Hello Room 109 Families! We had a wonderful week together in Room 109! Our main highlight was our “I Survived the Chicago Fire” Escape Room! We were assembled in teams of 3 to take on the challenge in 60 minutes or less! Our last group finished with seconds to go…So exciting!!ð Our challenges were the following: PLOT…Reading 12 cards and deciphering between true/false statements. Then placing these events in order according to how the events happened in our novel to figure out clue #1. CHARACTERS…Matching characters to our novel with descriptions. Then writing each full name and following a code to find one letter per name to solve the clue #2! VOCABULARY…Matching each word with words that describe it! Placing in order to spell a new word to figure out clue #3! The final task each group tackled was…THE SECRET MESSAGE! Using clues along the way and a picture code system each group discovered the very important message about The Chicago Fire…It will take a long time, but the forest will grow back! What a fun and engaging way to use our knowledge!
Ms. Emma’s Visit!ð
We explored iconic structures today in class with Ms. Emma from the DesPlaines History Museum! We played a game in which we tried to identify buildings from their pictures using a word bank. We recognized some from our visits to Chicago and of course one from the Chicago Fire! Using the inspiration from these amazing structures we moved on to creating our own class skyline! We used different materials such as straws, pipe cleaners, paper, sequins, do-a-dot markers ect. I will post pictures next week when our final product comes together! For now enjoy some ð§ Under Construction ð§ pictures! Stay tuned for updates!
Challenge Centers/Choice Time! â
Mystery Science ð
Why is it so hard for firefighters to put out wildfires? ðĨ Room 109 has been very curious about fire since we began our Chicago Unit. We shared many thoughtful ideas about the above question! We also explored what other questions we had about wildfires and what this topic made us curious about! Our challenge piece was to invent other ways to bring water to a wildfire! Please take a moment with your child and discuss his/her ideas!
Happy 8th Birthday, Sam! We hope all of your wishes come true this year! ð
*A reminder that all lunches/snacks need to be nut free. Thank you for your cooperation!
*Please check out Ms. Maria’s Home Notes for important information such as this upcoming week, Ms. Demetra’s Class’s Service Project!
*Please have your child practice the words to our program song at home entitled, Little Honda!
*Please continue to send a healthy snack & water bottle with your child as we don’t have snacks to give if a child forgets. As the weather changes please have your child dress appropriately for outside play.
*Please label clothing that is sent to school.*
*Green folders are our designated “Take Home” folder. Be sure to check this folder for important notes and/or work from your child! Please have your child empty the folder each week. It is important for your child to empty this folder on Friday and return it empty on Monday the following week.
*Please encourage your child to spend 15-20 minutes reading, playing card games, writing/illustrating in a journal etc.
As always, please reach out via email if you have any questions, comments or concerns.
Love,
Ms. Lisa ð