We are busily wrapping up many of our final tasks in Room 3. This week we are working on our last formal writing sample and preparing for our end-of-year math assessment. We released our butterflies yesterday and sent them off with many good wishes! Today we had our last visit to the library. We...
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I just want to say how proud I am of all the young musicians who played on Friday night. I know they put in a lot of work leading up to the concert and all the work really showed in their final performances. I also want to say just how much I enjoyed working...
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Things are winding up for a great end to the year. We have our final field trip of the year on Thursday, June 2, when we go to see “A Wrinkle in Time” at the Oregon Children’s Theater in downtown Portland. Also, Mr. Marchyok and I have been planning some fun activities together to...
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Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE I hope everyone had a lovely Memorial Day weekend.  There was a bit of re-teaching that took place on Tuesday morn, as many children arrived having forgotten what it was like to be in a classroom!  We wrote about our time away, and shared stories during...
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Many of our fifth graders have helped this year as safety guards before or after school. As thanks to these civic minded students, Lewis gave them a fun day at Oaks Amusement Park. They returned back to Lewis in high spirits, and they even arrived back in time for math class. The fifth graders...
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This is the time of year when I start final assessments in Reading, Math, and Writing. I am encouraging the children to get enough rest and to bring a healthy snack to school. The Detective Clubs in Room 5 are reading their assigned mysteries. Their assignment is to keep track of any clues and...
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The final weeks of third grade have arrived. This week children are going to showcase their study of Portland for all to come and see. This will take place on Thursday afternoon at 3 p.m. and on Friday morning from 8-8:30 a.m. Your child will be your guide and take you on a journey...
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Hello Kindergarten Families,  The school year is quickly coming to a close. I am so excited to send these kindergarteners on to first grade. I am so proud to have the first grade teachers see just how amazing this group is.   Looking ahead to the coming weeks there is so much going on. This...
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We hope you had a relaxing and enjoyable three day weekend! We are pleased to be back in the classroom and are enjoying these last few weeks of school with our wonderful kindergartners in Room 4. This is our last week of work time centers. We are transitioning into the study of various insects...
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***We had an amazing snake presentation by Sam last week. We learned all about his Kenyan Sand Boa named Nigel. Happily, Nigel is only about four years old, so he is around a foot and a half in length. Along with Sam’s oral presentation and actually meeting Nigel, he also created a poster and...
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Last week students continued working on their Animal Research projects. Many of them have finished putting the questions and answers in their flipbooks, and have begun drawing pictures for each page. Students look at photographs of their animals, then try to reproduce as much detail as they can. Most students should be finished with...
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This week we have our final field trip to the Oregon Children’s Theater to see a performance of the classic novel, “A Wrinkle in Time,” the story of a sister and brother seeking their father. Along the journey, they find friends and foes and wind up in the unlikeliest places.On Thursday, June 9th, we...
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What a fantastic, Literature Circles culminating event we had last week to celebrate  the hard work the children did with Mrs. Geri Dash through out the year. She is an exceptional teacher and person I am proud to call a friend and coworker. Please stop by outside Room 6 to see samples of the...
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See the full gallery on Posterous In this week’s featured an engaging story by Rosemary Wells, we are introduced to young Max and his responsible older sister.  Max and his uncle travel all over tarnation in search of a particular ice cream special.  We especially enjoyed making our own Junior bus passes during Worktime...
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Here is our first attempt at creating a four square to record shared information about tadpoles. Since I didn’t have any tadpoles handy, it was fortunate that my daughter discovered this tiny frog in Goldendale, Washington. He stayed long enough for one photo. See the full gallery on Posterous
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Staff appreciation week last week was fabulous! Thank you to all who showered the staff with appreciative gestures. Children participated in their first book club meetings this week. The discussion directors made sure that everyone had an opportunity to share their thoughts and kept the conversations flowing. Ms. AlSuhaimi and I listened in on...
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This week the children and I continue our exploration of the Mystery genre. This week the objective is for the children to understand how detectives have to always pay close attention to details when solving a case. Today we had a “mystery visitor” come into our class while the children were revising their Harris...
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See the full gallery on Posterous What can one do with old transparancy films from overhead projectors?  That was the question that started our Shape City art.  We first began with a piece of grid paper in front of us, and following along on the document camera, students created one square or triangle at...
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This week the fourth graders visited the Bonneville Dam on the Oregon side of the Columbia River. I want to thank Jannelle Brinda for assisting with chaperoning. We experienced the power and immense structure of a dam that was built in the early 1930’s to put men back to work during the American Depression....
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Eggs! Larva! and Pupa! Oh My! A lot of changes have been happening in Room 3. Late last week we welcomed all but one of our Painted Lady butterflies! They have been fluttering around happily and we are so enjoying watching them! Likewise, many of our mealworms are transforming into beetles. It is so...
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