Last Friday our class celebrated 100′s Day with many different exciting activities! Children counted their hundred’s collections together by 100′s and glued their items onto paper, they wrote and illustrated what they would do with 100 special things, we read the book, I Count 100 Things, and finally, we met with our buddies in...
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It was wonderful to see so many of you at the Community Dinner on Friday. It is always fun to see each other outside of the classroom setting! This week we are busy finishing up our worktime unit on Bunny Days and we will begin to explore literacy using the story, My Lucky Day....
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Homework for Ms. Swan’s Class Monday-Spelling-focus on “ly, ful, er, or” words Tuesday-Health/Safety-Using graph paper, design a home fire escape plan Wednesday-Handwriting, focusing on B, b, L, l Thursday-From our Shapes, Halves and Symmetry unit, complete halves and not halves assignment
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This week students in the 4th and 5th grades are working on instrumental pieces, while in 3rd grade we are developing visual scores. This started out with letting students experiment with conducting gestures. Now they will have to capture these gestures on paper and begin to assemble them in a score. 2nd Graders are...
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HOMEWORK Week 24 Name: ____________________ Feb. 23-27 Monday: 1. Reading: Read for 20-30 minutes. Summarize for, or discuss with, parent. Record what you read below. Book I Read:_____________________________________________ Read from page ____ to _____ 2. Math: Do worksheet assigned. 3. Library tomorrow. Bring back books you want to return. Parent Signature: _____________________ 4. Please...
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Our Reed College students are back with us again and this semester they are teaching a unit on Ecology and ecosystems. Fourth graders have planted grass seed, and weekly measure its growth. We learned about the characteristics of soil, and then went out to various sites at Lewis measuring the temperature and testing the...
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This week in Room 1 we are working on counting. We will count the students in our class and see how many noses, ears, mouths, etc we have altogether. We will be exploring the use of tally marks in math as well. In science we will read a National Geographic and a new book...
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This week children are responsible for completing: Reading Log Spelling Math
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Last Friday’s field trip to the Pittock Mansion was a blast. Thanks to Angie, Diane, Jenn, Maika and Monica for joining us. It is hard to believe it is already the last week in February. The 100th day of school is this Friday! We are planning on celebrating by doing some activities with our...
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Fourth Grade Writing Assessment Fourth graders have been working on the state writing assessment since last week. Students choose from three writing prompts and then write up to two pages about their topic. A typical prompt might be “Write about a time you helped someone.” Ask your children what they are writing about and...
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This week we will celebrate the 100th day of school by counting to 100, collecting 100 of various objects (blocks, beans, paper clips), doing 100 stamps, making necklaces with 100 Cheerios, and popping 100 kernels of popcorn. We will also continue to explore educational websites like www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/ that have games, stories, and activities that...
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Sent home on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 1.  February Calendar of Activities 2.  Weekly Reading Log 3.  Literacy: er and est, dge sounding as j, sequence of events 4.  Math: Addition with missing addends (9+___= 16)
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In art we are taking another look at the color wheel, this time using cyan, magenta, and yellow.  First we mixed the secondary colors orange, green, and violet, then went on to mix many different colors.  It was fun to name some of our new colors like Hailey’s turtle green and Xavier’s swamp brown....
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Next Monday is Grandparents and Special Friends Day. Please come to our classroom at 2 PM and read with us. We would love to share the books we are reading in class and show you the art work on display. Our latest art project is making Flip-Its. We are continuing our microworlds study identifying...
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This is a very busy week in room 5. We wrote a poem for the 100th day of school. It goes like this: I wish I had 100 friends So they could all help out Everyone could spend some time Cus that’s what friendships all about. I would listen to their funny stories All...
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***Report card time is just around the corner, so we have been diligently working to update our assessments to reflect the latest information. ***The class has really been enjoying learning about the life of Harriet Tubman who is credited with rescuing more than three hundred men, women and children from slavery. During the Civil...
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Colonists are working hard this week to earn wealth units to buy their supplies and passage on the ship to the New World next week. Wealth units are earned for three specific mapping assignments done in class. We can’t wait to set sail for the New World! Next week we will visit Sellwood Middle...
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This week a flyer will go home about our third grade field trip to the Hoyt Arboretum. The students need to pay a $1.00 for the public transportation, which we will use on March 18th on a round trip. There will also be a request for some special chaperones to accompany us. We love...
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Last week your child brought home their fragrant flowering bulbs and we welcomed many interesting varieties of rock into our classroom. We are sorting, classifying and learning about their history and make up through hands on activities and recordings of the information. Today is our 100th day of school and along with the other...
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This Friday the kindergarten class will celebrate being in school for 100 days! There will be plenty of fun activities planned to honor this day using Math and Literacy. Please be sure to have you child’s collection of 100 things turned in to me if you have not done so-we are planning a great...
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Oregon State Reading Assessments have been delayed to next Monday, February 23rd. Please make sure that all of our students get enough sleep the night before. The test is especially challenging to students who are sleep deprived. There is no ABC HOMEWORK this week. Instead, the students have to select a favorite book that...
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I hope everyone enjoyed the three day holiday weekend! Our trip to The Children’s Museum was a lot of fun.  Thank you to the parent volunteers who joined us.   In kindergarten this week, we will begin focusing on a new artist, Georgia O’Keefe.  In math we will learn a new game, Racing Bears, and...
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