Friday May 30- Timbers Game and Duniway Parade!

Here are just a few pictures!  Big thanks to all parent volunteers and to Alli Spangle who hooked us up with Timbers Flags!  Thanks so much...
Have a great weekend everyone!

Wednesday May 28

Hi again!
Today our learning kept us very busy.  We engaged in individual literacy work, solved student written story problems, and created our own ocean projects with reading and writing.  We also were fortunate to watch the third grade student perform The Portland Play...it was great!  I hope some of you get to see the performance tonight!

(By the way, 28 is a composite number with three different rectangles...ask your child what the dimensions of the rectangles are!)

See  you tomorrow!

Tuesday May 27

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!

Today we began our study of the ocean ecosystem by reading information and reporting what we found out about the ocean.  We will be creating our projects over the next few days.

We also finished our Toy Store story problems which involve money and groups of items above 100, so we "shopped" for story problems to solve. We walked around and chose the problems that looked interesting or challenging for each person.  We will spend another day solving problems, then we will take a look at our solutions and decide the attributes of an excellent story problem solution.

We also continue to make progress on our animal reports!  This is a busy time of year!

See you tomorrow!

Friday May 23

Hi everyone!

Today we presented our finished desert projects each other...here are a few pictures!  We learned many new facts about the desert biome this week!

We also enjoyed our second grade birthday celebration...who could have known a bottle of water would be so perfect today!

Have a wonderful three day weekend enjoying your families!

Thursday May 22

Hi everyone...
Whew, another hot afternoon.  We were busy today working on multiple projects again which included individual literacy assignments, writing math story problems, writing animal research reports, and completing projects about the desert...busy busy.  The day was full and it went by quickly.  Your children are doing an amazing job focusing and planning long term projects.  Thanks again for all of the support of learning from home!
See you tomorrow!

Tuesday, May 20

A belated Happy Birthday to Layton!


Wow...we are over halfway into the month...the time has flown by.

Today we worked on individual literacy projects, wrote our own math story problems involving money and wrote more about our research animal.  We read, watched, researched information, then presented ideas about the desert biome.  Animals and plants have made some incredible adaptations to live in this environment!

Remember, late opening tomorrow!  See you at 10:45!

Happy Fund Run Day! March 16, 2014- Many Pictures

Hi everyone!  Our morning started with sharing projects and completing work.  Here are the projects we created and presented about the temperate forests:

Then we ran!  Thanks for all of the support and volunteers for the Fund Run!

Thursday May 15

Everyone seemed a little quieter today- perhaps from getting tired out at Tryon Creek.  I hope that our visit helped increase each student's understanding of temperate forests.

We worked hard today on money story problems, animal report writing, and temperate forest project development.  It is hot, but we worked hard!  We also had popsicles because...it is HOT!

Remember to wear good shoes for the Fund Run tomorrow...sunscreen would also be good.

See you tomorrow!

Wedesday May 14- Tryon Creek Field Trip Pictures...

The bridge was closed, but the weather was perfect...Hope you enjoy the pictures from Tryon Creek!
We learned so much about a forest habitat and the animals that live there...thanks again for all of the parents who joined us today!

See you tomorrow!