See the full gallery on Posterous This week’s Worktime focus is based on My Lucky Day by Keiko Kasza. The story begins with a fox sharpening his claws before hunting.  An unexpected knock on his door reveals a delicious-looking piglet. Hence, it is his lucky day–or maybe not. Ask your child about the resulting...
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I hope everyone had a relaxing spring break. It feels good to be back at Lewis. The trees are blossoming and the Lewis garden is coming alive. Speaking of the garden Lewis will be holding it Garden Fair on Saturday, April 23. Two groups will be playing in the garden this year. The 4th...
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Spring is a sign of new beginnings.  Soon the blossoms will be followed by bright green tree leaves.  Our Sugar Maple tree stands quietly as we watch for it’s signs of spring.  For many weeks we’ve been anxious to change the season from winter to spring on our calendar, and it happened while we...
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Welcome to the final trimester of 3rd grade! In our classroom, this trimester begins with Ms. AlSuhaimi’s solo teaching experience. As you know, Ms. AlSuhaimi has been working alongside me in our classroom all year preparing to take on the full responsibilities of a teacher. The moment has arrived and the next six weeks...
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Happy spring! I hope you all had a restful and enjoyable break. I was so happy to see all the smiling faces Monday morning. We have been having a wonderful week and it feels like the children are very happy to be back at school! This week in math, we have been looking at...
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The children had a whole heap of news to share first thing Monday morning!  Oh, the stories that were shared around our extended Talking Circle  Some tales were of lost teeth, visits to grandparents’ houses, travels to sunny destinations, and explorations with pirates.  Room 34 was also awash in a sea of new articles...
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On Monday the children shared their Spring break adventures with their classmates. Some of the children went to Disneyland, the beach, visited with friends and relatives, even panning for gold! Then they wrote abut their fun-filled times in their Journals. They shared their stories with each other during Writing Workshop. Before starting the next...
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——Welcome back (from Ms. Saxon)! I hope everyone had a relaxing Spring Break full of reading opportunities! I am so excited to be back because we have some amazing units planned for the next six weeks. Starting this week, I am teaching solo in the classroom. I have had the privilege to learn from...
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I hope you all had a peaceful spring break. On Monday, we wrote a journal entry about what we did over break and sent it to my sister Tracey’s class in Michigan. They will respond shortly. We have a field trip to Fort Vancouver scheduled for Tuesday of next week. Please let me know...
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Welcome back from spring break. We have some field trips coming up quickly. First, the fifth graders are going to Bonneville Dam this Thursday. I will attend this field trip with Mrs. Jens and Mrs. Keefer. Note the change on the date for the upcoming fourth grade field trip to Fort Vancouver. The day...
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I hope that all of my students and their families had a good time during Spring Break, the students have all returned feeling refreshed and recharged. Before we went on the break, we wrapped up our Fairy Tales unit with a few final versions of the classics, then enjoyed some mixed-up tales from Jon...
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We hope everyone had a restful and rejuvenating spring break! We are very happy to be back with our wonderful kindergartners after a week off. This week we will begin new work time centers based on the book, My Lucky Day. Again, students will work independently on literacy and math projects, while others work...
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Welcome back everyone! We hope you all had a relaxing and enjoyable Spring Break. We are starting a new round of Work Time Centers this week based on the fictional adventure story “My Lucky Day”. Our Work Time activities will be focusing on the characters, setting, and event sequence of the story. The new...
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I hope everybody had a great Spring Break, even though I heard it was wet here most of the time. Thankfully, the Washington, D.C. area was fairly dry and mild while I was there. I made it down to Monticello to see Thomas Jefferson’s home near Charlottesville, Virginia. I have stories to tell and pictures to...
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Please remember that we have a field trip to Bonneville Dam on Thursday. Your child needs to bring a sack lunch and drink unless you told me a few months ago to have a school lunch provided for your child. Please also talk to your child about appropriate behavior on a field trip. We...
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Welcome back to school and regular daily routines. I hope your Spring Break was fun and relaxing! On Monday we celebrated spring together and the kick off of our new science studies into Rocks, Sand and Soil, Math: Problem Solving and Number Games and Literacy: Cynthia Rylant’s Henry and Mudge series. Before Spring Break...
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See the full gallery on Posterous These charming thoughts and creative works of art all began with the simple question, “What is Taiko?”  I had the children close their eyes and use their senses to imagine what Taiko might look, feel, sound, smell, or taste like.  After some Think Time, I took each one...
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See the full gallery on Posterous Henri Matisse was born in France on the last day of 1869.  21 years later, Matisse required surgery for an appendicitis and hs mother bought him a box of paints to entertain him during his recovery. This helped Matisse decide to become an artist.  We looked at a...
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See the full gallery on Posterous We had great fun with the whole rabbit theme of Bunny Day by Rick Walton. The construction paper bunnies with the painted paper ears were in the Science/Art & Discovery Worktime Center.  I had a model for the students to examine, accompanied by all the necessary materials.  Feeling...
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I just start off by congratulating all the students, staff and volunteers who works so hard to put together this years’ school play. This was such a fine production and I’m so proud of all our students. Great work everyone. Also, there will be no Recorder Club or after school Band this Thursday. I...
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