This will be the last post of the year. I can’t believe how fast this year has gone. Looking back at the photos from the beginning of the year I am amazed at how much these kiddos have grown. They have physically grown, academically grown, and emotionally grown. This is why I love teaching...
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This week in Room 1 we are continuing to study earthworms, pill bugs and sow bugs, and slugs and snails. We are labeling body parts, learning about animal environments, life cycles and closely observing these critters. After observing, we will be collecting data, and sharing our observations. In literacy, we are continuing with our...
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  Last week was our last week of library for the school year. In library rather than check out books Ms. Tory read the class The 3 Billy Goats Gruff. In small groups our class got to act out the story. It was lots of fun. This week, we won’t be going to library....
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 This week in Room 1 we are focusing on our lead story Max Takes the Train. It has a focus on different kinds of transportation. It is perfect timing for this story as we are in Walk and Bike month at school. In Worktime kids are listing kinds of transportation, writing sentences using those...
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 We have had a great week so far in Room 1. Our lead story this week is Max Takes The Train. We have been learning about different forms of transportation. My personal favorite it the side-car. We have been writing sentences using those transportation words, making a word web of kinds of transportation, sequencing...
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Normal.dotm 0 0 1 232 1324 Portland Public Schools 11 2 1625 12.0 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false What a joy it was to see all the kids here at Lewis School proudly show off their art to the Lewis community. I could just see so much pride...
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This week in Room 1 we are preparing for Family Art Night. We are all very excited to share our art with the school community. If your child would like to be a docent, and hasn’t signed up yet, you may do so on the schedule posted outside the classroom. It is amazing that...
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What a great job the students in Room 1 did last week with our Artist in Residence. We had so much fun creating our puppets and recreating the story of The Grouchy Ladybud by Eric Carle. If you were unable to attend, and would like to see the play, bring a blank disk to...
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 This is a very exciting week. We have our artist in Residence here from Tears of Joy Theatre. We creating an adapation of the  Eric Carle story The Grouchy Lady Bug. First, we learned the story, paying close attention to the characters and the events of the story. Then the students practiced different pitches...
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Spring is in the air. We are so happy to have the opportunity to go outside this week. This week we are going to observe the apple tree in the Lewis garden and see how it has changed since we observed it in the Fall and the Winter. This month is Poetry month. Ms....
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 I’m hoping you all had a wonderful week off for Spring Break. It is nice at this time of year to get a breather, and to come back ready to tackle the last third of the year. I always love this time of year because the kids are so much more indendent. They have...
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This week we are continuing with our lead story My Lucky Day. We have done some great activites based on the story. We have looking at setting and characters. We painted pigs as well. This week I will be introducing a new story that we will continue with after spring break. It’s called One...
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This week in kindergarten in literacy we are reading our lead story My Lucky Day. It is a fiction story about a clever pig who outsmarts a fox. Our comprehension focus is on sequencing the events in the story. We will also be looking closely at characters and setting. This class is doing a...
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We had a very successful grandparents and special friends day.We had many visitors to our classroom.This day is also Read Across America which is Dr. Seuss’ birthday. We celebrated with reading lots of Dr. Seuss books and doing a fun art project making the Cat in the Hat. You can see them displayed outside...
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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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This week in Room 1 we are continuing with our lead story Seeds. We are sorting and classifying seeds, doing seed art, identifying seeds and listing important information about seeds. This lead story has a very strong science tie in. We will be working with Ms. Julia again beginning in April so we will...
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Today we worked hard on decorating our Valentine Boxes for our “Friendship” party tomorrow. It is always fun seeing Kindergarteners creating something new. This week we are reading lots of books, and doing lots of writing and other activities based around friendship and caring. It is all so exciting for them.   We just...
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