Conference Sign-Ups and Halloween

Dear Room 24 Families,
Conferences will begin the week of November 5th. Face to face communication continues to be the best way to share your child's progress in school this year. Each conference lasts 30 minutes, and they are scheduled back to back. Please knock on the door if I am going over the allocated time! I will appreciate it.
Conference Sign-Ups

Halloween is fast approaching! We will do a few in class activities to celebrate the day and, of course, there is the school wide Halloween Parade! Here is information about the Halloween Parade.

Halloween Parade

• Parade begins at 8:55 led by Kinders and 5th graders. The parade is one lap. Parents, please keep the parade route clear.
• Photographs and cheers are most welcome!
• Students come to school in costume, and change out of costume after parade.
• Costumes may not include weapons or be blood-and-gutsy. Remember this is a TK-5 school event - please match your child’s costume to the context!
• Kindergarteners will parade with 5th grade buddies. Classes will walk in K/5, 1,2,3,4 order.

  
  

  In class we are finishing our Miwok unit with a brief study of Chief Marin. His life spanned a critical period in our local history; he was raised in the traditional native ways in his village, Anamas, in Mill Valley, left for Mission Dolores as a twenty year old, accompanied a military expedition looking for english speaking intruders (!)'as a guide, ran away and was placed in jail several times. Was he a rebel or a leader? One of the great kid questions was if he was a rebel wasn't that a 'bad' thing? When we learned what he was rebelling against he seemed like a hero by today's standards.
  
  In reading we are taking a deep dive into character analysis and learning how to put our thoughts about character into a reading response. This is HARD work!
  
  You may have heard that third grade has started our science rotation. Our class is with Ms. Shern for the next six weeks (approximately) learning about 'inheritance and traits'. I am working with Ms. Diamond's class. The rotation allows for many things--working with another teacher, being flexible and collaborative, and for the teachers to become familiar with a new curriculum!
  
  In math we are practicing multi-step word problems. Careful reading is paramount. We will move on to subtraction next.
  
  Thanks for reading to the end.
  Carrie