Counting Money helps us buy things!

Exciting news! K-205 is proud to present our class MARKET!

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From K205 2009-2010

From K205 2009-2010

We turned our dramatic play center into a market to help us practice using money!

Here are some websites we used to practice counting money:

Nickels: http://www.numbernut.com/advanced/activities/money_quiz_nickelcount.shtml

Dimes: http://alexandria-es10.lausd.k12.ca.us/Staff_pages/Henry_Anker/Mr_Anker_Tests_New/Math/Money/Coin_Counting/10_Coin_Counting.swf

Help Ed save money by putting it in his piggy bank! http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/games/ed_bank/index.html

Eating Healthy!

Hi families! Have you heard that our lunch room is now serving healthy food? :) We have been getting to try lots of new healthy recipes. One of them was black eyed peas! YUMMY!



Some of the healthiest foods we can get are vegetables, fruits, whole grains, beans, lentils, nuts and seeds! Try some new healthy food this month!

Also all this talk about eating healthy makes me think about what we will be learning this month: Planting! A lot of the healthy food we eat comes from healthy plants! When we went to the Queens County Farm, we saw a bit of the vegetables that they were growing!

April showers bring May flowers and now it's MAY! :D As we learn all about nonfiction books and how to write nonfiction writing-we will explore all about plants-the different parts, the different kinds--I am SO excited!! We also get to use some of the compost that our worms have been making to help our plants grow! Thank you to all the families that have been bringing in their leftovers to help feed our worms:

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From K205 2009-2010

Composting!!

Hi families! Have you heard that our class has been learning all about chickens and worms and how they help our planet!!

Today, we learned about how to put together a compost bin to get it ready for our worms!!! We watched this video from a gardener who teaches us how to make a compost bin:

How to Make a Worm Bin -- powered by eHow.com



Ask your child what they learned about worms!

We will post photos of our worms soon!

Our visit to the farm

We went to the Queens County Farm last Friday and we saw lots of exciting things! Not only that but we got to try out some things that farmers do too!

Here are some things we saw:

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Chickens running around!

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Cows that we get milk from and sheeps we get wool from

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Chicken coop!!

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We were super excited to see chickens!

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This farm used natural compost from WORMS to help their veggies grow! Check out the healthy beets, lettuce and other vegetables they are growing

To see more photos, check out the album I emailed to parents! :) There's lots of photos of us and everyone taking a turn to churn butter!


Listen and watch this story about the farm: http://www.shuifeng.net/Dic/LittleFox/LittleFoxShow.asp?id=702285481

What can you buy for 1 dollar?

Hi families! Thank you for coming out to our show and share! It was wonderful to see so many family members there! The class was so proud and happy to show off their musical talents! I mentioned to everyone during parent teacher meetings that our class is working on learning to use and exchange coins. Money is important because we can use it to buy things we need! Keep practicing at home how to exchange! Also below are some fun things that can help you practice how to use money:

http://arcytech.org/java/money/money.html

http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/WebLessons/CoinsForCandy/money002a.htm

Reminder, tomorrow is our trip to the Queens County Farm. Dress for the weather! I will be taking photos and uploading it onto our class photo site. If any parent wants to view them, just email me at esther.tales@gmail.com and I will send you an invite! :)

Show and Share

Hi families! Our class has been super excited about every Tuesday and sometimes Thursday because we get to visit Ms. Best and learn music! Everyone has been working really hard on learning new music words like largo and allegro! On April 20th, you are invited to come to our school and hear us sing! Our class will go at 9:00-9:40am. Please see the note I sent home for more information! We can't wait to show and share what we've learned. Until then, you can practice the song, Dona Nobia Pacem:
http://www.ssmrocks.com/kimnovak/mt/songs/archives/dona_nobis_pacem.php
at home (click on the stream link).

P.S Dona Nobis Pacem means Give us peace

3D Shapes

In math, we've been looking at 3D shapes. 3D shapes are everywhere! There are all different kinds too! At the Hall of Science we saw some:

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We tried making our own with mini marshmallows and toothpicks. Have a look:

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Look for some 3D shapes at home!

Also for some added fun, go to this website and see if you can guess what 3D shape it is! Press the eye to find out! http://www.ictgames.com/Y2shape.html