Holiday Activities Information

Hi Parents,

Below is the text of a letter that will be sent home today. Please let us know if you can help!

Mindy.thompson@am.dodea.edu
jennifer.vermillion@am.dodea.edu


Dear Parents,
During the week of December 11th, there are a few special activities that fourth grade would like to do.


  1. Gift Exchange: This is an activity that is meant to be silly and fun, so gifts don’t need to be special or valuable. Your child can just wrap a toy or item that they already own and that they don’t use or play with anymore.  Please don’t feel like you need to go out and buy a gift!  (If you really can’t think of anything and plan on buying something, please don’t spend more than $5.) We will do the gift exchange on Thursday, December 14th, which is the last day before the break. Please bring the wrapped gift anytime that week.


  1. Gingerbread House STEM Project:  We will also be doing a STEM project that involves building a gingerbread house. We begin the planning for our structure on Monday December 11th, and we will be building it Wednesday December 13th from 8:45 to 11:00.


For this project, we need:


**Volunteers!  Our student groups always benefit from having an adult assistant :-)(Remember, in order to volunteer, you must have a completed background check form and Anti-terrorism training completed. Check with the office if you need to have this done.)


**Supplies! In order to construct the houses, we need a lot of materials. We are asking you to bring in one (or some!) of the following items.


Graham crackers
Marshmallows
Pretzel sticks
Lifesavers
Twizzlers
Candy canes (small)
Gumdrops
Jelly beans
M & M’s
Skittles
Smarties
Gallon sized freezer bags
Plastic bowls
**Frosting makers--We are also asking for a few brave parents to put together some icing. The stiff icing recipe is listed below. We will need about 12 bags.  Please let us know if you’re willing to help out with this.



Royal Icing Recipe #1
  • 1 pound of confectioners sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
  • 3 egg whites
Beat slowly until stiff peaks form. Put icing in a gallon sized plastic bag.


Thank you so much for your support and for making these activities successful and fun for the students. If you have questions, please let us know.

The 4th grade team

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