Chapter 12- The Quotation

Chapter Review-
Betsy is very excited at the possibility of sewing a sampler. She asks her father for permission and he says yes. Betsy thanks her father and sets out to find which bible verse to use. She decided on Leviticus 25:10.

What we will learn in this chapter-
History and Art- (The Bible, Drawing)


History and Art-(The Bible, Drawing)
Betsy and her family see that the bible is a very important part of their faith. Betsy notices how many little "books" make up the bible. This is a great opportunity to learn about the framework of the bible. Lily and Aj watched a video on you-tube about the different books of the bible. They learned about the books of the Old Testament and New Testament. They also decorated the book marks with the books of the bible on the back of the book marks. They completed a how to draw a bible worksheet and put the picture of the bible on front of their book marks.

Thanks for Reading!

Happy Birthday Dr Seuss!!

It's Dr Seuss's Birthday! We ate green eggs for breakfast, read books and did worksheets. We also drew pictures of what we want to be when we grow up. Lily drew a picture of a veterinarian and Aj drew a picture of a Karate teacher.

Mrs. Katz and Tush

Title: Mrs. Katz And Tush

Author/illustrator: Patricia Polacco

Copyright: 1992
Summary: A young boy learns compassion and finds a life time of friendship.

We read this book at the perfect time of year. It coincided with Hannukah and the month of December. Lily and Aj learned all about Hannukah, yeast and Yiddish. Check out all the fun and activities we did while we read this book!

Social Studies: (History,Geography)
Mrs Katz is originally from Warsaw, the capital city of Poland. We Placed our story disk on Poland. Lily and Aj then colored a map, flag and learned some facts about Poland.( example: climate, population) We also read a few books on Poland and a book about immigration.





Social Studies: (Jewish Tradition)
We learned about Hannukah. Lily and Aj played the dreidle game, ate matzo ball soup, potato pancakes and Gelt. They also read lots of books, watched a movie, colored a picture of a Menorah and colored in a Jewish coloring book.


Language Arts: (Yiddish,Vocabulary)
Their were many Yiddish words in the book Mrs. Katz and Tush. We chose a few words to learn the definitions of. Lily and Aj drew pictures of the words meanings.


Mathematics: (multiply, division)
Lily did a cat math worksheet on division and multiplication. Both Lily and Aj counted baked goods in the book as we were reading it!



Science: (Chemistry in cooking, yeast)
Yeast is a tiny one-celled plant that grows in things containing sugar.We talked about the way it causes dough to rise by creating gas bubbles in the bread. We did an experiment using yeast, made bread and read a book about bread.

Fermentation experiment using yeast- We looked at yeast under a magnifying glass. Then we used warm water, sugar and yeast to see how gas forms.


Baking Bread- We mixed all the ingredients, kneaded and baked the dough.


Book we read-


Art: (Drawing, detail)
Lily and Aj added faces and tails to a cat on a worksheet. Lily also used a drawing book and tried drawing a cat all by herself!



Extra Fun-(Reading, Art, Computer)
Lily and Aj colored a Picture of Mrs. Katz and Tush. They also watched a Reading Rainbow Episode on Utube about this book.