Friday December 19

Hi everyone!
Yesterday we finished our project work about fairy tales and shared with our fifth grade buddies.  Here are some pictures:

Today was excitement and gifts...thank you for all of the generous gifts!  We did a little work, heard a sweet story, enjoyed a gym assembly, popcorn and a movie.
To quote Charles Dickens:
"And it was always said of him that he knew how to keep Christmas well..."
I wish a happy holiday to all of you...keep well!
See you 2015

Friday December 12

Hi everyone!

Here are some ideas from the students:
"It was fun to create an Origami frog to represent the Frog Prince"  Jackson, Everett & Others
"The extra recess today was nice!" Everett & Bernadette
"I really like using the computer lab" Emily & Kaden
"I found a great book in the library." Ayana
"Playing 'Crossing the Pond' during math was fun!" Calvin
"When I dropped a book in the hall, Owen picked it up and handed it to me without me even asking!" Kaden
"I found the sequel to a book I was reading in our Duniway library!" Zach

Here are some pictures of our little project today:

Have a great weekend!

Tuesday December 9

Hi everyone!
Our Fairy Tale of the day was Hansel and Gretal.  The students created a "witch house" with a retelling of the story inside!

Creating:

Displaying!

Have a great day!  See you tomorrow!

Monday December 8

I hope you all had a nice weekend...the weather was great!

Here are some thoughts from the students today...they pretty much sum up the day!

" We really enjoyed learning how to make 3-D snowflakes!" Emily, Thomas, and many others!
(they brought them home today!  Enjoy!)

"I really enjoyed hearing our story of the week 'Amazing Grace'." Calvin and Sydney

"When I was feeling lonely, Emily, Elisabeth and Isabelle played with me at recess." Brooke

"I really liked the stations during PE." Audrey

"It feels really good to get 5 points during PE towards our next free day!" Sammy

"Kelley was really nice to me when I lost my tooth." Calvin

There you go!  See you all tomorrow...we will be completing day 2 of printing during parent-led art!

Thursday December 4

Hi everybody!

Today we went on a wet walk in order to learn more about pedestrian safety - always be aware of your surroundings kids!
 Here's a picture of our soaking walk:

Today we experienced the fairy tale "Jack and the Beanstalk".  Here are some ideas from the students about today:
"I liked making the Jack and the Beanstalk project." Elisabeth
"Our pedestrian safety course was fun." Ayana, Kaden, and others...
"The Disney Jack and the Beanstalk cartoon was great!" Kelley
"I enjoyed singing Jingle Bell Rock at music time." Maddie
"The Jack and the Beanstalk book was interesting!" Sammy
"When we were going on our walk, nobody would be my partner until Finn said yes." Kaden
(thanks Finn...the world is a better place when we show kindness to others...)
See you tomorrow!

Wednesday December 3

Hi everyone!
Our Fairy Tale study continued today as we read a pop-up version of Red Riding Hood and then created a book with the events in sequence and writing to match the events.

We also learned a bit about pedestrian safety! 

Here are some ideas from the students!
"It was nice when Noel and I were partners in PE because he is a good partner." Henry
"I was happy to help other kids out with their spelling today." Finn
"The Red Riding Hood project was really fun!" Peter, Kaden and Maddie
"Bernadette offered to be my partner tomorrow." Ayana
"The fairy tale yes/no chart  is interesting." Audrey
"When I was lonely at recess, Ayana played with me." Emily
See you tomorrow!

Tuesday December 2

Hi everyone!
This week Elisabeth came back with beautiful stories about Hawaii to read to us from her book.

Today our visitor was Barb and her dog Abby from the Oregon Humane Society.  They came to teach us more about dog safety.  We really enjoyed her ideas...and we all were able to pet Abby!

Here are some more ideas about today from the students:
"I liked when Mr. Wiener pretended that Frosty was outside the door!" Bernadette
"It was great to meet Barb and Abby." Audrey and the class
"The clay art was great!." Mia and the class
"I liked helping Isabelle at recess." Emily
"I was able to walk around the cafeteria with Laura and help her dismiss kids! " Ayana

Thanks everyone!  Turn in those permission slips ASAP!

Tuesday November 25 -Ant Projects - Many Pictures!

The students were so excited to be ant experts for you today!  Today the blog is full of pictures as I tried to capture the great ideas and excitement of project sharing.

First, here are  students with their projects...

Here they are showing their ant ideas to other students!

Finally - the parents arrive!  Thank you all for your support of teaching and learning in the classroom!

See you tomorrow!