Oreo Cookie Friday

NATIONAL OREO COOKIE DAY

Be ready to observe by having your glass of milk handy as it is National Oreo Cookie Day.  This day is recognized across the nation each year on March 6th.

The Oreo sandwich cookie is made up of two chocolate disks containing a sweet cream filling and is loved by millions. Since its introduction, the Oreo cookie has become the best-selling cookie in the United States.

The National Biscuit Company (today known as Nabisco) first developed and produced the “Oreo Biscuit” in 1912 at its Chelsea factory in New York City. Today, the block on which the factory was located is known as “Oreo Way.”

• The name “Oreo” was first trademarked on March 14, 1912.
• The first Oreo cookies in the United States sold for 25 cents a pound in clear glass topped novelty cans.
• In 1912, the Oreo Biscuit was renamed to “Oreo Sandwich.”
• In 1948, the Oreo Sandwich was renamed to “Oreo Creme Sandwich.”
• William A. Turnier developed the modern-day Oreo design in 1952 to include the Nabisco logo.
• Nabisco’s principal food scientist, Sam Procello, developed the modern Oreo cookie filling.
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HOW TO OBSERVE #NationalOreoCookieDay

Celebrate the day by taking a poll of your friends and family. Find out how they eat their Oreo sandwich? Do they:

A. Twist them apart, eat the cream center, and put them back together
B. Twist them apart, eat the cream and cookie side first, and cookie only side last
C. Twist them apart, eat the cookie side first, and the cookie and cream side last 
D. Any combination of the above while dunking in milk
E. Eat them whole, sans milk
F. Eat them whole, with milk but no dunking
G. Eat them whole dunking all the way
H. Some other interesting combination the world has never heard about

Grab a glass of milk and a handful of Oreos to enjoy and use #NationalOreoCookieDay to post on social media.

NATIONAL OREO COOKIE DAY HISTORY

National Day Calendar continues to research the origins of this iconic cookie holiday. However, we suspect an Oreo lover created the day. 

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1^st Grade:

The children finished up with their cipher puzzler this week. A few were having some difficulties so I assisted them as needed. We then met as a group to discuss our secret message. 

To continue with this lesson, we read the book E-mergency written and illustrated by Tom Lichenheld and Ezra Fields-Meyer. This is a make-believe story of how “E” gets hurt and can only get better if people stop using her. In the story, “O” takes her place until she gets better. The story goes along with our lesson by using lipogrammatic wordplay throughout.

2^nd Grade:

The children met back up with their groups to finish up their connection categories. We met up and each group presented their categories. 

I then introduced them to the novel we are starting-The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. They got to look at the cover and then I passed out prediction questions. We will spend a couple of days before we actually read the book filling out our predictions. More details about expectations coming next week.

3^rd Grade:

The children came to class ready to work. We met up as a group to discuss the questions they answered. We also worked together as a group answering the Owner Interaction Chart. I wanted to work through a couple with them so they understand what I am looking for.

 I also gave them time to start their next reading assignment. Homework for the week is chapters 16-20, in addition to the questions.

4^th Grade:

This week, half of the girls came to class prepared. Like I mentioned last week, this puts the other class members behind. If the girls come to class prepared then they have Tuesday to work on their upcoming reading and questions. I worked with the girls who completed their homework, helping them answer the heirs’ info, and the other activities they have to complete along the way. 

We then met up and discussed what we have read so far. Chapters 6-7 and 8-9 are due along with their questions Monday, March, 9^th.

1^st Grade:

Last week, I helped the children make their own rulers with one-inch straw pieces. This week I presented how to measure with the one- inch ruler using Imi’s way. Imi always lines up the object at the left end of her ruler and then counts the number of inches from the end to determine the length. 

 I then introduced Ooboo’s way of measuring. Ooboo is Imi’s friend who measures a different way but gets the same answers. He measures the length of an object, like a crayon, by placing the end at the start of any inch as long as the crayon doesn’t extend beyond the ruler. While this way is unconventional, it is correct. This experience will help the children appreciate why rulers have a scale, which they will get to use in the next lesson.

2^nd Grade:

The children continued working with their tangram blocks this week. I had them select a tangram block to trace. To help them trace all of the sides of the block I gave them stickers. 

This helps them to trace all sides. We then discussed all of the 2-dimensional faces on each block.   They noticed by doing this that the cube had squares for its faces. The children then repeated this for all the other blocks. We then got to work on our playgrounds. More to come next week.

 3^rd Grade:

We finally finished up our tough unit on algebra. We are now working on our end of the year assessment. Before we even start the assessment we are going to review a few lessons from the beginning of the year.

Some of the lessons were a bit tough and I want the children to be refreshed on the rules and formulas. After we review each lesson we will work on that part of the test. We will continue reviewing and testing next week.

4^th Grade:

This week we finished up our Flip Sliding Around game. Last week no one won the game. The winner is…. the purple team. They had a blast! Not only was this a fun game with the whole class, it was also very educational. 

We continued working on translation, rotation, and reflection. I passed out a worksheet that they were to complete on their own that had them circle the right transformation. They are doing great with this lesson! We will continue this lesson next week.

Have a great weekend!