Earth Day Scavenger Hunt

Today we celebrated Earth Day!

We read this book by Todd Parr: 

And then we talked about ways in which we can help the earth! 

We learned from the book that we can:

- eat all the food on our plates so we don't waste any

- keep the fridge closed (to save energy)

- turn the lights off when we don't need them

- turn off the tap while brushing our teeth

- use less water

- use cloth grocery bags so we can re-use them 

- use both sides of the paper

- recycle

- throw garbage in the garbage can

Then, we went outside and did a nature walk scavenger hunt. These were the items the students tried to find:

Here are some photos of the AM class during their scavenger hunt:

Here are some photos of the PM class during their scavenger hunt:

Resurrection Buns

Today we made Resurrection Buns. 

We started our lesson by watching the video below: 

Then, we talked about the Easter Story and what Jesus did for us. Jesus died for us so we can go to heaven. 

We talked about how in Jesus’ time and when somebody died, people would put spices or ointments on their body and wrap their dead body in a cloth. This was to finalize the embalming process.

Next, we followed these steps to make our Resurrection Buns:

a.      Dip the marshmallow in the butter using a toothpick. 
Explain that this is Jesus’ body and we are putting an ointment on it.

b.     Dip the marshmallow in the spices (sugar, cinnamon and brown sugar). 
Explain that we are now putting Jesus’ body in the spices.

c.     Now wrap the crescent roll around the marshmallow and explain that this is Jesus’ body being wrapped in cloth.

d.     We talked about what to do with the body now that we have Jesus' body prepared for burial. 
What do we do with Jesus’ body now? (Put it in the tomb! The oven).

We made Resurrection Buns with marshmallows inside. After we cooked them, we opened up our buns and found the marshmallow was nowhere to be seen! This is what happened with Jesus when he died and was in the tomb for 3 days. The women went to check on Jesus' body and noticed that his body was gone and up in heaven! 

Take a look at our ingredients we used: 

These are what our buns looked like before we baked them:

These are what the buns looked like before we ate them and after we baked them:

2 Baby Teeth

Over Easter Break two of our students lost a baby tooth. 

Check out where they picked: