All children nominated for the TAG program will be tested next month on February 13 & 15. If your child is unable to attend school on either of the dates, the TAG Office has set aside makeup dates that your child can attend at other locations. If you are interested in checking out some...
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Portland Public Schools is forming a Talented and Gifted Advisory Council to review all aspects of the PPS Talented and Gifted Program. The Council will make recommendations to the District with respect to services for Talented and Gifted students. All are welcome to join. The Council will meet on the following Tuesday evenings: Jan....
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TAG Plans will be sent home on Wednesday, November 7. Also on Wednesday, Lewis will be hosting a Parent TAG Meeting in the library at 5:45. The TAG nomination window is open through the end of this month. Parents and/or teachers can nominate a child for TAG. If you’re interested in nominating your child,...
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Teachers have begun writing TAG Plans and look forward to sharing them with you in early November. The TAG nomination window is open through the end of November. Parents and/or teachers can nominate a child for TAG. If you’re interested in nominating your child, please pick up an Identification Process Form (IDPF) in the...
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Please make sure to hand in your Parent/Student Survey to your child’s classroom teacher by this Friday. Teachers will begin writing TAG Plans using the information you share with them. The TAG nomination window begins this month and runs through the end of November. Parents and teachers can nominate a child for TAG. If...
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This week Parent/Student Surveys were sent home for you to fill out and return to your child’s teacher by Friday, October 5th. The Survey will assist your child’s teacher with writing an Instructional Plan this fall. Plans will be sent home by the first week of November. If you have not had a chance...
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Dear TAG Parents, The TAG Parent Advisory Council (TAGAC) and the Office of Talented and Gifted want to learn more about your understanding and experiences of TAG services in PPS. In an effort to gain comprehensive insight from the diverse families that are served, they are conducting a survey to better understand the need...
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Thank you all for sharing your fabulous kids with me all year! They are a dynamic group of smart, hardworking children. I look forward to watching them continue to grow throughout their years at Lewis and beyond. Thanks for making our Shadow Puppet Shows a success! Children love sharing with an attentive audience. A...
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Thank you all for the amazing Staff Appreciation Week! The daily acts of kindness made our week extra special. We are looking forward to many exciting events in the next couple of weeks. Theory of Knowledge Projects are due Thursday. We look forward to hearing about an array of topics. Shadow Puppet Performances will...
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Our week began with a visit from Cecelia Bledoeg, Emmanuel’s mom. Cecelia shared a few Indonesian shadow puppets with the class and discussed Indonesia’s rich history of shadow puppetry. We felt fortunate to have a member of our community add a layer of depth to our study. On Tuesday, we happily sloshed through the...
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Our week began with an eventful trip to the Historic Belmont Firehouse. Thanks to all the fabulous parent volunteers who joined us. Our final two field trips of the year will be: a walking tour of Downtown Portland on May 22nd (next Tuesday), and a walking field trip to the Reed College Cooley Gallery...
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I hope this current blast of sunshine has added pep to your step. Happy Mother’s Day to the fabulous room 16 moms! We are headed on a field trip to the Belmont Historic Firehouse this coming Monday, so please make sure your child is punctual on Monday morning. Ramona Baker has asked our class...
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The displays of art that line the hallways are gorgeous. We are hoping that you will join us this Thursday evening from 6-8 to celebrate Art Night. Many of the children in our classroom have volunteered to be docents and have been practicing how to articulately describe the art projects our class has displayed....
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Our trip to the Portland Museum of Art couldn’t have come at a more opportune moment. We had just finished studying the Native Americans living in this region last Friday. Our museum tour was chock full of Native American artifacts and interesting stories that furthered children’s knowledge about Native American culture. Ask your child...
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The end of last week was spent preparing report cards. Wow! We are impressed by the growth of all of our students. We look forward to sharing report cards with you on Friday. I am especially impressed with the consistent effort put forth on all literacy assignments. We’ve had an ongoing conversation about the...
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As we were preparing for reading on Tuesday, a mysterious package arrived from the Oregon Historical Society. The package contained four mystery artifacts that relate to Portland’s past. The letter in the package asked third graders to figure out how the mystery artifacts tie into Portland’s history. As we dive into our Portland Unit,...
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What a delight it was to come back from Spring Break to a class of eager learners. We jumped back into our routine without skipping a beat. We’ve been spending our writing time preparing for our Publishing Party by putting the finishing touches on our Character Trait Essays. Thanks to all of you who...
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This week we are becoming song writers! Our class is working with two artists in residence on creating songs using some of the character traits we have learned about earlier this term. We are going through each step of song writing: choosing a topic, writing lyrics, adding music, and finally, recording! Our final product...
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Magical is the word that comes to mind when I reflect on the experience children have had with Maranee Sanders, our artist in residence. Last week, children painted and decorated their masks. As children finished, they slipped their masks over their faces and, without hesitation, became exotic creatures. I love the vivid imaginations of...
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Last Friday’s Grandparents and Special Person Day was joyful! Thanks to all who joined us and participated in hearing Dr. Seuss stories and creating torn paper collages. The collages are displayed outside our classroom door. Our Monday morning class meeting began with a discussion about state testing because next week children will be taking...
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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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In our Rocks and Minerals unit, we have been exploring the properties of minerals. We experienced the rather strong smell of sulfur and discovered why graphite was chosen to use for pencil lead. We will continue to investigate our minerals’ luster, hardness, and magnetism over the next week. Last week we also had our...
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