So we’re working on our comic book stories and the prints of the main characters that will go on the comic book covers and on T-shirts. Each student’s story includes the basic story elements that they figured out on story maps: Who, Where, When, What (problem), and How (problem is solved). We are continuing...
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News from Mr. Post’s Classroom
News from 5th Grade – Ms. Jen
I hope you heard good things about camp last week! We had a fabulous time! The weather cooperated until Wed, but the students still were able to have a field study and a closing ceremony. We had delicious meals, interesting science lessons, time on the beach, s’mores around a campfire, evening walk, and great...
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Ms. Swan’s Second Grade
“Let’s Mother Earth! Keep Our Oceans Clean! Save Our Animals!” Those are just a few of the passionate pleas from your children as they created their paper Earth Day t-shirts. They are hanging outside our classroom door for your perusal. We aesthetically scanned an art work by Picasso a few days ago. When scanning,...
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Mr. Colvin’s 4th Grade Class Notes
This is certainly a busy time of year around Lewis! Report cards are coming out this Friday, the Drama Club performance of “Gooney Bird Greene and Her True Life Adventures,” featuring several of our Room 24ers, is coming up this Friday and Saturday, the Lewis Garden Fair is on Saturday, April 27th, and Art Night is...
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Week Twenty-Seven in Room Twenty-Two
The Oregon Trail fun continues this week as we make our final preparations for our journey. Students will be choosing which supplies to pack in their wagons and they will have to choose carefully- they will only be able to put 1000 pounds of supplies in their wagons! It may sound like a lot...
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Music & Tech Notes – April 8
Well it is very quiet around here without the 5th Graders. I know they’re having fun, but we miss them back here at Lewis. There are some very important events and rehearsals coming up for Recorder Club, Violin, Band and Booming Beats. And I should not leave out the drama orchestra, as the play...
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Class Notes From Ms.Vasquez
We are at The Historical Society on Thursday morning. We will have a guided tour of the displays that focus on Portland and Oregon History. On Monday, we will be at Brookside Wetlands with Lynn Vanderkamp leading the tour. I would like the students to dress for the weather. This time of year Brookside...
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Week Twenty-Six in Room Twenty-Two
The Oregon Trail has officially begun in Room 22! Students have been put into wagon trains and assigned character roles that they will be playing throughout the journey. We are currently all located in Independence, Missouri, where we are getting to know the other people we will be traveling across the country with. We...
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Ms. Sarah’s Classroom Notes
This is a short week, but a full week in Room 23! We are busy getting ready to take our journey on the Oregon Trail. This week, we practiced writing a friendly letter and made our first diary entry. Students will be keeping a diary throughout this experience. They are writing in the voice...
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