Wow! Only 6 school days left until break. I will be brief this week because I know we are busy at my house with holiday and school festivities, and I am sure you don't have a lot of time to read my rambling. Here goes... With only a few computer glitches, all of my math students completed our Hour of Code challenge this week. The kids seemed to love the chance to play while learning. At least one student said, "I never realized coding could be fun!" With comments like that, I consider that time well spent. Maybe we will have inspired the next Bill Gates or Steve Jobs (or hopefully the next female techno giant!) The Hour of Code links stay hot all year and the challenge continues through Sunday so if your child has earned some extra screen time, let them use these educational sites to experiment. http://traceybean.weebly.com/web-resources.html http://code.org/ The next Math Olympiad contest is on Tuesday, December 16. I had to change the date (it was suppose to be Wednesday) because of a choir field trip. Students in 4th and 5th grades will participate in this problem solving, nationwide contest. It entails five problems in 25 minutes covering algebra, geometry, divisibility, fractions, and more. The students did such a great job last month so I am looking forward to seeing how they fare this month! Sadly, next week is my last week with the third grade language arts/creativity group. Due to limits in my schedule, I see either third or fourth grade each quarter, and so I will transition to working with the fourth grade language arts/creativity group after Christmas break. Third grade will rejoin me after spring break. We have had a great quarter reading The Green Book and discussing how change is a major theme in this book. We have created time capsules showcasing the important things about life in 2014. We have written persuasive paragraphs about their favorite "luxury item" they would want to take on a journey in a spaceship to "Shine" (the fictional planet the characters go to live on.) We have discussed the use of imagery and key ideas and concepts within the book. So much work! Next week we will conclude our study of this book by completing a literature-based creativity project of their choice. I'll share more about what the kids create. Tune in next week!
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