Peregrine Press

October 13-17

 

Schedule:

Monday: Solv project at A.T. Smith House  (12:00-2:00); Italics Class

Tuesday: No Out and About; Outdoor School Info Night 6:30-7:30 at the school (PLEASE COME IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS)

Wednesday:  PE

Thursday: Art

Friday: Fire Safety Week Visit to the Fire Hall for a tour

 

****Please return Outdoor School Medical form ASAP.  I need to get those turned in this week.

    

Last Week:

Our short week was pretty full of activities.  Monday we listened to the last of the Colonial Life presentations and then the students reflected on the work they did for the whole project.  Overall students did well and learned a great deal through this project.

We also started the Italics class with Robin and I am really excited about the enthusiasm the students expressed.  They really like the idea of drawing their letters instead of writing their letters.

We finished the day with Running Club and the mean, median, mode and range for the data collected.  The students are really starting to get the hang of this process.

 

Tuesday we trekked out to the Washington County Election Office in Beaverton.  The students did a phenomenal job riding the bus and the max.  I never had to worry about students making unsafe choices.  It was a bit crammed on the ride back, but I just think many of the students liked the opportunity to stand on the bus.  The students learned about the mail-in voting process we have here in Oregon and then we were given "official" ballots for the students to sign that asked them to vote for their favorite movie star and pet. I actually think the voting part was more fun for some of the students than the election office visitJ.  This coming week we will tally the votes and announce the winners.

 

This Week:

This week students will study the branches of government and citizenship.  Be prepared for students to bring home an interview and a family tree activity in the next few weeks as we connect our study of citizenship and heritage (Students will create a heritage collage).  In the next month our class will be developing a relationship with a class at Cornelius Elementary School that we will then share our heritage collages with. 

This week we will continue grade level math (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday).  We will also start literacy circles.  The students will be in small groups with an assigned book they will read together.  They will have activities each day that will support vocabulary development and comprehension skills.

Friday we will head out to the Fire Hall for Fire Safety Week.  The students will go on a tour of the station.  I would also like to connect our study of government with how our Fire Department is funded.

 

 Upcoming Events

October 22^nd: 10:00 am "Honk" performance at Theater in the Grove (Please send $5.00 with your child to pay for the ticket.  I am sorry if it feels like we are requesting a lot of money lately. L )

October 27^th: All School Meeting