Now that March is upon us, there are some changes to the music schedule that I need to point. Staring next week, March 6, all 5th grade band students will meet both Tuesdays and Thursdays. This schedule will continue until the end of May. With the school play beginning production this week, violin players...
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Whether the weather is cold or whether the weather is hot…whether the weather is fair or whether the weather is not…whatever the weather, we weather the weather, whether we like it or not.  This week we  started our study of Weather. We began by looking at pictures of people dressed for different kinds of...
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We are finishing up our final week of work with fairy tales! What fun we have had reading many different versions of each fairy tale! This week our focus is on the much loved Three Little Pigs. As we read, we compare and contrast, as well as problem solve. Our class was visibly upset...
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We are delvling into the world of reptiles with our lead story Hide Clyde. This story is a fun fictional story about a chameleon having a hard time learning how to hide himself. We are making personal connections to the story by talking about some of the things that have been hard for us...
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***Reminder! Our class is scheduled to sing for you on March 20th at 7 pm. They will be performing the songs they learned with our volunteer choir teacher. Plus, we will throw in a few extra songs we sing in class. ***Looking forward to having a good group attend Grandparent’s and Special Friends Day...
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We are having a fun filled week in kindergarten. This week we will be celebrating the 100th day of school with lots of fun activies around the number 100. We will be rotating kindergarten classes, each doing a fun 100′s day activity. This week we will also be celebrating grandparents and special friends on...
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Everyone in a family has responsibilities.  Grown-ups take care of the children and sometimes grandparents.  Grown-ups also do work to earn money so their family has a home, good food, and clothes.  Children work hard at school to learn.  Even babies are learning.  Work at home is shared.  Ask your child what kind of...
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Our Spelling Program is changing. Instead of getting a word list every week, the children will get one every other week. The other week we will work on reading, spelling, and using high frequency words correctly. In addition, the students will learn the patterns necessary for decoding these high frequency words in the stories...
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We have many exciting things happening in Room 22! First of all, the students have all completed their speeches and we learned about each ones hobbies and interests.  Did you know that Andrew is a Legos expert, that Albert has 100′s of Hot Wheels, that Nina collects pigs, or that Faye has special eagle...
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March is the calm before the storm… We edge closer to our plethora of field trips, testing, special guests, and spring projects. Speaking of field trips, please see my notification that went out regarding field trips and cost. Also remember there are financial scholarships via PTA (please let me know ASAP). We will also...
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My jaw dropped last week when I realized that we are headed into March! With the beginning a new month comes a new experience for our 3rd graders. Thanks to the Right Brain Initiative, children will be making paper mache masks with artist in residence, Maranee Sanders. The masks will represent children’s personality traits...
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For last Wednesday’s art lesson, the moms of Nate & Elliot assisted as we sifted through a wide variety of papers. Students recreated Suki’s lovely kimono, which included paint strips from an old Miller paint fan deck. This week’s main story is a non-fiction narrative about three children from different cultural heritages. When introducing new vocabulary, we now...
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Last week we received a special delivery—five fuzzy little caterpillars arrived to start off our Cycles of Life unit. We will observe them as they grow, make cocoons, and then transform into Painted Lady butterflies. We are making a Word Bank of vocabulary for this project. Words of the Day will be starting points...
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We celebrated 100 days together last Wednesday and it was a great, learning party! We did many activities that helped us understand what 100 is and enjoyed counting to 100 using yummy snack food and splitting it between a learning buddy. Thanks to all families that helped their child create a collection of 100...
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This Wednesday is Day 100 in Kindergarten!  It is hard to believe that your child will be in Kindergarten for 100 days already.  Each child has grown so much from that first day of school and I am so proud of them all.  Our class will rotate from Teacher Dana’s classroom to Teacher Sarah’s...
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Room 24 loves books! What better way to celebrate that than to invite Grandparents and Special Friends to Room 24 on Read Across America Day, which is on Friday, March 2 at 2 p.m. We will dedicate that time to sharing books with anybody who comes to visit us and with each other. No...
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We had a wonderful event on Tuesday showing what we have learned in our Body Vox sessions.  The students showed their creativity in expressing what they know about our solar system through movement.  We had a test this week on adding and subtracting fractions.  Now we are learning how to multiply and divide fractions...
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February 2012 Dear Parents,    Drum roll please! Your 4th-grade teachers are pleased to announce that we have scheduled field trips for the rest of the year for both 4th-grade classes! *Oregon Historical Society (Downtown Portland)            Tuesday, April 3Philip Foster Farm (Pioneer Experience in Estacada)        Wednesday, April 25 *Oregon Children’s Theater (Play–...
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