Lewis Elementary is on break for the summer. Classroom Notes will resume publishing in September…
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Monday, our friend Thidapech returned from Cambodia. Everyone was so happy to see her. In sharing about her trip, we learned: It was a very long plane ride, she loves Cambodia, and there are McDonald’s and ice cream there too! Tuesday, we drew pictures of ourselves to compare with pictures and photographs we took...
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It’s our last full week of school. I can’t believe the school year has come to and end. I want to say what a pleasure it’s been working with all our students this year. In our final week of school, 4th & 5th grade student in technology are work to finish their Car Fee...
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On Friday we took our maturing monarch butterflies to the new Lewis School butterfly garden.  After some hesitation, they took flight on the wind.  Do you suppose these were the first butterflies to visit the garden?  As first grade scientists, the children have been finding and bringing insects for further observation.  This helps us...
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Thank you all for a fantastic year. It has been a pleasure working with all of the children in our classroom. Thank you all for your help and support. I don’t know how I could have made it through the year without so many of you donating your time to our classroom projects. I...
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We have come to the end of another amazing school year. We are so proud of the social and academic growth of our students. Thank you for your reinforcement to get the homework in to me during the school year, of course the piece de resistance was the Portland Bridges. On Monday, June 9th...
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***As you probably heard, our field trip to hike the trails of Oaks Bottom was a huge hit! I could tell our focus on using descriptive words was working when many children described the trip as some form of “exhiliarating, yet exhausting.” Huge kudos to our parent helpers: Angie, Jen, Julie, Megan, and Teresa....
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June themes for room 5 feature aqua, the color of water. We will be experiencing the feel and texture of water. We also have activities and games involving pretend fish. We will be experimenting with bubbles. And, as the weather allows, we will be playing with water, water balloons, and other watery things. The...
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This week we are preparing for our field trip to the zoo. We will be taking Tri-Met, so we planned our route: #75 bus to Hollywood TC, then Max Red line up to the Zoo. We are also practicing using the right amount of coins and/or bills to pay the bus fare, which is...
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Wow! Here it is…the last full week of school! Where did the year go? We still need field trip slips from about 1/2 of our class for the Reed College art field trip next Monday. Also if you are planning on attending the fifth grade picnic next week (11:30 AM), we need your reservation...
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This week we are wrapping things up. In literacy we have been reading and writing poetry. Each student wrote a collection of poems, and has selected his/her favorites to put onto a page for a class poetry book. Everyone will then get a copy of the book. We will also complete our science unit...
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I can’t believe that this school year is about to come to an end! Your children have grown and changed so much! Coincidently, now that your little “butterflies” are ready to fly up to second grade, our little butterflies in the classroom unfurled from their cozy chrysalis on Monday! We released them in the...
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