Monday, November 26, 2012

Thanksgiving Butter


I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! On the last day of school before Thanksgiving we made butter with our book buddies. It was a lot of fun to watch the kiddos shake the whipping cream. They witnessed it starting as a liquid and then slowly transforming into whipped butter. After 30 minutes of the kiddos shaking it we finally had butter! We enjoyed our whipped butter spread on crackers. What a way to understand how the pilgrims made butter and all the work that went into making it back then.



Native Americans from Texas

This week completed our unit on Native Americans in Texas by conducting interviews of several tribes. The students did a great job conducting the interviews and representing the tribes of Texas. I loved the costumes!
Comanche Tribe




The Tonkawa Tribe

The Jumano Tribe

The Caddo Tribe