THANK YOU!!!

Thank you for all of the wonderful presents.  

You are all too generous and spoil me!!

  I hope that you have a restful, relaxing, and safe holiday season as you enjoy time with family and friends. 

See you next year--Monday, Jan. 7th!!! 

CA Mission Project

This week we started learning about the missions of California!!  Students selected a mission to research and will dive in next week to becoming an "expert" on that mission.  Once research is done [both online & from books], your child will create a Google Slides presentation to share with the class.  This is an individual project and will be primarily done at school.  I have given the class specific instructions and have also shown them several examples so that they see exactly what is expected.  Great learning is happening--both through the research of an important time in California's history, and the tech skills being developed to create an awesome presentation!!  Can't wait...!!!

If your child wishes to build a model of a mission--be my guest!!--but it is not required!  I will have more specific guidelines for building a mission in the next week.  Don't go out and buy a kit just yet...

Book Exchange

Before we leave for break, we will have a book exchange.  If your child wants to participate, s/he needs to bring in a wrapped, unmarked book.  The book should be good for both boys & girls--and appropriate for our reading levels.  Every student that brings in a book will get a different book in exchange through a fun ["White Elephant" type] game!! 

SPIRIT WEEK!!

Let's show our school spirit next week!

*Monday: Hat Day

*Tuesday: Holiday Spirit

*Wednesday: Ugly Sweater

*Thursday: Pajama/Comfy Clothes Day

FRIDAY: NO SCHOOL

COLOMA

Coloma money is due FRIDAY!!  

We will need to make a second payment before we leave on break.  If you haven't done so already, please send in your second payment [either $75 or the remaining $150] and the permission slip by December 14th.  Thanks!!

Thanks!!

Thank you for all of the books that were purchased for the classroom from the Book Fair.  We LOVE getting new books!!  

Hour of Code

We coded this week!!  The kids loved it!!  Khan Academy, Scratch, Tynker and Hopscotch are FREE web-based sites for kids to explore and learn.    I put several links up on Google Classroom so that kids can code on their own.  

21st Century kids code--that's US!!

Book Exchange

Before we leave for break, we will have a book exchange.  If your child wants to participate, s/he needs to bring in a wrapped, unmarked book.  The book should be good for both boys & girls--and appropriate for our reading levels.  Every student that brings in a book will get a different book in exchange through a fun ["White Elephant" type] game!!