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Money! Sing-a-long!

Count your money kids!

Readers' Theatre

Thanks fourth grade for the MLK readers' theatre!  It is so fun to hear older readers set a great example for us!

Peep!

Here's the recipe!

Peep Bars

1 box chocolate cake mix

2 eggs

1/2 cup oil

20-24 PEEPS candy 

1 cup speckled Easter M&M’s candies

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 13×9 inch pan with foil, extending the sides of the foil over the edges of the pan. Mist the foil lightly with cooking spray. Set aside.
2. In a large bowl, combine the cake mix, eggs + oil until well blended. Spread the mixture evenly into the prepared pan. Bake for 10 minutes. While the bars bake, roughly chop the PEEPS into bite-sized chunks and set aside.
3. Quickly spread the chopped PEEPS evenly over the bars. Return the pan to the oven and bake for another 5-6 minutes or until the PEEPS are puffy and are juuuust beginning to brown a bit on the tops (you don’t want them to start toasting). Remove from the oven and immediately sprinkle both chips and the M&M’s evenly on top of the PEEPS.
4. Allow the bars to cool in the pan completely before cutting into bars. I used a dampened knife to help me cut through the ultra-gooey marshmallow. These bars keep when covered at room temperature, for a couple of days.

What do our rocks do when we:
1. rub them with sandpaper
2. drop vinegar on them
3. submerge them in water

Egg Hunting for Story Starters

Today the kids entered a room full of Easter Eggs.  My son, Benjamin had a fantastic time trying to stump the class by hiding them in very tricky spots.  They found their egg, "bought" it with money from our bank, and inside was a story starter.  

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Growing Fun

Chives-Marigolds-Sunflowers are planted!

Counting the Jar

A few students put their counting skills to the test.  We had a jar full of coins this week and we were  all guessing the total.
They made like coin piles, then counted it up.  $39!

Visiting the Store

All students entered the classroom with a treat on their desk today, each with a different price.  In order to purchase that snack, they had to visit Jerson & Skyler at the "bank."  Each child asked for the correct coins, then had to count it out to me at the "store."  It was a fun way to end our money week, but kids are asking for more money activities next week!  We will see!!

Matching Money

We used coin pile cards and sticky notes with change totals in our game today.  Each were posted on opposite sides of the room.  Student pairs had to count the change, then search for the well-hidden sticky with the correct amount.  

SO MUCH FUN!  

Students watched each other and were trying to go faster than the group before them.  We will try this again soon!

Money! Money! Money!

We have a money center set up this week.  Kids are practicing identifying & counting coins.  Each day will find us singing a new song about money.  Ask your kids to sing "Coins in My Hands" for you!

P.I.E.Reader

A BIG thanks to our P.I.E.reader today, Sue Vossburg.  We listened to 2 different fairy tale knock-offs.  FUN!

Conferences

Tuesday 
8 am Skyler
12:30 Sermaya
1 Ashley
2:15 Bryan
2:30 Ximena
3 Nickolas
3:30 Dol
4 Jerson
4:30 Tracy
5 Joshua
5:30 Justin
6 Alan
6:30 Hunter

Wednesday
3:30 Oscar

Thursday
1 Alexis
2 Stefany
2:15 Josie
2:30 Hailey
5 Tammy
5:15 Benny
5:30 Raquel
6 Adrian

Rockin Time

Today we started looking at rocks.  We named the different properties of rocks that we noticed using our 5 senses.
Tomorrow we will observe 2 more.

Cake Batter Puppy Chow!

Here's the recipe!

1 box of rice chex
1 package of almond bark (melt completely)
1 1/2 c. yellow cake mix (just the powdery stuff)
1 small container of sprinkles

Melt almond bark, dump over cereal & mix completely.  Add sprinkles & cake mix.  Mix.  Let it sit...then shake it up to break it apart.  Enjoy!