Dear William Ford Families,

Welcome back!!! I am looking forward to another fun-filled year in Science Enrichment!  The 2018/19 school year marks my ninth year of teaching.  I will be teaching here at William Ford Elementary all the classes K-5.  Throughout the year students will be actively engaged in various hands-on activities.  This year we will be focusing more on the engineering aspect.  As many of you know, last year William Ford was a recipient of a grant through Ford Motor Company to purchase MakerSpace materials.   To learn more about MakerSpace please check their website:  https://www.makerspaces.com/what-is-a-makerspace/

I am hoping these kits will help in deepening the students’ understanding of engineering.  The first few weeks we are settling into classroom procedures, as well as learning what is a MakerSpace, how to implement the MakerSpace elements and processes. Here’s an example of some of the cool things that students will be working with this year, Sphero!  This will introduce them to coding.

I will be using Remind this year.  Please join your child’s class on Remind by using the following codes.

Text to 81010 the following if your child is in

Kindergarten: @kgscie

First Grade: @hossein1st

Second Grade: @tara2018

Third Grade @tara32018

Fourth Grade @tara42018

Fifth Grade @tara52018

If you have children in multiple grades please join all necessary.

I am anticipating a very fun year!  Looking forward to work with each and every student this year.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Hossein