Good morning,

Our class is shopping at the school  Santa Shop on Thursday.

For our holiday party this year, we are going to be doing a few different things. We will looking at different holidays from around the world. If your family has something you do as part of your culture, and your student would like to share it with the class, please have them let me know and we can set that up. We will be doing a full set of candy caned based math, science and language art lessons throughout the day. We will be ending the day with a book swap, video and hot chocolate drink station.

For the book swap, please have your student bring in two gently used chapter books, that your family has already read. These books will be given to other students in the class as a trade, and you will not be getting them back. Your student will be coming home with a different gently used book of their choice. The reason we are asking for two books is to make sure that if some students are unable to bring any books, that we have enough to trade. If your student can bring one, that is will still work. Any extra books after the students have picked, will be added to classroom library for student use during Daily 5. Please have these books brought into the classroom by Wed, December 16!

For the candy cane activities and the hot chocolate station we need the following items to be donated to the room. These all need to be turned in by Wed Dec., 16th as well.

3 packs of cups-at least one foam pack for hot chocolate

2 boxes of plastic spoons

1 Large carton of heavy whipping cream

3 cans of sweetened condensed milk

2 bags of semi-sweet chocolate chips

1 can of unsweetened cocoa powder

2 gallons of whole milk kept cold

1 bottle of vanilla extract

1 bag mini marshmallow

1 bag of crusted candy canes

1 bag of Hershey kisses or similar chocolate

2 cans of whipped cream

1 bottle of vegetable oil

1 bottle of vinegar

2 bottles of hydrogen peroxide

40 candy canes.

Please comment on this post with the items you are planning to send in. You can check the comments to see what has already been pledged. Have a great week!