Enrichment

Join my daughters and I as we make orange cranberry scones. https://vimeo.com/400317660/1ac67a2bc0 __  Recipe: Preheat oven to 400. 3 cups flour 1/3 cup sugar 2 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp baking soda 1 tsp salt 1 Tbsp grated orange peel 12 Tbsp chilled butter, cut into pieces 3/4 cup dried cranberries 1 cup buttermilk Combine dry ingredients and orange zest into a bowl. Cut in the chilled butter and work it with your fingertips until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add dried cranberries and then slowly stir in buttermilk. Knead with hands until mixture is fully incorporated. Divide dough into two equal parts. Flatten on a large baking sheet. Cut each flattened circle into 8 equal triangles. Separate each triangle from the other. Bake at 400 for about 15 minutes.

Hi everyone! Here are two new books for you to read with me. Enjoy! Handy Dandy Helpful Hal: https://vimeo.com/400280829 Not All Princesses Wear Pink https://vimeo.com/400257005/b0fd26b9b9 Stay tuned for next week as I might try and schedule live story time with each grade on zoom. Thanks! Tracey

Welcome to the library page that you can access during your home time. I will feature story time videos, book reviews, and suggestions for activities at home. May your time together be blessed during this social-distancing period. Today's story time features  It Will Be Okay,  a story by Lysa TerKeurst. Enjoy! Click on the link below! https://vimeo.com/398597805/9f0fc16d7b

Here are a few pictures from the limo lunch. The kids had a great time! Thank you to Brad Tower for this challenge. Your kids wrote such sweet thank you notes which have now been sent to Mr. Tower.

During the last enrichment class before Christmas break, the students did a little Christmas science. First, they learned about dissolving properties and made predictions about which solution would dissolve a candy cane the quickest. Then we talked about freezing temperatures and what helps ice melt. I challenged them to think of ways to melt ice without using heat. They learned how salt lowers the freezing temperature and therefore helps melt ice. Then they generously sprinkled salt on their frozen "hands" and began to extract the treasures. We finished the day with some Christmas challenge math and decorating ornaments.

The 2nd and 3rd grade classes had a great trip to the Museum of Glass. They learned about the glass shaping process and also about rolling prints. They also created their own designs with cut glass.

The 2nd and 3rd graders have been studying waste and how we can do our part to improve the environment. We visiting the Lott Alliance WET Science Center and participated in some activities and scavenger hunt as we learned more about water waste.