We had another fantastic week. The kids looked super and acted wonderfully at the Symphony on Tuesday. We are finally getting the hang of adding and subtracting those pesky fractions. We had a lot of fun with our matter experiments and finished our unit with a yummy one. We made ice cream in zip lock bags and got to watch the change in state of the milk. The recipe, as promised- smile Sarah, is as follows:

Ice cream in a bag

Ingredients

* 1/2 cup whole milk
* 1 tablespoon sugar
* 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
* 1 sandwich ziploc bag
* 1 gallon ziploc bag
* 3 cups ice
* 1/3 cup rock salt (table or kosher salt work too- it just takes longer)

Directions

1. Put first 3 ingredients in the smaller Ziplock bag and seal bag (Make
sure it is tightly closed!). Put ice and rock salt in the larger bag and then
add the filled small bag. Seal the large bag.
2. Squeeze bag until ice cream is thickened, about 4-8 minutes.
3. Remove small bag, unseal, and eat with spoon.
4. No need to even dirty a bowl!

Many of them were surprised the ice cream tasted so good =) The students also finished our study of the Constitution with the recitation of the Preamble. Of the 24 students who tested on it 20 knew both the verse and the meaning! WOW! What a great bunch of memories they have.

I will not be in class next Tuesday-Friday. My mother is having some pretty major surgery and I am going to help her and my dad for a few days. Not the best timing I know but I don't think we ever really plan for things like this. The class will be in very good hands. Miss Forsythe from the 4th grade will be our sub for Tuesday and Wednesday and Mrs. Buttars will take over for Thursday and Friday. The Valentine's party will be covered by our wonderful room moms. If you would like to help please contact Mrs. Dunbar. Thank you to all of the students who have made get well cards. It was very sweet of them to do so and I am sure my mom will love them.

Take care and have a great St. Valentine's Day