Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays to you all! Have a wonderful, relaxing vacation. See you in 2016!

Sincerely, Mr. Kilham

Holiday Party

What a nice way to end 2015!

Thank you to all the parents who came in and helped out with our party, and thank you especially to to our room parents Mrs. DeAngelis, Mrs. Rudnyai, and Mrs. Regan for organizing the event.

Fancy/Famous Day!

What a handsome bunch! And we're already on our way to earning our next class reward :)

                                        Happy Fancy Famous Day!

Sincerely,

Mr. Kilham

Hour of Code

How can we use programming to solve real world problems?

Today our class participated in the Hour of Code! We learned how computer programmers use special computer codes to write programs, and then we had an opportunity to try for ourselves. Students played a coding game where they had to direct an Angry Bird into a pig! As they progressed, the levels grew more and more difficult, and our students had to show resilience and innovation to solve the problems correctly. 

You can try these games yourself at home. If your child completes the Angry Bird challenge, I have certificates of completion for their hard work! The image below will take you to the Hour of Code website.

They were all so focused!

Great work everyone!

Sincerely,
Mr. Kilham

Elf Store

Hello Families!

Our Elf Store was a huge success! The kids had a great time, we had so many helpful parents available, and the elves turned out great :) A big thank you to our room parents Mrs. DeAngelis, Mrs. Regan, and Mrs. Rudnyai for helping to organize volunteers and sharing information.

Look At All That GRIT!

This month, our class showed some outstanding GRIT! Students showed Guts by working hard to take risks in learning, they showed Resilience when they kept trying and didn't give up, showed Innovation by being creative and thoughtful in their studies, and worked fabulously together to show Teamwork. 

Well done everyone! Enjoy your break!

Sincerely,
Mr. Kilham

Banana experiment results

The results are in! Number 2, the banana in the plastic bag, stayed the freshest! Number 4 (refrigerator) and 1 (on my desk) were the least fresh, and number 3 (wrapped in tin foil) was somewhere in-between. On Friday, we added a 5th banana to our experiment and put it in the freezer. Once it thawed it was mush! 

We made some excellent observations and came to a good conclusion about our hypothesis. Great work scientists!

Sincerely,

Mr. Kilham