Saturday, October 9, 2010

Recycled Crafts


I found some great recycled crafts from the internet. Mosaic frame that is made out of old credit cards and pencil case with recycled milk bottle.

Gal Bi Jim

I bought beef short ribs lastweek. I wanted to make a korean version of beef short ribs. This is one of my favorite food. I bought a pack of beef short ribs and soaked them into the cold water to remove the blood. I soaked them about 20 minutes and I washed them thoroughly. I put the ribs into the tall pot and boiled it with water, soy sauce, garlic, ginger, sugar and saseme oil. I boiled it about 30 minutes with strong heat. Then, I added potatoes and carrots and boiled them for 3 more hours with very weak heat. The reason to boil it for a long time with weak heat is to make the meat tender. It was delicious. We ate them for three days. I think I cooked too many ribs. :) This dish goes well with Kimchi(korean sidedish),too.

I love fall fashion

I found this website. It has lots of great fall fashion clothes.

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Cakes

My friend, Katie, started to make deserts about 6 months ago. She struggled in the beginning, but she can make any desert really well. A decoration of the desert is unbelievable. Whenever we have a pot luck with our girlfriends, she takes care of our desert. They are not only pretty, but they are so delicious. Here are some photos of her art work of her deserts.










Listening

Our school goal is to improve our students' writing test scores. So, all teachers are required to do writing activities in class. Today, I taught dynamic markings and tempo markings to my 6th grade students. Dynamic is how loud or soft the music is and tempo is how fast or slow the music is. We listened to the Symphony No. 5 by Beethoven. Students had to write at least 7 sentences about the dynamic and tempo from the listening. They also had to write down the name of instruments that were played in the music.  I thought this would be great for them to improve their listening skill and writing skill at the same time. Some students struggled, but some students wrote a great paragraph.

Noodles



I was watching the Korean food channel online. They were showing how to make the Kal Gook Su(the name of noodle dish). My husband and I were watching it and I wanted to make it to my husband. So, I bought the pre-made noodles and vegetables. First, I boiled the water with dried anchovies for 5 minutes, then I removed the anchovies. I cut the squash, carrot, onions, potatoes, and green onions. I put them into the boiling water and boiled about 5 minutes more. Then, I added some salt. Then I put the noodles and boiled it for about 5 more minutes. At the end, I added eggs into the soup. It came out pretty. We had a great dinner with kimchi(korean main sidedish).

Orchestra Halloween

Halloween is coming and I was thinking about what I can do to celebrate Halloween in my orchestra class. I came up with an idea that students will make a costume for their instruments and we will have a contest. I talked to some students about it and they were very excited. Since they can't dress up, I think it would be fun for them to dress up their instrument. It would be interesting what kind of costume they are going to make for their instruments. I can't wait to do this. And the winner will get a prize.