NATIONAL CHOCOLATE MILK DAY

Across the country, folks enjoy a tall, frosty glass on National Chocolate Milk Day which is observed annually on September 27. 

Invented by Hans Sloane in the late 1680s, today chocolate milk can be purchased premixed or it can be made at home with either cocoa powder and a sweetener or with melted chocolate, chocolate syrup or chocolate milk mix.

While Sloane was in Jamaica, he encountered a beverage the locals drank made with cocoa mixed with water. After trying it, he reported the flavor to be nauseating.  After some experimentation, Sloane found a way to mix the cocoa with milk to make it more pleasant tasting. He brought the chocolate recipe back with him upon his return to England.  Now people enjoy this delicious drink every day.

HOW TO OBSERVE

Mix up some chocolate milk to drink and use #ChocolateMilkDay to post on social media.

HISTORY

Within our research, we were unable to find the origin of National Chocolate Milk Day.

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First Grade:

This week in Language Arts the children had a chance to present their shield presentations.

We talked about what was expected during the presentation and went over the grading rubric again. I choose a student from our popsicle sticks to present first.  That child then drew a name for the student who would grade the presentation. The children were very excited to grade something, especially with a red pen. We took two days to complete all the presentations.  I told them it was kinda like Show and Tell because a couple of them were a bit nervous. After each presentation the children were able to ask the presenter questions about their patches. We also  gave constructive criticism. The children really enjoyed this project. I enjoyed it too!!!

2nd Grade:

This week we finished up the book The Most Magnificent Thing, a fictional book about a little girl who realized that making the most magnificent thing turned out to be harder than she realized.  When I finished the story I asked the children,"How did the girl show perseverance"? They had many answers such as, keep going, don't give up, and continue were just a few. These kids are so smart!!!

3rd Grade:

We finished up our cat and dog papers on Monday. The children enjoyed discovering the different interactions they can have with pets. They had a much easier time on side two, where they had to analyze a training tip. They had to implement the tips relating to the three generalizations of interactions. Those generalizations are:  interactions can be accidental or purposeful, interactions can be positive or negative, and interactions can have a fleeting influence or can leave a deep and lasting impression. On Tuesday I read them a biography about Paul Goble, an English writer and illustrator of children's books, especially Native American stories.  While reading the biography, the children filled a horse shaped paper with inferred character traits. We then discussed all the different character traits of Paul Goble.  We will continue with the biography next week.

4th Grade:

We had a special guest this week in language arts. Lauren Seiss who is  the Technology Integration Specialist. She came and shared with the students how to turn our Change Interviews into a technology presentation using Pages! The first day the girls got started by typing their paragraphs into Pages. They then were to drawn an "then and now" picture using the tools from Pages. On Tuesday they continued typing up their paragraphs and most were ready to record their voice. We will finish up Monday and hopefully get all their presentations in. I'm really excited to view them!!

Math

1st Grade:

This week in math we continued working on comparing two objects or sets of objects using the attributes of weight. Mathematically, weight is determined by the mass of an object and the effect of gravity on that object. The children started working on a measurement packet where the used the terms, "heavier than", "lighter than" and "about the same" to compare the weight of small gift boxes on a scale. We got back together and discussed the answers. Some were still a bit confused so we used our hands as weights to try and decide which side was heavier. I also introduced the hanger balance scale which we will use to                                                                                measure two different bags of objects. 

2nd Grade:

We returned to our symmetry activity. For this activity, I partnered the children and gave them four 3x3 inch paper squares, two dark colored and two light colored ones. They needed to cut all the squares along the lines of symmetry to form triangles. They then needed to fit the triangles into the shapes using both colored triangles to make designs.            

3rd Grade:

We continued with our lesson on recurring patterns. The students this week explored growing patterns using concrete materials, charts and tables. They did a hands on activity involving an Under Water Cafe, with lots of tables and fish coming to dine. Each student had small tables (foam squares) along with fish (pinto beans). The kids used their white boards/marker to fill out a chart. Students quickly noticed the pattern was that the fish went

up by 2. I then asked them how we would figure out how many fish sit at 178 tables? They quickly figured it out in their heads. I asked them to try and figure out the formula. With a couple bumps in the road, they figured out that it was the number of tables plus the number of the tables + 2 fish (the fish at the end of the table). The multiplication formula is the number of tables times two plus two. With this formula they can figure out how many fish can sit at 351 tables or 2,977 tables. Finally, they worked individually on a challenge worksheet with more fish table problems.  

4th Grade:

Due to a good portion of the children attending Goodfellow last week, we continued with our shape worksheet.  They continued defining the different characteristics of each shape. Next

we used their lists to come up with class definitions. Those who were already finished helped the other children get caught up. Team work is what it's all about!!!  When we met back up, I went over each definition with the whole class to make sure we were all on the same page.

Have a great weekend and drink chocolate milk.