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Showing posts with label Mardi Gras. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mardi Gras. Show all posts
Happy February! This short month is pretty packed full of fun stuff.
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Loving that Mardi Gras is upon us! I've been crazy busy getting things ready for next week since we've only got three days of school. And I'm heading home so I've got packing to do as well! Phew! Time sure flies when you don't want it to! I made some cookies for the parade.
Learn how to make the masks at the end of this post :)
And Valentine's Day.
In a different twist to my usual posting, I wanted to share my fantastic cookie recipe with you. It's been the BEST SUGAR COOKIE IN THE WORLD. No lie. Seriously. The. Best.
Now I've been making cookies for quite some time now, and I've tried many, many, many recipes but the trick comes from what works for YOU. Weather has a crazy effect on food, heating, cooling, opening the oven door too many times, etc.
Anyway, here is the recipe I use that I have perfected over the years: This makes about 3 dozen cookies, depending on how thick you roll the dough.
1 1/2 cup butter, room temperature (3 sticks)
2 cups sugar
2 egg
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 cup sour cream
5 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
And Valentine's Day.
In a different twist to my usual posting, I wanted to share my fantastic cookie recipe with you. It's been the BEST SUGAR COOKIE IN THE WORLD. No lie. Seriously. The. Best.
Now I've been making cookies for quite some time now, and I've tried many, many, many recipes but the trick comes from what works for YOU. Weather has a crazy effect on food, heating, cooling, opening the oven door too many times, etc.
Anyway, here is the recipe I use that I have perfected over the years: This makes about 3 dozen cookies, depending on how thick you roll the dough.
1 1/2 cup butter, room temperature (3 sticks)
2 cups sugar
2 egg
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 cup sour cream
5 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
First, cream the butter and the sugar. Add in the eggs, vanilla, and sour cream. Sift together the flour and baking powder and baking soda. Then blend in the dry ingredients.
Roll dough to desired thickness. I roll to about 1/2 inch because I love how thick and soft the cookies look and taste!! Cut into shapes. Place cookies on un-greased cookie sheet or cookie sheet with a layer of parchment paper. Bake for about 20 minutes or until the cookies look slightly golden.
And that's it!
And that's it!
You'll have some delicious cookies after this recipe!
I have used Royal Icing, Color Flow, and Glaze icing. I like glaze the best, even though it makes the biggest mess in the history of the universe and ever, but it's yummy. Check out Cookie Crazie's Glaze recipe and tutorials.
Awesome sauce!
To make the Mask Cookies, cut out hearts from dough. Bake and cool. Choose your icing color and load into a decorating bag with a straight tip. Outline the cookie like the diagram below.
Flood inside outline with icing. Let dry for 10-20 minutes and add details with other icing colors and let dry.
Same thing with the Valentine hearts: outline, flood, detail.
Like this:
Ta-DA!!!!!
For my kiddos, I made these adorable Valentine Science Kits from Teach a Roo!
FANTASTIC find on Teachers Pay Teachers and her blog is amazing!
Don't forget to check out my posts on Mardi Gras Math and Mardi Gras Madness, both math activities to add some carnival to your school day!
Happy Valentine's Day, Mardi Gras, and Teaching!!
Happy Mardi Gras!
Here in Louisiana we are big on Carnival Season! Four days in and I'm so excited for the coming weeks!
We have been hard at work in first grade getting ready for second grade! I haven't had much time for much of anything else other than school work and Carly Summer. Who knew 8th grade was so much work?? Loving every minute of it though!!!!!
Anyways.....
In honor of this fun time, I've created a math mini unit for finding 10 more and 10 less inspired by Mardi Gras.
This unit has 5 days of lesson plans on finding 10 more and 10 less. Each day includes whole group lesson plan, small group lesson plan with ideas for enrichment and remediation, center activities (not day 5), exit tickets, and recording pages. There is also a summative assessment for analyzing student achievement of the unit.
Day 1: Place Value Parade (2 center activities)
Day 2: Mardi Gras Go Round
Day 3: Block Party Missing Numbers
Day 4: Unmasking Numbers/Clue de Lis (2 center activities)
Day 5: Crowning Partners
Extra Center Game: King Cake Order
I hope you can use this unit to add a little Carnival to your classrom while teaching some mental math skills. Let me know what you think in the comments!
Happy Teaching!!
Here in Louisiana we are big on Carnival Season! Four days in and I'm so excited for the coming weeks!
We have been hard at work in first grade getting ready for second grade! I haven't had much time for much of anything else other than school work and Carly Summer. Who knew 8th grade was so much work?? Loving every minute of it though!!!!!
Anyways.....
In honor of this fun time, I've created a math mini unit for finding 10 more and 10 less inspired by Mardi Gras.
Day 1: Place Value Parade (2 center activities)
Day 2: Mardi Gras Go Round
Day 3: Block Party Missing Numbers
Day 4: Unmasking Numbers/Clue de Lis (2 center activities)
Day 5: Crowning Partners
Extra Center Game: King Cake Order
Find this fun unit {HERE}!!
I hope you can use this unit to add a little Carnival to your classrom while teaching some mental math skills. Let me know what you think in the comments!
Happy Teaching!!
Yessiree, it is that time of year!!!! Mardi Gras!! I LOVE this season. Everything is purple, gold, and green. Everyone is prepping for parades and balls and eating King Cake and it's just great!! I am so excited for my Krewe's ball coming up on February 8th.
My guests are my friends Jessica and Mike and Anna. Of course sharing the table with my BFF Amanda and her guests Jolie, Snooks, and Raven. I might be missing some peoples, but with this lineup we are gonna have a BLAST!!! The theme is Circus!!!!!!!!!!!
This is my 7th year in my Krewe and my 3rd year dressing up in costume rather than gown. My costume is:
Made it myself :)
And I made this little Mardi Gras Activity myself as well. It's about place value to the 100s.
Students match the feathers to the numbers on the mask. I've included 28 sets of feathers and masks. Students look at the number on the mask and match it with the feathers in expanded form.
E.g. 235=200+30+5
I've also included a template for a mask craft using the same idea - make a mask and feathers of a chosen number in expanded form. Children can choose a number and color the feathers how they wish. I've also attached a blank feather and mask page for you to design your own numbers. There is a page for creating 4 digit numbers and a blank page of four feathers. This is a great little activity for reinforcing the skill of place value.
It can be used whole group or placed in a center. There are two recording pages from which to choose. Here is one:
I hope you get into the Mardi Gras spirit as well!!!
Jessica
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