We have completed our unit of math focused on 3-D geometry, and we are starting a new book on 2-D geometry entitled “Sunken Ships and Grid Patterns”. This is a fun one involving time for students to work on the computer. They’re learning to use positive and negative...
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Our babies have arrived and we are very excited! After a week of anticipation while our aquarium was being prepared, Lindsey Arnold, the head of Reed College’s Outreach Science program, delivered about 100 salmon eggs to our classroom. We will be watching over them as they hatch and become...
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This week in art we looked at pictures from nature that were symmetrical. Students chose a picture of a plant or animal, which was then cut in half, and they tried to draw and color the missing half of the photograph. They needed to pay close attention to...
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We are busy working on our unit of Oregon geography. Students are sharing all the different places they’ve been in our state and the variety of landforms and scenery they’ve observed. They will be learning to locate and identify the major regions and physical features, such as the...
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We are finishing our unit in math on Arrays and Shares, which has really helped students understand what multiplication and division are all about. However, students need to work now to memorize the multiplication facts. It is very important that they have these facts in their memory bank. In class...
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It was a delight to see so many of you at our Back to School night. The students really enjoyed showing off “their room” and making the introductions that we had practiced in class. In math we are studying Arrays and Shares. Our work in...
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We are looking forward to showing parents our room tomorrow night! Each student has created a collage about him/her...
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We have had a great start to our year! We have a large, but terrific group of students. Our class has been busy doing lots of activities to help everyone get to know each other, as well as feel included, so that we have a supportive working community....
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Our week is a busy one with wrapping up projects, attending assemblies, taking part in field day, and celebrating special people with goodbye parties. We want to thank Ms. Armstrong for a fabulous job, and wish her well for a teaching job next year. We are also...
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This week we are busy editing our poems and adding illustrations, so that our classroom poetry book can be published. For art we will be making marbleized paper, a very fun project! Each student will select their favorite piece to use for the front and back covers of their poetry...
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We hope everyone had a nice 3 day weekend; you can definitely feel summer is coming soon. The kids are already starting a countdown! Last week students started working on an Oregon Trail webquest. They were each assigned a specific role and task to complete. They will work on this project during...
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Last week we had a great time conducting fun science experiments! We are learning about the water cycle and the different effects erosion has on land and sediment. We set up an experiment to see how a slow stream affects the land versus a fast river. We are anxious to see the results this...
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We had a great time at OMSI Camp last week and lucked out with beautiful, sunny weather. Students are already looking forward to going back next year! We wanted to thank all our parent volunteers; Pat, Karen, Cher, Kammy, Kenny, Pamela, Tom, Darcie, Frank, Susan, Kristin, Amy and...
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Last week we finished up our math unit on range, median, mode and mean. Students also learned all the fun and different ways to graph data. This week we will begin a new mathematical unit; measurement. Students are trying to complete up a few projects this week before we go to...
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Each person in our class is reading a biography of someone of their choice. They will research this person and give a presentation on him or her to the class. Students can come dressed as that person on the day they present, if they would like. ...
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In math this week we’re flipping coins, shaking dice, and drawing colored tiles from a bag. It’s probability time, which is one of my favorite math units. I hope your child enjoys it too! Ms. Armstrong began a unit on early Oregon history this week. The...
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It’s with joy that our classroom welcomes back Ms. Armstrong. She was in our room one day a week in the fall and then worked in Ms. Heinlein’s class full-time during the winter. From now to the end of the year she will be teaching...
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Spring Break was kicked off by Lewis’ fantastic play, “The Hairy Tale”. What an enjoyable time I had seeing the dress rehearsal, watching all the hard work unfold, laughing, and listening to the great job done by Boomin Beats too! I know if you attended, you saw...
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Our first Lewis Auction on Thursday night was very fun, and there were great items to bid on. If you missed it, try to attend next year. I’m thrilled with my purchase, a raised garden bed! Thank you so much to the PTA and all those...
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This week we’ve begun the study of Oregon’s history. We ‘re reading about the land bridge theory of how the first inhabitants may have come to this continent, and how after hundreds of years, European explorers found Native Americans living in most parts of North and South America....
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Our adorable tadpoles are turning to tiny frogs. Unfortunately, they must go back to the lab as they become frogs because they need insects to eat, and the lab will provide those. We have definitely seen the eggs and tadpoles in the warm water tank developing faster...
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Despite being caught in a large hail storm, we had a good field trip to Jean’s Farm! We learned more about our water shed, and got to plant willow tree starts at the creek’s edge. We got to put our names on a tag and tie it on the...
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