Welcome back. I hope your spring break was fun and restful. We stayed close to home, but did manage to make it down to Eugene to visit my old alma mater and see some friends. As I told many classes this week, Spring Break was always my favorite school break as a kid. It...
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Welcome back! I hope you all had a lovely break and are feeling rested and rejuvenated. It has been a great week and we are right back into our routine. This week we are exploring life in the Antarctic during our worktime center time. We continue to work with our math unit on Exploring...
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This week’s homework is as follows: Reading log Spelling Math
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Welcome back to school. I hope that everyone had a restful break. As many of you know, Ms. V is taking over the teaching in our classroom for the next six weeks. Fortunately, she was able to catch a flight out of Alaska on Monday between the volcanic blasts of Mt. Redoubt. We were...
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We welcomed everyone back from Spring Break, and on Monday we shared our various adventures. We also welcome back Miss Jill, who will continue as our student teacher for the next two months. As we get back into the swing of things, we will spend some time reviewing classroom rules and routines. We will...
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It is good to be back at school after a restful spring break. Some students are starting to get spring fever. This means that they need to be reminded to listen rather than talk more often. There is still so much to learn before the end of the school year. Your help reinforcing our...
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As we begin the month of April, the flowers are blooming and the world outside is full of many pastel colors. All of the pastel colors are “the color of the month” for April. We watch flowers, and review colors that we have been learning all year. We will also be reading and talking...
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We are continuing our Fantasy Island project and making 3-D models of the maps we made. Please see the deadlines and criteria for this project on my webpage. Since students have OMSI camp coming up, they have a month to complete their models. We are also continuing our investigation using microscope samples in our...
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If your child is attending camp in two weeks, they brought home a final camp bill on Monday. You probably noticed a $20 scholarship on your child’s bill; Mrs. Sarah Kohn found a donor for our camp program so that each child received $20 off their balance! Thank you, Mrs. Kohn! We also sent...
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Homework sent home on Tuesday, March 31st. 1.  April Calendar of Activities 2.  Reading Log 3. Literacy: long o, (oa,ow), three letter blends, author’s purpose 4.  Math: addition, sums to 14
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Spring has arrived in Portland!  In preparation for the Art Show on May 7th, we will be making Fairy Houses, a little house made mostly from nature.  This activity follows along with literacy and our study of rocks, and later in the spring insects.  If your child has not brought in a collection of...
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It was wonderful to be back with the kids on Monday. They were so fresh and ready to learn. I also am rested and ready for the last leg of the year.    This week we are learning about Antarctica. The students have learned that Antarctica is one of the continents, its the coldest place...
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HOMEWORK Week 28 Name: ____________________ March 30-April 3 Monday: Dioramas are due Tuesday 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....
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I hope you all had a wonderful spring break. It was fun to hear about eachother’s activities on Monday in our sharing circle. We are finishing up our unit on Native Americans this week, and taking our field trip to the Lelooska museum next Tuesday. Check with your child to make sure their permission...
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3/30/09 – 4/3/09 Homework for Ms. Swan’s Class: Monday – Spelling (focusing on the vowel sound in “fall,” which can be au, aw, augh, or al) Tuesday – Nutrition (identifying foods that belong in the different food groups) Wednesday – Math (creating and solving an addition story problem) Thursday – Nutrition (identifying fruits and...
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Welcome Back! **This is Monica Barry, Deborah’s student teacher from Lewis and Clark College and I will be writing the classroom notes while I teach full time for the next few weeks. **We have so much going on this week! On Monday we had our second visit from James Cook, our visiting art teacher,...
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Please fill in cover sheet and have your child choose to do one or more activities from the menu of choices on it. Also support your child in doing the math, fluent word writing, reading page and the Reading Street packet to the best of their current abilities. Do not do more than a...
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Welcome back from Spring Break! We started our week off with new amphibian eggs hatching in our “Pond in a Jar” and a fantastic lesson on friendship presented by our George Fox Student Teacher Samantha Breen! Ms. Breen will be with us through the end of April and will teach 10 consecutive Social Studies...
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I hope you all had a relaxing and enjoyable spring break. The Kindergartners have come back ready to learn, while reviewing rules, routines and appropriate behavior so that they are all successful learners. My student teacher Emilee McCready is ready to begin her student teaching next Wednesday; she and I will be planning curriculum...
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Homework for March 17th-30th. READ, READ, READ. Two weeks of a reading log went home.  Enjoy the break.
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The presidents of the United States have been very popular this past month, but sadly they must go back to history.  Mattias and Zack (with a little help from friends) finished our graph on the pets of  presidents.  For awhile it looked like more presidents had birds than any other animal.  Ask your child...
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Portland Public Schools District Spelldown PPS’s annual spelling bee is April 23, 2008 at 12:30 (location depends on grade). Schools can enter 2 students per grades 3-5. If your child would like to participate, please contact me at llaurett@pps.k12.or.us by Friday March 20th. Thanks!
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