January Snack Ideas

Blizzard Mix

Ingredients:

White chocolate chips or Snow Caps Candy (snow flakes)

KIX cereal (snow balls)

Frosted Mini Wheats cereal (snow drifts)

Supplies:

bowl for each ingredient group

paper cup

spoon for each ingredient

Directions:

1. Pour in a spoon of each ingredient.

2. Blow in a winter wish!

3. Mix well and enjoy!

Bagel Snowman

Ingredients:

1 mini-bagel

cream cheese

cheese curls

2 pretzel sticks

2 chocolate chips

Supplies:

paper plate

plastic knife

Directions:

1. Open your bagel and put the halves together so they look like a number 8.

2. Spread cream cheese on both halves.

3. Add the chocolate chip eyes, the cheese curl nose, and the pretzel arms.

4. Eat him up!

Marshmallow Munchie

Ingredients:

6 mini-marshmallows

2 pieces of sliced fruit (choose your favorite!)

Supplies:

1 wooden skewer

Directions:

1. Add 2 mini-marshmallows to your skewer.

2. Add 1 piece of fruit.

3. Add 2 mini-mashmallows.

4. Add 1 piece of fruit.

5. Add the last 2 mini-marshmallows.

6. Enjoy!

 For more fun snack ideas visit www.bainbridgeclass.com.

My gift to you 

~ no homework this week!

December Snack Ideas

 Rudie the Reindeer

Ingredients:

1 Tbl caramel sauce

1 large rice cake

2 Hershey kisses

2 pretzel twists

1 maraschino cherry

Supplies:

measuring spoon

plastic knife

plate

Directions:

1. Spread 1 Tbl caramel sauce on the rice cake.

2. Add the kisses to make eyes.

3. Add the pretzels for antlers.

4. Put the cherry in the middle for a red nose.

5. Enjoy!

 Santa Mix

Ingredients:

M&M mini candies (elf noses)

Small pretzels (reindeer antlers)

Kix cereal (Santa's buttons)

O shaped cereal (reindeer food)

Supplies:

bowl for each ingredient for each group

paper cup

spoon for each ingredient

Directions:

1. Pour in a spoon of each ingredient.

2.  Blow in a holiday wish.

3. Mix well and enjoy!

For more fun snack ideas visit www.bainbridgeclass.com.

Donate a Book Program

Fifth Grade ~ Class of 2014 See's Candies Fundraiser

Dear Parents and Friends:

We are beginning a See’s Candies fundraising sale. We chose See’s because of its fine reputation for quality.
The Fifth Grade Class of 2014 is holding this fundraiser to help pay for their class festivities as the students celebrate their success at Oak Mesa.  Please, help our students by taking orders from friends, relatives,
neighbors and co-workers.

Dates to Remember:
November 11th ~ Sale Starts
December 2nd ~ Sale Ends (All orders and money must be turned in)
December 16th ~ Candy will be available for delivery to your customers.

Helpful Hints:
1. Fill in the order form completely.
2. Collect money from your supporters when they order. Ask them to make their checks payable to Oak Mesa Elementary PTA.
3. Verify quantities and monies collected and put money in the collection envelope.
4. Thank your customer.

Thank you for helping to make our fundraiser a BIG success!

Labels for Education

Information regarding Oak Mesa's participation in the Labels for Education program.

Halloween Activity Day

Hello Room 5 Families,

We are so excited to be planning a fun celebration for our classroom on

Halloween ~ Thursday, October 31st.  

Plan on staying for the parade at 8:30 am to see all the costumes (Theme is Famous Figure) and then immediately after the parade we will begin our celebration until lunch time.  If a few of you could plan on helping that would be great!  We also have a few items that need brought in.  

Go to this link to sign up to bring items for our Halloween Party!

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0D4DACAE22A02-fall

Thank you in advance for all of your help and support.

The Room 5 Room Parents

Cara, Wendy & Jennette