October 26-30
Schedule
Monday: Art
Tuesday: Oregon Historical Society (ALL DAY-bring sack lunch!)
Wednesday: Art; PE
Thursday: Nothing special:-) Maybe Music if I can schedule it.
Friday: No School for Teacher In-Service
Last Week
Last week went very quickly! We started out the week by attending the Tom Sawyer play at the Theatre in the Grove which was great. We had three students from our class that were involved with the production so that was really fun to see them all in action. We started literacy circles this week as well. This round will take us through November and will help build fluency and comprehension. Students will meet with their circles 3-4 times per week and read together and complete activities that will enhance their learning. Tuesday we headed out to B Street Farm to learn how to use a compass (orienteering) with Erin, our Out and About teacher. The students all worked hard on learning those skills that can be quite challenging. On Tuesday we also started to research the Tillamook Indians for a project that will help the Friends of Historic Forest Grove. It will be a challenging project but I am excited to see everyone work together to accomplish the task. Thursday we headed back to the ELC for some Buddy Reading. It is such a great opportunity for our class to be good role models for these kids. They also just seem to have so much fun!
This Coming Week
This week will be a little odd. We will not have grade level math due to our full day Out and Abouts to the Historical Society. Each class is going a different day so we have instead made some packets of work for students to complete. I will provide time in class to work on them, but there is a chance that students will need to take these home if they don't finish them. Tuesday we will be gone all day at the Historical Society in Portland. We will take Tri-Met there, do the tour and then have lunch so please have your children pack a sack lunch like they did for the Ft. Clatsop trip. The rest of the week we will mostly focus on literacy circles and the Tillamook Project which includes a play about property rights. (I will send out more info later about that.) There will be no school on Friday due to a staff in-service day. There will also be no Halloween Party. I know this is going to disappoint a few students but there are many reasons for not having one. One, we are getting older, two we don't want to exclude anyone, and three, students have plenty of opportunities to have parties with their friends and we don't need to set aside time at school just for that purpose. If you have any questions, please let me know.
Thanks for your understanding.
*We had another hard week with turning in homework. I again had 9 students not return their homework. A few of them were "first time offenders" but the rest have all forgotten homework already in previous weeks. PLEASE help me and help them by doing whatever it is that you can to be sure they turn this in. I will start taking privileges away at school if they can't hold up their end of this agreement. If your child forgot it for the first time, I am willing to overlook it, they just can't make it a habit:-)
***Also, in case you haven't heard, my husband and I are expecting a baby girl in March! Becky Tengs will be my long term sub that will finish out the year. She is fabulous and all my students from last year know her because she was our student teacher last year. She is very excited and will start coming in to get to know the class this winter. She knows how this school works and is full of amazing ideas and will do a phenomenal job!
Upcoming Events:
Outdoor School November 10-13
-First payment for this is due October 27th.
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