixing Icing: sugar cookery Soft ball test for candy making	Empty carbohydrate
Equipment		Method
9x13 oblong pan Large mixing bowl Measuring equipment Toothpicks Cooling rack Wooden spoon Metal spatula Glass with cold water	Cake 750ml flour 500ml sugar 125ml cocoa 10 ml baking soda 5 ml salt 125ml cocoa 10 ml vanilla 30 ml vinegar 125ml melted butter 500ml Cold water Icing 750ml brown sugar 5ml vanilla 100ml butter 2ml salt 125ml milk (or alternate milk)	1.     Measure flour and sugar into large bowl. Sift the cocoa, salt and baking soda into the same bowl. Using a wooden spoon mix well. 2.     Make 3 holes in mixture. Put melted butter in one, vanilla in the next and vinegar in the third. 3.     Pour cold water over the whole mixture. Mix until just moistened with the wooden spoon. 4.     Place batter into greased oblong pan. Bake for 30-45 minutes until toothpick inserted in middle comes out clean and cake is pulling away from sides of pan. Cool on cooling rack. 5.     Put all icing ingredients into sauce pan except vanilla. 6.     Wait until cake is out of oven to begin heating the icing. 7.     Bring the sugar mixture to a simmer. Boil carefully testing often using soft ball test.  Soft Ball Test: fill a clear glass with cold water drop the hot syrup into the water and observe. Syrup should be in a soft ball, if water is stirred syrup holds its shape and water does not become milky. 8.     If test indicates syrup is ready remove from heat, add vanilla and stir well. 9.    Beat syrup until no longer glossy, pour contents of pot onto cake spread in one direction starting at the end of the cake and moving down. Try not to continually spread the icing as it is fudge, this will create crumbs in icing. 10.  Allow icing to harden, serve.
Test for Doneness:
Standards:

Happy Friday Families!

Just a reminder that we will be having our spelling test on Monday.  The words can be found on this blog in a different post.

Our week in room 51 was accentuated by the Kindergarten assembly this morning, which highlighted the Chinese New Year.  Visitors came from the Chinese community to perform special dances and martial arts for all the students.  Ask your child what they enjoyed the most during the assembly.

Our Inuit investigation continued with several art projects: building dog sleds from popsicle sticks and Ted Harrison paintings of the north, as well as, hand-stitched igloos to add to our paintings to make them 3-D.  We will continue exploring their culture over the next few weeks.

Addition and subtraction with regrouping continued to challenge the students this week, with a focus on some quick mental math games of skip counting.  Next week, we move on to begin looking at 2-D and 3-D shapes.  Working on the laptops, students began learning how to use Powerpoint by experimenting with several times this past week.  They will be presenting their "Passion Project" in Powerpoint form before the end of the year.

In Language Arts the students continued their investigation of character traits by inquiring about their own character traits and also focusing on some story characters.  This included a lot of written work and self-portrait sketching.

This was the final week in gym for gymnastics, concluding with "Mission Impossible" of course!  I am sure most of the students will miss this.  Ask your child to share with you their favourite parts of "Mission Impossible"

Swimming will begin in February.  Group B will be going first during the week of February 6-9.  We will keep you posted.

As we conclude our week we say a sad farewell to Mrs. Nestrovich, who has volunteered her time the past few weeks to teach our students how to sew.  As part of our social studies unit on the Inuit, the grade 1s and 2s made a stuffed igloo to attach to their Ted Harrison painting.  We are grateful to her for her time and her talents.

Have a super weekend!

Room 51 - Mrs. McArthur & Ms. Klein

Thursday, January 26

Good evening to all,

A short note to inform you that our Friday spelling test will be postponed until Monday.

Also,  we will be having an assembly tomorrow morning to celebrate Chinese New Year.  Some special guests from Calgary's Chinese community will be performing a variety of dances for all the students.  All students, teachers and staff have been asked to wear RED to commemorate the day.

Enjoy your evening.

Spelling Words - January 24-27

Grade 1

for
on
are
as
back
sack
black
snack

Grade 2

very
after
things
our
just
girl
dirt
shirt
third
thirst
yellow
got
life
cycle

Spelling lists January 23 - 27

Spelling list Jan 23-27

Grade 1

for

on

are

as

back

sack

black

snack

Spelling list Jan 23-27

Grade 2

after
things
our
just

girl
dirt
shirt
third
thirst
bird
yellow
got
life
cycle