Dear Parents,
On Friday, December 21, we will be holding our holiday parties from 2:30 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. for all our students. Two room parents or their designees will run the parties for the children. Due to space limitations, we ask that you refrain from attending these parties.
The PTA will be providing the students with cupcakes and a Capri Sun during the party. The cupcakes are from * Whole Foods Market in Naperville. The ingredients are as follows for the cupcakes: vanilla cupcakes contain eggs, milk, soy and wheat, sugar, enriched wheat flour, dry egg whites, palm oil, leavening, dextrose, modified food starch, dry egg yolk, natural flavor, salt, non-fat milk solids, sorbitan monostearate, soy lecithin, soybean oil, cellulose gum, xanthan gum, water, and canola oil. The frosting consists of powdered sugar, palm oil shortening, unsalted butter, vanilla extract, sea salt and annatto (natural plant based food color).
If your child is unable to have the treat provided because of allergies, please send the school nurse a note informing us of this no later than Thursday, December 13, 2012. She needs to compile a list of what students cannot have the cupcakes. You are asked to provide your child with a treat that he/she can have if they have allergies to the cupcakes being served.
Please do not send in any other treats for the classrooms because of possible food allergies. Treats brought to school will be sent home.
Finally, alternative activities will be planned for children whose families choose not to participate in this event beginning at 2:30 p.m. Please contact Mr. LeCrone through email in order that appropriate activities can be arranged no later than Monday, December 17, 2012. His email address is: brian_lecrone@ipsd.org.
As a reminder, winter break begins on Friday, December 21, and classes will resume on Monday, January 7, 2013.
We wish you and your family a safe and restful winter break.
Sincerely,
The May Watts Staff
*We would like to thank Whole Foods Market in Naperville for partnering with the PTA. Whole Foods offered a tremendous price break in order to provide our children with a healthier, more natural and delectable party treat. – Mrs. Moranchek, Room Parent Coordinator.
With just two weeks before Winter Break begins, I would like to touch base on a couple of important items. Over the break, I plan to begin using the edline website to post my class blog updates. Some classes have already made the transition and all teachers will be using it by next fall. Information on how to access the site was provided earlier this year.
Also, as we are approaching the halfway point of the school year, students are starting to run low on supplies. We use dry erase markers on a daily basis, and many are running out. Please check in with your child and see what they need. Thanks!
Reading:
Hedgehog Bakes a Cake
Please encourage your child to read this story and practice the vocabulary cards over the weekend. Reading books need to be returned to school on Monday; as we will be using them for the test.
Your child has been reading A Hedgehog Bakes a Cake, by Maryann MacDonald. In this story, Hedgehog wants to make a yellow cake. His friends stop by to help, but each one gives bad advice about baking and Hedgehog ends up with a terrible mess on his hands. After his friends leave, Hedgejog locks the door and starts over. This time he follows the recipe, and later he and his friends enjoy a delicious cake. Vocabulary Power precedes the story.
Focus Skill: Synonyms
Vocabulary Power:
batter-thick liquid mixture used in cooking
buttery-full of or covered with butter
perfect-as good as something can be
recipe-set of instructions, or steps, used when cooking or baking
smeared-spread something sticky or greasy
yellow cake-cake that is yellow because it contains egg yolks
Continue to read and record on maywattsreads on a daily basis. Our class numbers dropped a bit last month and as a result our alien friend, Invader is now in another classroom. Keep reading and recording to bring him back!
Math:
Unit 4
We will be completing Unit 4 this week. Students will demonstrate their knowledge of the standards with a Transfer Task on Thursday and a Math Assessment on Friday.
Science:
Health & Nutrition
We have been discussing the 5 food groups, and how each group nourishes our bodies, over the past week. So far we have learned about the Milk Group. Be sure to check out the food and nutrtion website links under Science.
Handwriting:
Over the past week I have been assessing your child’s pencil grip. It is hard to break old habits, however, correct grip will enhance your child’s ability to write legibly. Please encourage your child to use the tripod grip, even though it may feel awkward while retraining muscles from old habits to new.
