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
  
  

Museum And Caine's Arcade?

Gotta love the 'chiken' shot!

Waiting for players...

Can we do this Monday?

Pump Drills at the Museum

Dear Families,
Thanks for your help and support for all of the fun learning last week. The rain didn't deter our outside experience at the Museum of the American Indian, thankfully. We were able to do most everything, which was nothing short of amazing considering how the day started. Caine's Arcade was a blast. I learn so much about the kids during the building of their games--process, vision, execution, problem solving, design understanding, independence, preference to work alone or with a friend....I could go on. And, I'm happy all of the games are finding their way home, or into the trash....oh, did I just write that?
The fun continues as we gear up for the Edna Stampede this Sunday from 12:00-3:00. We hope to see you there! Thanks to our wonderful PTA!
Also this week, poetry with Ms. P, thanks to Kiddo! We had our first lesson last week and will receive a total of six poetry lessons this year. Ms. P (Prartho Sereno) was Marin's Poet Laureate two years ago and she is amazing with kids.
Thanks to our amazing librarian, Ms. Monge, we also have author Andrea Beaty visiting on Wednesday. She wrote Rosie Revere, Engineer, Ada Twist, Scientist and others kid favorites.
Tuesday we meet with the Mill Valley firefighters to kick off Fire Prevention week. You may want to review your family's plans in case of an emergency.
Tucked in between all of this is math, reading, writing, science and social studies.
Thank you for everything,
Carrie
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