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Furneaux Elementary – 12.6.2017 Newsletter

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December 6-8 PTA Holiday Shop – a store where students can shop
December 8 Holiday Craft and Fun Extravaganza 4:00-6:00pm
December 11 – 18 Hour of Code
December 11 5th grade to George Bush Library
December 12 Spelling Bee 8:00am – Parents Welcome!
December 12 Choir Musical 7:00pm
December 18 StuCo Humane Society fundraiser ends
December 19 AIE field trip
December 21 Kindergarten Polar Express Day
December 21 5th grade Meet and Greet 7:40am-8:30am
December 21 Early Release at 11:40am
December 22 Fun Friday 8:30am ** New day and time **
December 22 Winter parties in classrooms
December 22 Early Release at 11:40am
December 25-Jan 8 No School
Tuesday, January 9 Students return to school

Holiday Craft and Fun Extravaganza

K-5 Furneaux students December 8th 4:00-6:00pm
Cost will be $15 per student
Each additional Furneaux sibling or students enrolled in ATB – cost will be $10. Look for the flyer in Wednesday folder.

Choir and AIE will perform Snow Biz! Tuesday, December 12th 7:00pm Furneaux Cafeteria Come watch our talented students perform.

Rotation Schedule for Lunch Visitors

December 8, I-M January 19, V-Z February 16, N-Q
December 15, N-Q January 26, A-D February 23, R-U
December 22, No Lunch February 2, E-H March 2, V-Z
January 12, R-U February 9, I-M March 9, A-D

No Tutoring December 18-22.  Tutoring will begin again on January 9.

Hour of Code
**To Get Started**

Grades: K-1
https://studio.code.org/s/course1
*click on the bumble bee

Grades: 2nd-5th
https://studio.code.org/courses
*Angry Birds

**Coding Websites**

Code.org: https://hourofcode.com/us/learn

Code Monkey: playcodemonkey.com

Hour of Code: https://hourofcode.com

Lightbot: http://lightbot.com/

Made with Code: https://www.madewithcode.com/projects/

Scratch: https://scratch.mit.edu/

**Coding Apps**

A.L.E.X., Bee-Bot, Cargo-Bot, Cato’s Hike, Daisy the Dino, Hopscotch, Kodable, Lightbot, Scratch Jr., Tynker