Baking cookies is a favorite holiday activity in many households, and students and their families got a head start on this time-honored tradition on Dec. 13 at Fairfield Elementary School.
The third grade classrooms were abuzz in the afternoon as parents and other family members joined students to fill jars with all of the ingredients for chocolate chip cookies. They worked together to add precise amounts of flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, chocolate chips and other ingredients, which had to be layered in a specific order. Jars were then sealed, wrapped in a bow and brought home. All of the ingredients and supplies were provided by class parents.
The event has been a tradition in third grade classes for more than a decade. In addition to fostering the home-school connection, it helped students work on their math skills as they measured the ingredients.
