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Peregrine Press

June 1-5

Schedule

Monday: Trip to the Beach! Please make sure that your child will be at the school by 8:35 because we are leaving at 8:45. I will have my classroom back door open at 8:15 if some kids want to come even earlier.

Tuesday: Science Fair 9:30-10:30 (This was an optional activity for Level 2 students.)

Wednesday: PE; Celebrations of Learning 5:00-6:30

Thursday: Fundraising Run! 10:00 at Lincoln Park; Art

Friday: No School, Grading Day

Saturday: Overnight Camping Trip

Last Week

We had a great week last week. Our Out and About to Safeway was a success. Students were well behaved and very respectful when they were hunting through the store for specific food items. They compared the prices of lunch items for healthy foods and non-healthy foods. Later they found the class average for the food item comparisons and found that it was less expensive to buy healthy foods! That afternoon the students that wanted to presented their literacy projects. There were a variety of interesting presentations.

Wednesday we spent some time on the Forest Grove Grid Project blogging about the photos that had recently been taken by all the groups and responding to discussion questions. I was happy to see so many students remembering what it means to be a good digital citizen. They were respectful to each other and wrote thoughtful comments and responses. We then had presenters come and share more information on Leave No Trace (an outdoor education program). Laura and I felt very proud when the students were asked lots of different questions about how to respect nature and they knew all the right answers. It proved that these students really are great stewards! That same day we also spent time with our ELC buddies. We played parachute games like "popcorn" and "cat and mouse." It was a bittersweet day because it was our last time with our buddies. Our students really made great connections with their buddies and I saw tremendous growth in their patience, kindness and mentoring abilities. Not to mention that over the course of this experience they worked on reading fluency, note taking, typing, clay arts, map making and just all around fun!

Thursday morning was spent at B Street Permaculture Farm where the students took some great photos to add the to Forest Grove Grid Project. It was a beautiful day to be outside and it was one of those days that as Becky would say "puts a rainbow in my heart." This class is so well bonded together that is sometimes seems unreal. How did I get so lucky?!! That afternoon we spent time working on Math Life activities connected to the Safeway Out and About. Students also got the chance to write checks which is always fun to do when you are a kid!

Friday we spent more time in the computer lab blogging on the B Street Photos and had our final routine of spelling tests, goal reflections and weekly summaries. Whew! What a week!

This Week

Are you ready for this week??? It is going to be jam packed. We will start out with our beach trip. Please remember that we are leaving at 8:45 sharp. We will be returning at 2:30 so dismissal time will be normal. Tuesday we will be attending the Science Fair that was set up by some students in Gretchen's class. It will be held in the middle school portables and parents are welcome to come to this event. It will be similar to the World Fair in set up but the participation of students was optional and I am not sure that any students in our class are participating. There should be some fun things to see though. Wednesday we will spend some time getting ready for our final Celebrations of Learning to be held at the school from 5:00-6:30. I will be gone that night because I have class at PSU but Becky will be hosting for our class so please come and check out all the great things she has done with our class this spring. She has been amazing!

Thursday is another big day with our first annual Fundraising Run! It will be held at Lincoln Park starting at 10:00 at Pavilion One. We could use another volunteer to help out if anyone is interested. Your job would be simple, I promise. Also, if you would like to participate in the run itself that would be great. You don't need a sponsor sheet, but any donations are welcome! The run will last for 30 minutes.

Finally, no school Friday, but the big campout is Saturday! Please email me if you have any questions. Hopefully you all got the permission forms back with a map and a bright notecard that specified what I need you to bring (if you can). I am heading out to my parent's place today to start getting stuff ready! Thank you so much for all your help and support with this. I have never planned anything like this before, not to mention planning a beach trip, a fun run and a bridging ceremony all at the same time! I have learned some valuable lessons through all of this.

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Out and About to Seaside

Science Fair 9:30-10:30 at the Level 3 Portables

Celebrations of Learning 5:00-6:30

Fun Run at Lincoln Park 10:00 am

Art