Parents,
Your child should have brought home a permission slip for our first field trip. We will be going to oak lawn park on Friday October 4th. If these forms didn’t make it home you can access them here. ’18-’19 Fieldtrip Cover Letter Oaklawn Park (1) 2019-2020 Parent Permission Slip Oaklawn Park
For this and all other field trips please be aware that our students are dropped off and picked up from field trip location. We have adjusted the times so that families that have other students to drop off and pick up may do so without problem.
Last week we finished talking about our 5 senses. Our senses are one way our bodies send messages to our brain. 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. Bake in the oven for 20 to 25 minutes.
Enjoy.
This week we will talk about our last land form, strait and isthmus. We will also finish our study of primary colors. We will also talk about the needs and parts of plants. Friday is an Early release day. The morning class will be held from 8:30 am to 10:30 am . The afternoon class will be held from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. Ms. Jess and I need a parent volunteer who could come in either Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday to help us with our original works art projects. If you would be able to help with this please email me. Thank you.
Autumn is right around the corner, which means the season is changing! Please remember to send your students in weather appropriate clothing. Our students go outside rain or shine, unless there is extreme weather. Typically we only stay inside for 3 reasons: red air quality, thunder & lightning, and if the temperature is below 20 degrees.
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