Room 9teen cooks with Chef Phelan

Ms. Legault welcomed Chef Phelan into the kitchen on Friday June 19 to make an exciting new entree and a delicious new dessert. Room 9teen was amazed with simplicity of the chicken quesadillas and the chocolate mousse. Many students went home and shared their new recipes with their families. Here's a reminder of what caused all the excitement:

CHICKEN QUESADILLAS
Ingredients:
1 package precooked chicken
1 package shredded mozerella and cheddar
(8") whole wheat flour tortillas
salsa
sour cream
Spread chicken, salsa, and cheese on one tortilla.
Cover with another tortillas to form a tortilla stack.
Heat tortilla stack in a large skillet over medium heat for 2-3 minutes.
Turn tortilla over and repeat for another 2-3 minutes or until cheese is melted.
Repeat as necessary with remaining tortilla stacks.
Serve with sour cream.

Up and Coming Events

June 2 TV Turn-off begins
June 5 Trip to Ottawa 7:15 -4:45
June 8 Ammunition Presentation
June 11 Swimming 1-3:30
June 12 Jump rope/Hoop for Heart Barbecue (Hot Dog Lunch due June 12)
June 15 Grade 8 IPRC's
June 16 Grade 6/7 IPRC's
June 16 Swimming 1 -2:30
June 17 Grade 8 Graduation 11:00 -12:15
June 19 Cooking:Menu to follow with list of ingredients/ Video Game Celebration
June 23 Trip to Ottawa (Grade 6/7)
June 23 Swimming Grade 8's only
June 24 Pinecrest Fun fair and concert
June 25 Last day of school
June 26 PA Day
2009-2019 School year calendar available http://www.renfrew.edu.on.ca/

What's happening lately in Room 9Teen?

With only a month or so left of school, Ms Legault's class is busy wrapping up and reviewing. The grade 6's have been preparing hard for their EQAO, which begins next week. The grade 8's are preparing a resume that they can use to gain summer employment. Trent and Ms. Legault worked hard to box all the clothing from James' clothing drive for its' destination in Afghanistan. This month's theme is initiative. Students are helping to prepare a slideshow which focuses on the Talent show and the wonderful initiative many students had demonstrated. Conner has demonstrated initiative by attending Ms. Phelan's language classes. Brandon P. has demonstrated initiative by building a new home for Bow-bo. Everyone is participating in reading assessments, which we hope to complete next week in anticipation for our final report cards. Thanks to all the students who completed their work on bullying. Congratulations to Jake for all his fine work. Lots of end of the year trips have been planned, and we are all looking forward to lots of fun and exciting events once we get through all the necessary work.

Simple Spaghetti Dinner

On Thursday, room 9teen will be making a simple spaghetti dinner. THe following is the recipe. Trent has offered to bring garlic bread.
You will Need:
8 ounce package spaghetti noodles
1 - 16 ounce can tomato sauce
1 teaspoon oregano
1 teaspoon basil
1 - 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1 - 1/4 teaspoon pepper
For Salad
1 head lettuce
1/4 cup shredded cheese
1/4 cup croutons
3 tablespoons bacon bits
1/3 cup salad dressing
Check out http://www.bry-backmanor.org/picturerecipe10.html for picture instructions

Cooking Challenge

Ms. Legault bought the ingredients to make 12 of Brandon M's famous sandwiches. Cheese slices @ $3.77; 12 Kaiser Rolls @ $3.69; 12 Slices of Ham @ 4.99 and one head of lettuce at $1.79. How much would each individual sandwich cost? (There was no tax on the price)
Solved by Jake: $14.24 divided by 12 = $1.18
Each sandwich costs $1.18 to make.
Thank -you Ms. Legault

Room 9Teens Banana Bread

The Best Traditional Banana Bread Recipe
For the purists. A traditional banana loaf recipe with a touch of spice. Feel free to toss a cup of nuts in this recipe. No chocolate for this one as the spice will compete too much.Ingredients
1 cup sugar 1/3 cup butter, soft 3 bananas (ripe) 2 eggs 1 tsp soda, dissolved in 1 Tbsp cold water 2 cups flour 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp vanilla 1/4 tsp cinnamon 1/4 tsp nutmeg


Instructions
Heat oven to 350
Combine and mix all ingredients together in a large mixing bowl.
Place batter in a greased bread pan (bottom only) or in muffin tins.
Bake 40 to 50 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
Cool for 10 minutes then remove from pan. Complete cooling on a wire rack
Makes one good sized loaf

From Room9Teens Kitchen

In order to help with the costs of our cooking program students are being asked to bring in some of the ingredients to support the program. This will also encourage the students to take ownership for the program and demonstrate responsibility.
On Tuesday, March 9 our class will be making banana bread. Students have volunteered to bring the following ingredients.
1 cup of sugar Brandon P
butter James
3 ripe bananas Conner
2 eggs Brandon P
baking soda/vanilla/ cinnamon/ nutmeg Ms. Legault
After March break, on Tuesday , March 23 our class will be making English Muffin Pizza’s. Students have volunteered to bring the following ingredients.
English muffins Trent
pizza sauce Jake
cheese shredded Brandon
pepperoni James
Thanks Ms. Legault

Brandon's Frozen Hot Chocolates

Ingredients
Milk
Ice
Hot Chocolate Mix

What to do:
Fill blender with ice.
Add 3 Tablespoons of Hot Chocolate Mix
Fill blender with milk. (Approximately 2 cups of milk.)
Blend until smooth.

Serve in mug.

Serves 3 people.

War Video Games by James

You’ve been wanting this new war game for months. So when your mom buys it for you, the first thing you do is put it in your X-box 360 wii or ps3. Then it comes to the title. You start by picking how hard you want it. You pick easy. So you start in a boat. You look down and say “What the heck? Where’s my legs?” Then your health bar is on the screen with how much ammo you have and the radar. Then the boat explodes. You get on the beach and you see some one get shot in the head. You look. There’s no blood! Heck there’s no hole. Suddenly you die, then you have to restart from a check point. After all that, you look at some of the soldiers faces. What the heck! They all look the same and they all look like they’re smiling. The worst part is they look clean after all that fighting. Then another soldier dies. His body disappears after 3 seconds. This is not what war is in real life. War is you don’t get to pick the difficulty. It’s always hard! You don’t have a health bar! You don’t have radar or an ammo bar! War is gory and very violent. If someone gets shot in the head, there will be blood and there will be a hole and after the battle they don’t look the same. They would be filthy. They would have bad injuries and if someone dies their body will stay there and rot unless you get it removed. If you die it’s game over forever! The family that loved them will never see them again. War isn’t fun and no matter how fun it looks, war video games are just games! Sure, you can play the real battles in games. But remember the millions of men and woman that gave there lives for their country. So don’t forget war isn’t fun. Its serious! Remember, video game people don’t have families. So game makers can make them live die or any thing they want. Real humans can’t be controlled the way that video game people can. I’m not saying burn every war game. Just don’t base all of the events of war on video games


By James

Preparing chocolate chip cupcakes from a mix

Room 9teen had a wonderful day cooking. This week we prepared packaged cupcakes. We reviewed kitchen safety as well as learned about proper dishwashing techniques. The following list is some of the helpful hints we discussed during the baking process.

• Wash you hands
• Read complete recipe on package.
• Assemble ingredients.
• When adding egg, be sure to crack open in separate bowl to avoid getting shells in mix.
• Fill muffin tin 3/4 full with mix.
• Fill any extra muffin tins with water when baking to avoid tipping and burning and to add extra moisture to recipe.
• Never eat any uncooked mixture, as it contains raw egg and could cause food poisoning.
• Wash you hands always. You can never wash them too much when cooking.

Washing dishes

1. Fill one tub with hot, soapy water.
2. Fill another tub with hot water for rinsing.
3. Rinse off dirty dishes in sink to remove excess food.
4. Soak any baking pans or pots for easier cleaning.
5. Wash glasses and utensils first. (Remember to keep knives and sharp utensils beside water.)
6.Wash dishes, then place in rinse water.
7. Rinse, then place on drying rack. Towel dry.
8. Wash down tables, chairs, counters and sink. Wipe down stove.

Power Raspberry Smoothies

Makes 2 servings
1 Cup milk
1 Tablespoon honey
1 1/2 Cups raspberries fresh or if frozen, thawed
1 1/2 Cups sliced bananas about 2 bananas
1 Cup raspberry yogurt
Fresh raspberries for topping, if desired
Pour milk, honey and yogurt into blender. Then add in raspberries and bananas. Blend several minutes until smooth. Top each glass with a fresh berry, if desired. Approximate Prep time is 10 minutes.

Safety Note: WHEN WASHING SHARP ITEMS LIKE KNIVES OR THE BLADES OF A BLENDER, DO NOT IMMERSE IN SOAPY WATER. PLACE SHARP ITEMS BESIDE SINK AND ALERT WASHING PERSON TO THEM, SO THEY CAN BE CAREFULLY HANDWASHED AND PLACED OUT OF HARMS WAY.

How to Read a Recipe

*Always read through the recipe completely before beginning any cooking.
*Assemble all your ingredients. Make sure you have everything you need.

Parts of a Recipe:
Title: Gives a hint to what you will be making.
Servings: Describes how much you will be making.
List of ingredients: Food items that are necessary to make the recipe. (Some directions may also be in this list for instance 1 cup of sliced bananas)
Optional: Ingredients that may be omitted and it will not affect final product.
Sometimes the following letters are used to indicate measurements: C stands for cup T stands for Tablespoon t stands for teaspoon.
Directions: Procedure to follow when making the recipe.
Time: How much time it is estimated making the recipe will take.
Prep time: How much time it will take to prepare the recipe.
Baking/cooking time: How much time is need to bake or cook the recipe.
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Microwave Safety

Wash your hands
Use microwave safe dishes (No metal)
Use pot holders to take bowls out of the microwave
Microwaves should be at counter height, not above heads
Wipe out all spills immediately
Clean/Deodorize: Microwave a cup of water with 2 teaspoons of vinegar on high for 10 minutes. Then wipe down insides for a fast easy cleaning.

Applesauce Crunch

You will Need:
1 50 ounce jar applesauce
1 cup light brown sugar
1 cup flour
1/2 cup margarine
1 teaspoon cinnamon

Step One - Pour the jar of applesauce into a microwavable dish.

Step Two - Mix the sugar, flour, cinnamon, and margarine with clean hands until crumbly.

Step Three - Sprinkle crumb mixture on top of the applesauce.

Step Four - Microwave 5 minutes. Serve warm or cold. Enjoy!

About our Class

Happy New Year and welcome to Room 9Teens class blog. This blog was created to keep parents up to date with our classroom activities as well as to publish some of our work. Our class is made up of nine students and our teacher is Ms. Legault. Here's a little information about some of us:

Hi, I'm Bow-bo and I am the class pet. More specifically I am a rat. I moved to Petawawa from Ottawa where I was a baby. I live most of my days at Pinecrest School, but sometimes I'm lucky enough to go visit kids houses for sleepovers. You can read more about me in the section called 'Diary of a Rat'.

Hi, I'm Jake. I like hockey. I play Forward and Defence for the Petawawa Snipers. I love animals especially exotic ones like Tigers. When I grow up I want to be in the Army.

Hi, I'm Josh. I really like playing sports especially soccer, hockey and basketball. In my spare time I also like playing video games especially army ones like 'Call of Duty 5'. My favourite subject at school is gym...Big surprise!!! I am very funny and enjoy laughing and fooling around with my friends.

Hello, My name is Trent. I like to draw. I even draw pictures of Bow-bo. In my spare time I like to go on the computer and chat on MSN.

Aloha, My name is Natasha. I love to shop especially for clothes and shoes. I also love to dance and draw pictures. My favourite subject is gym class. Bow-bo has been to my house twice for sleepovers. I introduced him to my friends.

Hey, My name is Conner. I like to buy new hats and bikes. In my spare time I go dirt bike jumping. Watch for my dirt biking articles on this Blog.

Hi, My name is James. I like studying about War and History. I also like playing video games. I like putting together slide shows and anything else that has to do with computers. Bow-bo like to hang out at my house.