Parents,
We finished up taking a look at our 5 senses. We ended by talking about the sense of taste and decided what better way to end than by making pumpkin chocolate chip muffins. The kids did a great job making them and almost everyone liked them. Here is the recipe just in case you want it.
Ingredients
- 3/4 c. white sugar
- 1/4 c. vegetable oil
- 2 eggs
- 3/4 c. canned pumpkin
- 1/4 c. water
- 1 1/2 c. flour
- 3/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp ground cloves
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place paper liners in muffin tin. Mix the sugar, oil and eggs. Add pumpkin and water. Sift dry ingredients in a separate bowl and them mix them in. Add chocolate chips. Fill muffin cups 2/3 full. Bate in oven for 20 to 25 minutes.
Enjoy.
This week will will begin many of our new topics for October. They are maps, invertebrates, measurement, and secondary colors.
We will also be studying leaves this month and we always have a leaf party. This year our leaf party will be on October 17 (cross your fingers the weather holds out). We would love if any of you have leaves you have raked from your yard to save them for us to jump in them on the 17th. Just bring them on the 17th (I really can’t store them before). We would really appreciate it.
You will be receiving information on all of our field trips on Monday. Please look for it in your child’s backpack. Please sign and return the second page. Our first field trip will be on Friday October 12 to Oak Lawn park. We would love to have lots of chaperones for this. Please send me an email if you would like to chaperone.
Friday October 12th is also the Fall Festival for the school. This is the time to dress up and celebrate Halloween as we will not be having a separate classroom party on Halloween. I hope to see all of you there.
One question parents ask me often is how to get their child to give them more information about what they did at school. Here are some questions you could try on the way home from school, during dinner, or while getting ready for bed:
- What was the best part of your day? (Worst part?)
- What was the funniest thing you saw today?
- Which books did you read from today?
- What was your teacher wearing today?
- Which part of your classroom do you think I’d like the best?
- What do you wish you could do more of at school?
- Which activity at school today was your favorite? (Least favorite?)
- What games would you like to be able to play at recess?
- What did you eat for snack today?
- What’s something your teacher said today?
- Which kid in your class needed to be cheered up today?
- If you were the teacher tomorrow, what would you do differently?
- What made you feel happy today? (Sad, confused, bored?)
- How did you get to be a helper today?
- What do you wish your teacher would have done differently today?
- What would you like to forget about from today?
- What would you like to be learning more about?
- Which topics do you wish you didn’t have to learn about at all?
- Did you get or give any compliments today?
- What do you think I’d like best about your teacher?
- Which kid at school would you like to get to know better?
- Which color crayon or marker did you use the most today?
- Did you get to spend time with the class pet today? If not, what did you do instead?
- What was the hardest part of your day?
Have a great week!
Ms. Jen & Ms. Jess