It is so hard to believe that we will be heading out on Friday for a few weeks of winter vacation! Last week flew by, with freezing temperatures and a constant buzz of excitement tied to the possibiltiy of snow. In spite of the distractions, we continued to focus on our Reading Horizons work work lessons, learning the sounds each letter of the alphabet makes and practicing using these sounds to read and write words. We have learned almost all of our letter sounds and are becoming letter sound experts!
On Wednesday, the students participated in their first Hour of Code. We attended an assembly where we heard from QAE adult family members who use coding in thier work. Then the students all logged on to this website https://studio.code.org/s/couse1 and got to work, with lots of help from 4th and 5th grade buddies and Room 203 family coding experts. We quickly found out that this coding stuff is not that easy. It takes perseverance, patience, and a lot of thinking to code. The effort your students put into this new challenge was impressive and the 4th and 5th graders and parent helpers were a great resource to us! Thank you for your help!!
If your student wants to do more at home, you can go to the link above to continue the work we did in class or they can try this link for even more coding fun: http://code.org/learn/beyond.
On Wednesday, the students participated in their first Hour of Code. We attended an assembly where we heard from QAE adult family members who use coding in thier work. Then the students all logged on to this website https://studio.code.org/s/couse1 and got to work, with lots of help from 4th and 5th grade buddies and Room 203 family coding experts. We quickly found out that this coding stuff is not that easy. It takes perseverance, patience, and a lot of thinking to code. The effort your students put into this new challenge was impressive and the 4th and 5th graders and parent helpers were a great resource to us! Thank you for your help!!
If your student wants to do more at home, you can go to the link above to continue the work we did in class or they can try this link for even more coding fun: http://code.org/learn/beyond.
Reminders for this week...
Next Thursday, December 15th, we will have our first Reading and Writing Celebration.
Our celebration will take place from 7:55 – 8:25. Come listen to your student read books that they have been practicing and share a published piece of narrative writing with you! This is a very informal/casual celebration that all family members are welcome to attend if they are available.
If you are unable to make it, no worries! Your student will have the chance to share their learning with lots of different people!
Next Friday, December 16th, we will have a Marble Jar Celebration. Students are enouraged to wear pajamas that day and to bring a favorite stuffy. We will also have some extra choice time to celebrate our expert listening!
Please make sure you send your student's Go Home Book Bag withback to class this week so he or she can shop for new books to read over break. If it works for your family, please set up a routine that includes having your student read these books for 20 minutes a day during Winter Break and remember to record his/her reading on the reading log. Break is also a great time to have your student work on his or her Reading Horizons online learning.
Our celebration will take place from 7:55 – 8:25. Come listen to your student read books that they have been practicing and share a published piece of narrative writing with you! This is a very informal/casual celebration that all family members are welcome to attend if they are available.
If you are unable to make it, no worries! Your student will have the chance to share their learning with lots of different people!
Next Friday, December 16th, we will have a Marble Jar Celebration. Students are enouraged to wear pajamas that day and to bring a favorite stuffy. We will also have some extra choice time to celebrate our expert listening!
Please make sure you send your student's Go Home Book Bag withback to class this week so he or she can shop for new books to read over break. If it works for your family, please set up a routine that includes having your student read these books for 20 minutes a day during Winter Break and remember to record his/her reading on the reading log. Break is also a great time to have your student work on his or her Reading Horizons online learning.
If your student earned money for our Raise for Maize Campaign, Thank You! We will keep the fundraiser going for one more week, as we are sending off this year's raise for maize money over the winter break so that it gets there in time for the hungry season (January-March). If you have any additional donations please send them in by Friday. If this has sparked something in your family and you want to continue to donate to our partner school, please visit Dwankhozi Hope Foundation's website at www.dwankhozi-hope.org for information on how to do so.Thank you for all of your support with this! | If you sent food or supplies in for our Pikes Place Food Drive, Thank You! We really rocked toilet paper Tuesday! |