Good, Clean Words

The students are having a blast at our newest literacy centre.  All we needed were a few cookie sheets, and a can of shaving cream.  The students have been practicing writing their letters, numbers, names and practicing their WOW words.  This is a fun and easy activity you can try at home.  Both cookie sheets and shaving cream are available at a dollar store near you.  Take a peek...

The Hungry Students...

We spent the week reading a fun big book called The Hungry Giant.  In this story, a giant demands certain food from the townspeople:  bread, butter and honey.  They try to find everything he wants, but when he asks for the honey, none can be found.  The townspeople trick the giant and send him running for home.  Ask your child to retell the story to you.

To celebrate our reading, the students found some items in the Surprise Bag.  We found honey...

and bread - but no butter.

We did find some whipping cream...

plastic knives...

some salt, and a mason jar with a marble in it.

The students did some problem solving and decided since we didn't find any butter, we should try to make it use the cream and the mason jar.  We filled the mason jar with whipping cream and a pinch of salt.  We left the marble in to help mix everything up.

Then it was time to SHAKE...

and shake....

and shake!!

We all took turns shaking the jar over and over and over again.

As the jar made its way around the circle, we noticed the cream was getting thicker and the marble was moving less.  We decided to take a look inside, and we found...

BUTTER!

Now it was time to have a snack just like the Hungry Giant!