Eclipse Chocolate Field Trip

Hello,

Here are a few snapshots from our trip to Eclipse Chocolate in South Park.

Time to listen to the expert about how we will make chocolate

These are the optiions

After we get our ingredients, it's time to start!

Here is the chocolate in its mold

Time to send it to get chilled

Time to learn about the history of chocolate and learn about Eclipse Chocolate

Here, we're passing around a cacao bean pod

Here are the cocoa nibs inside the pod

Here is our finished bars of chocolate!

Thanks, Eclipse Chocolate!

And thank you to Lynn, Sally, Hope, Dawn, Joy, Sanaz, Amanda, Genia, and Rose for joining us and helping to make this trip possible!

Love, Gaby

May Songs and Poems

What the Robin Told

The wind
told the grasses,
And the grasses
told the trees.
The trees
told the bushes,
And the bushes
told the bees.
The bees
told the robin,
And the robin
sang out clear:
Wake up!
Wake up!
Spring is here! 

Synonyms
(to the tune of "Hush Little Baby")

Synonyms almost the same,
Synonyms almost the same,
Come, let’s play a matching game.
Sing two words that mean the same.

(alternate following lines teacher with
students or boys with girls)

When I’m happy,
I am glad.
When I’m naughty,
I am bad.
If it’s large,
It’s also big.
A hog is
Also called a pig.

See me hurry,
See me rush.
To be quiet
Means to hush.
If I want,
I also wish.
A plastic bowl
Is still a dish.

Practice or
Repeat a song.
If you miss,
You go far wrong.
If you end,
You stop the game.
They have like meanings,
Much the same.

Synonyms, almost the same.
Synonyms, almost the same.

The Because Song
(to the tune of "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star")

B-e-c-a-u-s-e,
That's the way we spell because,
B-e-c-a-u-s-e,
B-e-c-a-u-s-e,
B-e-c-a-u-s-e,
That's the way we spell because,

Mother my Darling 
Sung to: "Rock-a-bye Baby"

Mother my darling, Mother my dear.
I love you, I love you
Each day of the year.
You are so sweet,
And you are so kind.
And I am so glad that you are mine!