Room 12, Ms. Boyesen October 27, 2018

Show Me the Money! We’ve been playing with real money in class…adding coins, finding certain amounts, and learning to count on. For example, if we have a quarter and three dimes, we can start with 25 and “35, 45, 55.” If you have a jar of coins sitting around at home, encourage your child to sort, add, and/or make set amounts. Maybe your child can even make a chart of the coins; how many in each category and the total.

Monarch Caterpillars Thank you to Lorien, Callia’s mom, for bringing science into our classroom! By the time you read this, the chrysalises may be falling away to reveal monarch butterflies, and if not now, then soon. It’s been so much fun watching this beautiful process right in front of us!

Code.org We’re excited to have Ms. Heyer, our EdTech teacher, back this year to continue to propel us forward in the area of technology. She came in last week to launch our online coding workshop, which most of the students started in 1st grade. Through a series of tutorials and videos, your child will be engaging in a personalized model of learning to code. And as I mentioned in a

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Dates At-a-Glance

10/31: Halloween; appropriate costumes allowed (see e-Packet for restrictions).

11/12 Veteran’s Day—no school

11/9-11/16 Parent-Teacher Conference Week

11/30 Field Trip (USS Midway Museum)

Homeplay

Math Book: Week 8

Math Game: Close to 20

Spelling Words Week 8

Inspiration

“Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.” ~Malcolm X

WEEKLY NEWS Create | Learn | Explore

Room 12, Ms. Boyesen October 27, 2018

previous newsletter, the ultimate goal for the students will be to create their own game or program using the Scratch, Jr. app. Stay tuned…

Picasso Reading and learning about Picasso’s life helped us to be more forgiving with ourselves as we tried our hand at drawing and painting beautiful fall leaves. This week, we’ll be writing fall poetry to go with our leaves.

Stop-Motion Fun Our second animation project this year turned out pretty cute, silly, and fun, don’t you think? If you haven’t had a chance yet, check out your child’s project on Seesaw. And even though the video may only be a few seconds long, quite a lot of thinking, planning, and execution went into it. It’s my hope that as the year progresses, the students will expand their vision for project outcome & increase in skill and tenacity. Thank you to Kerri, Willow’s mom, for providing the mini-pumpkins for each child to use in this little project.

Have a safe, fun Halloween week! ~ Ms. Boyesen

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Books We Read Last Week:

Ask what surprised or inspired your child in reading these books:

• To Root, To Toot, To Parachute; What is a Verb? by Brian Cleary

• Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Artists: Picasso by Mike Venezia

Upcoming Birthdays

• Isabelle 10/30

• Max 11/05

• Parker 11/09

Halloween

Our class will not be having a Halloween party on Wed. since most kids get plenty of sweets and treats outside of school. But we will make learning fun with a special “Break-Out EDU” collab-orative project with Ms. Heyer :-) Be sure to ask your child to explain it to you.