We have re-scheduled the Bonneville field trip to March 31, Thursday. Please let me know if you would like to chaperone this field trip. Please remember that chaperones will not be riding the bus with the students. They will have to provide their own transportation. We are finishing our science unit on invertebrates this...
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***For Christmas, my sister gave me a book entitiled “Teach Like a Champion: 49 Techniques That Put Students On The Path To College.” Yes, she knows I teach second grade. And yes, she does give me “those kind” of gifts, but all kidding aside, it is an excellent book. ***The first reminder is to...
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My solo teaching experience is going well with many new exciting days to come. Stop by the upper hall bulletin board between rooms 16 & 17 and admire our Expressionist paintings. The students’ depictions of emotion are detailed below each painting which will capture your emotions. As the student are currently reading the novel...
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Last week for our Folktales and Fairy Tales unit we we read Jack and the Beanstalk, Rapunzel, The Three Samurai Cats, and a few versions of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Students did reading and writing activities including continuing their own versions of The Three Pigs. Students also made puppets of the Three Bears’...
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We have a fun week of learning planned in Room 4, as there are several special events in which we will be participating. We began this week with an exciting celebration, our 100th day of school! On Monday we rotated to Teacher Dana and Ms. Kennedy’s classrooms to complete projects that incorporated the number...
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We are moving right along on our Native American unit of study. We have divided into groups of three and will start researching for information about the cultures of several distinctly different Native American tribes that lived and continue to live in the Pacific Northwest. The tribes we will be learning about are the...
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This week brings the state Math test on Monday. If any students need additional time, they will be finishing up testing in the afternoons. I expect the Math test taking a little longer than the Reading test because the students may have the questions read to them by proctors. I am asking them to...
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See the full gallery on posterous We had a whole lot of fun with this art project.  Since we are studying geometric shapes in math, we turned to Paul Klee (1879-1940) was a Swiss-German artist.  He is perhaps best known for the playful geometry found in his vibrant watercolor paintings.  Klee’s style is seen...
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Download now or preview on posterous donorschoose_flyer.pdf (77 KB) This is my first foray into DonorsChoose, a marvelous organization that coordinates teachers’ wish lists with people who are willing to support them. Through multiple small donations from friends, families, and other generous individuals, I am hoping to raise enough money to be able to...
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I was delighted to return to Lewis on Monday and see all the smiling faces in Room 34.  Being with such wonderful children is just what I need. I was impressed with the great work that was accomplished with the able assistance of Ms. Patricia.  Students especially enjoyed sampling pomegranate seeds on Friday.  And then...
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On Tuesday evening, we had a super turn out for Kindergarten Round-Up.  When I saw all those little preschoolers, uncertain of what was going on in such a great big school, it made me appreciate just how much your children have grown over the last six months.  Every week, we add a few more...
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This week has Room 1 fighting many illnesses. If your child is sick, please call the office in the morning to let us know. The rule of thumb is fever free for 24 hours. If your child has a stomach flu, once again feeling good for 24 hours before returning to school is very...
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Last week we started off our Folktales and Fairy Tales unit with a love story on Valentine’s Day– Cinderella. Then the rest of the week we read various versions of The Three Pigs, beginning with some traditional tellings, then finishing with The True Story of the Three Pigs. Students compared similarities and differences between...
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On Tuesday we celebrated the 100th day of school. I started the day by reading 100th Day Worries by Margery Cuyler. Then the children had to decide how to count 100 Fruit Loops that they would need to make necklaces with. Some chose to count by multiples of 2, 10, 20, and 25. Later...
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I hope you had an enjoyable day off on Monday! Upon returning to school Tuesday we got to celebrate our hundredth day together! It is hard to believe that we have spent 100 days together! We reflected on how much we have changed in that time. It is amazing to really think about how...
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On Tuesday evening, we had a super turn out for Kindergarten Round-Up.  When I saw all those little preschoolers, uncertain of what was going on in such a great big school, it made me appreciate just how much your children have grown over the last six months.  Every week, we add a few more...
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This Thursday, the fifth graders are supposed to go by school bus to the Bonneville Dam. Although the forecast is for snow, most of the time the snow predictions are incorrect. If it does snow, then we will try and reschedule for the next available date. The big news in the fourth/fifth grade classes...
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Fourth Grade: This is a free homework week. If you have not turned in all of your interviews, this is the time to get that work in. Fifth Grade: Your science fair question is due this week- Thursday, February 28th. MATH HOMEWORK This week the homework packet is all about graphing, such as, missing...
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It was great to be back with the students on Tuesday to celebrate out 100th day of school! We had an awesome time counting 10 pieces of 10 separate snack foods to make 100 pieces of snacks to eat while we read together. We continue our work on Fairy Tales, specifically, Jack and the...
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We began this week by introducing our students to three new high frequency words that they will asked to incorporate into their writing. These new words are “of,”"on,” and “was.” These words have been added to our word wall which is now filled with words that our students can now read and spell. The...
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