The Great Gingerbread Escape!

A few weekends ago, when Mrs. Mitchell was baking up a batch of her Grandma's gingerbread cookies for her family, she got a bit impatient and decided to open the oven door a bit too early to check on them. To her surprise, they jumped right up off the pan and darted for the door! 

(luckily, Mr. Mitchell was there to capture the escape on camera!)

She came to school the next day ready to tell the giraffes about the silliness of the day before, but then, they found a note taped to their whiteboard:

The Giraffes have had SO much fun looking for the gingerbread every day around our classroom! Here are a few of the places where we found them:

On Friday, we got yet another note from our gingerbread friends, who told us they were hiding all around the school! We even got to face time with one of the giraffes who was home sick from school to join us for the hunt:

After giving us all of our clues, the gingerbread left us one final note before saying goodbye:

Now that the gingerbread have left SMS, they might be spotted running by a city or town near YOU! If you've spotted Gingy, George, Geraldine, or Gina running around your community or in your travels, please send our class a letter or a postcard to let us know!

Mrs. Mitchell's Giraffe Class

39 Gifford Farm Rd.

Stratham, NH 03885

Thank you Gina, George, Geraldine, and Gingy for all the fun! If you'd like to make Mrs. Mitchell's Grandma's recipe at home with your family, here is the recipe:

Safari Olympic Games

This week, we explored the country doors on display around our school as we answered questions on our Olympic Scavenger Hunt! 

On Friday, we got together with the Elephants for our Safari Olympics! We did Freeze Dance Figure Skating, The Biathalon, Synchronized Bobsledding, and Curling! 

During Freeze Dance Figure Skating, we used paper skates to dance around the room and we had to freeze when the music stopped! 

For the Biathalon, we used paper skis to glide across a "trail" and then we had to knock down a stack of cups with a beanbag before skiing back to our teammates

For Synchronized Bobsledding, we sat in a column of chairs and took turns being in the head seat. The person in the head seat got to come up with moves that the rest of the "bobsledding team" would mimic at the same time. 

For Curling, we took turns sliding our "curling stones" across the tile to our target. The person with the highest score would win! 

We enjoyed following the Winter Olympics over the last few weeks. Germany came in 2nd overall with 31 medals-- 14 Gold, 10 Silver, and 7 Bronze!