Monday, March 31, 2014

Hello APRIL ~ We love POETRY!


April is Poetry month!

We LOVE POETRY IN KINDERGARTEN!! 
And now we can even WRITE  our own POETRY!!!




THE POWER OF POETRY!!!! 
So AMAZING!

How to Cook a Turkey! By Class K-109 ~ Nov 2013 ~


How to Cook a Turkey! 
By: Class K -109
                         How to Cook a Turkey
By Class K-109

Matilda – Get a 130 pound turkey at the farm. Sneak up behind the turkey and pull off all the feathers. Wash it with water and soap. Dry it with a fluffy towel then add more turkey meat inside. Put it in the oven for 5 hours at 5 degrees. When the timer “rings”, it’s done. Eat with different vegetables! Dessert is monkey bread and brownies!
Luca – Go to a Turkey Patch and get help from a turkey man. You ask him for a frozen 100 pound turkey and take it home and unfreeze it. Clean it with soap and water and stuff it with strawberry jam and put it in the oven on hot 100 degrees to cook for 8 hours. Serve with broccoli and dessert is Life cereal and Goldfish crackers!
Shi Jian – I like turkey and stuffing!
Wesley – Get a 10 pound turkey at a Turkey Farm, bring it home and take off feathers because some people may be allergic. Put in the oven because a microwave is too small. Use a turkey squeezer for the juice and cook for 2 hours, 5 minutes at 10 degrees and my oven beeps when it’s done! Ice cream sandwich for dessert!
Sam – Go to Food Town and buy a frozen 15 pound turkey. Wash it in sink with water and put in a big pot. Put stuffing inside and brown sauce on the outside, salt on top and cook for 2 hours, 1 min at 100 degrees then it’s done! On the side of the turkey add tomatoes, peppers, salad and for dessert strawberry ice cream!
Mindy - My mom cooks turkey and apples and it is good!
Tayo – My uncle is bringing the turkey but you can buy a 6 pound one all ready done at the McDonalds restaurant. Bring home the cooked turkey and put it in the microwave for 17 minutes on warm. Put mozzarella cheese on top and cranberry sauce on the side and eat. Dessert is fruit snacks!
Jonas – Buy the perfect 20 pound turkey at Food Town and buy it without feathers. Make a special sauce with ketchup and honey mustard and put on top. Stuff it with yogurt and cheddar cheese. Roast it for 6 hours and 20 minutes. When the timer goes off it’s done. Put peppers, apples and mango on the side of the turkey. Dessert is a cantaloupe milk shake!
Anthony – At the store, buy a fresh 5 pound turkey, wash it with water and put it in a small pot on top of the stove on a low flame for 4 hours, 1 minute. It’s done when the toaster goes “ding”!  Serve with gravy, olives, steak, spinach, rice and beans around it. Dessert is oreo cookies and apple pie!
Isabella – At Key Food buy a fresh 50 pound turkey. Wash it with water and scrub it good, add BBQ sauce and put on top of the turkey. Put in the oven at 200 degrees for 6 hours, 18 minutes. Take it out and eat with BBQ sauce, chocolate stuffing and carrots! Dessert is pumpkin pie with blueberries!
Liam – Go to Fairways and buy a fresh 265 pound turkey for $15.00 and cook for 3 hours, 20 minutes at 100 degrees. Then put on a plate in the middle of the table with mash potatoes and no cranberry sauce for me! Dessert is blueberry pie!
Dean – Buy a 10 pound turkey from Costco. Clean the turkey in the sink with water and no soap. Put in a hot oven for 1 hour and 5 min. at 10 degrees, when done put red hot sauce on it. For dessert I like chocolate ice cream. 
Isa – Mix flour, eggs and use plastic wrap around the fresh 19 pound turkey. Leave it in refrigerator for 20 minutes. Put soy meat inside the turkey and place it in a big, big pot and cook for 9 minutes at 9 degrees. Put BBQ sauce when done and serve with broccoli, cauliflower and apple juice. Dessert is apples and honey!
Ruby – My grandma makes the 20 pound turkey and my grandpa catches it in the woods. My grandma puts butter and spices on her hands and adds strawberry stuffing inside and puts it in the oven for 20 hours on warm. Serve it with mash potatoes, sweet potatoes and orange juice. Dessert is strawberry cake with vanilla ice cream!
Maya – Get a baby turkey on the farm and if you can catch it you get to take it home with you. Take the feathers off only if you want. Wash it in the sink and put it in a pan. Shake some seasoning on it that my dad uses, put it in the oven and when it’s burned its done. On the side is potato salad, lolly-pops and for dessert cake and candy!
Max – Get a turkey on a turkey farm that weighs 78 pounds. Use a sponge and clean it with soap and water. Put it in the oven at 75 degrees for 70 hours and 72 minutes. It’s done when the oven goes “ding”. Serve with grapes, cranberry sauce, carrots and mash potatoes. Dessert is strawberry pie!
Timothee – Get a 10 pound turkey from a turkey farm. Take it home and if it flies it will be good. Wash it in the bathroom tub because it would be much easier. Remove feathers with a scissor. Put it in the big pot and cook in oven at 2,013 degrees for 10 minutes. When the turkey is done you put the mac and cheese on top of it! Dessert is vanilla cake with chocolate frosting and oranges!
Emily – Go to Food Town and buy a 5 pound turkey. Put in the oven for 10 hours and 5 or 9 minutes at 100 degrees. When it’s done put it on a plate with a silver top on it. Put white cheese sauce inside the turkey and hot sauce on top. But wait until its warm then you eat! Dessert is turkey ice cream!
Natale – Go to Lowes in New Jersey and look for a fresh 18 pound turkey. Take it home and clean it with baby wipes. Put some mustard on the outside and apples around it and noodles inside. Put the turkey in the oven and cook it for 2 hours and 15 minutes at 600 degrees. It’s done when it turns red. Make green peas, red peppers and carrots for vegetables. Dessert is chocolate pudding with strawberries on top!
Clio – Buy a 81 pound frozen turkey at the meat store on Fulton street. Wash the turkey with water and soap and dry it with a paper towel. Stuff it with chicken meat and apples. Put in oven and cook it for 15 hours and 15 minutes, its done when you hear the “beep, beep” sound. Make broccoli and apples and tomatoes and carrots.  Dessert is strawberry shortcake ice cream with chocolate on top!
Sofia – Go to Key Food, buy a fresh 20 pound turkey, mix it with brown cupcake batter and bake it in an hot oven for 80 hours at 1,000 degrees. It’s done when it turns brownish-yellow. Make string beans, tomato sauce, salad and vanilla cupcakes with blue and pink icing for dessert!
Oliver – Go to any grocery store that sells 16 pound turkeys. Clean it with water and put some spinach and salt on top and corn and spinach stuffing inside. Put turkey on a spatula and put in the oven for at 101 degrees for 6 hours and 6-12 minutes, take out and put on the counter to cool off for 6 minutes. Dessert is pumpkin, apple pie and a kid’s cocktail!
              
Gobble, Gobble, Gobble!!!
Enjoy your Thanksgiving Day!

Love,
Mrs. Bowen & Mrs. Guiliano
November 2013





Thursday, March 27, 2014

Science with Mrs Giamboi: Trout Lab & Folding Paper!

Most trouts such as Lake trout live in freshwater lakes!
Up-close and personal!
Notice the Trout's long, skinny body can come in a variety of colors 
from brown and black to olive and blue-green.
Using the Smartboard!

Mrs. Giamboi demonstrates the many types of paper!
 Paper differs in terms of color, texture and weigh!
 

  All good scientist make an educated guess!!!
 Hands ON!!!
 Observations!
 Ask a Question...
what, when, where, how or why?
  Q: Do all papers fold the same?
 Experiment!
 Communication!
Collecting Data!
Science is fun! 


 Explore!
 Don't forget 100% of paper can be recycled!

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

¸¸.•*¨*•TALDE¸¸.•*¨*•

Our next stop on our "How-To" lesson is

"Mac & Cheese"
at
 369 7th Avenue, Park Slope
Brooklyn, NY

Talde's is a Casual Asian-American Restaurant 
 with "Top Chef" Dale Talde, Luca's dad David Massoni and John Bush!

 Off the yellow school bus we go...
 We have arrived!
 Luca's dad, David invites us in!
Jackets are off and we are ready to take notes!
 We even got to draw a pictures and that will be hung up in the front window!
 ...and on the side some yummy apples and carrots!
 Some uncooked pasta!
 The cooking station where the magic begins!
 Top Secret ingredients?
Shh...



 David introduces us to Chef Dale!

 Hmm...What is pasta made of?


 We even got to touch the dry pasta!
Got Milk or Cream?
 3 different cheeses goes into our Mac & Cheese!



 Watching as Chef Dale cooks up some yummy Mac & Cheese?
...ooey, gooey – this macaroni and cheese will knock your socks off.

The open kitchen where we can watch as the chef works!



A quick toss in the air!





 Delish!!!
 I love you Mac and Cheese...yum yum mmmm!!!
 Tasty!!!


There is nothing better than homemade mac and cheese.
Thank you TALDE'S!!!
Love, 
Class K-109