This is a busy week in Room 3. We have been exploring learning in worktime with the story Mayday! Mayday! In journaling, our writing is taking off and students are expressing their thoughts with more detail. I invite you to take a look at your child’s journal anytime! In math, we have begun to...
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It’s exciting to know we are all readers!  Earlier in the year much of our time was devoted to building pre-reading and early reading skills.  Now we are very capable readers using our skills to read for information and understanding.  The more we read the more our skills grow!  Every afternoon after recess we...
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It’s hard to believe it is already the end of April! We are very busy in and out of the classroom. Last week we went on a field trip to the Hoyt Arboretum (a HUGE thanks to all the parent volunteers!), there was talent show try-outs, and this week we have Run for the...
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You probably found last weeks notes a bit confusing because they were not mine, but some of the second grade notes. Therefore, I will give you last weeks updated notes. We enjoyed our visit to Hoyt Arboretum today and we were grateful to have so many helpful volunteers accompany us. This enabled us to...
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Last week we began our World Cultures unit with a questionnaire about each student’s national heritage. Several families have returned them for students to share at school. We also read books about children around the world, showing what their daily lives are like. I did a slide show of my last trip to visit...
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We are doing an astronomy unit now. The students need to choose a topic for their magazine article this week with at least five questions that they will use to to focus their probe and research. The students are enjoying the videos of the astronaut on board the International Space Station. Please see my...
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Homework sent home on Tuesday, April 28, 2009 1.  April Calendar of Activities 2.  Reading Log 3.  Literacy: ow and ou, character, setting and plot, le at the end of a word 4.  Math: Adding three numbers together
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April is quickly coming to a close. The end of the school year brings many special activities. This week we will participate in the Lewis Elementary Run for the Arts. We continue to enjoy our baby chicks. At present they do not have names. On Thursday we will be holding a drawing to decide...
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HOMEWORK Week 32 Name: ____________________ April 27-May 1 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. Remember to bring back Run-For-the-Arts pledge sheet. 4. Library tomorrow Parent Signature: _____________________...
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We had a terrific field trip last week as an introduction to our study of pioneers and the Oregon Trail. We visited the Philip Foster Farm, which is located near Carver, and is at the end of the Barlow trail. Sam Barlow and Philip Foster owned property there and they decided to build a...
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 Today was our Run For the Arts. It is always so much fun. Please be sure to collect your $ from your sponsors and return the forms. Thank you to the parents who helped during the run.   If you are interested in helping put up or Room 1 display for art night, we will...
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4/27/09 – 5/1/09 Monday – Spelling (Focus on –ness and –less) Tuesday – Handwriting (More practice with number words) Wednesday – Math (Ways to make 10 and 12) Thursday – Book Genre (Categorizing books into different genres)
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Hi Everyone! • This week we have a few transitions taking place. In reading we finished our unit on “Making Connections,” which went really well! The students have become proficient at connecting books to themselves as well as to other books. I am really pleased with how engaged the students were in the “Making...
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On Monday I sent home a letter to all students all extra musical groups. If you didn’t see that that letter below is the information. The Lewis Art Night is less than two short weeks away! 5th Grade Band, 4th Grade Strings, The Boomin’ Beats and the 3rd Grade Recorder Club are currently working...
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Please look through the take home packet and decide on something to do each day with your child that will further support his/her in class learning and your at home relationship to your child and their school experiences:0 There is a math page, Literacy Adoption section, reading log and extra Book links activity as...
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Friday will be Run For the Arts and your children’s participation is one of the core supports for our arts curriculum. Creating and studying art is so important and your contributions will enable us to teach a broader range of the arts to your children. Thank you! We are currently learning about beading including...
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We wrapped up our colonization simulation on Monday; everyone had a great time participating in these activities, and we learned a lot about how Europeans first settled in our country. This week we are studying the systems of the human body (nervous, circulatory, digestive, respiratory, and skeletal.) The end of school is coming fast...
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Run For The Arts happened today and everyone participated and had a wonderful time! Please be sure to collect the money pledged and return it to school, along with the pledge form next week; this money will pay for art and other activities related to the arts for our school. Miss Emilee is beginning...
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I hope everyone had the opportunity to enjoy all the beautiful weather that has graced Portland over the past few days. As a class we have taken the time to enjoy these first days of spring as well. On Earth Day (this Wednesday) we will be going to the Hoyt Arboretum to celebrate our...
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This week we are busy creating art for Art Night, training for Run for the Arts and learning about being kind to the Earth! Today we celebrated Earth Day. We read stories, discussed what each of us can do to be a good Earth steward and even made a fun hat in celebration of...
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Homework sent home on Tuesday, April 21st. 1. April Calendar of Activities 2. Reading Log 3. Literacy: suffixes (ly,ful) vowels in moon, cause and effect
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As you can see, we made it back from camp! We had a fabulous week with actual sunshine at times; we even survived the very cold nights. Best of all we learned lots of science. This week we will taking the state-wide science test that all Oregon fifth graders must take; we can’t wait...
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