CCS Primary Teacher Notes

Dear Families,   Let’s begin with that correction! The letter that went home with the LiD boards stated that our upcoming Portfolio Night would be held on May 30. Oops, my bad! Let’s make Thursday, that May 31! We will begin at 4pm your student’s classroom and continue with a LiD Expo in the commons…. [Read More...]

Dear Families, Our year flows quickly by. Our story of Lewis and Clark found its way to the sea and home again. In celebration of its conclusion, waves of CCS Primary families surged into our classrooms and our graphic novels found their way home. We hope you had a wonderful author’s celebration. We were surprised… [Read More...]

So, you’re seven years old and you’re having a bad day. You’ve realized you can’t be a tiger when you grow up. It turns out the world is a great big place and the older you get, the more is expected of you. There’s this whole business of working hard, but your baby brother just… [Read More...]

Dear Families, Things come together and things fall apart.  The weather, it seems, has fallen apart.  A leap-day snow day may be interesting, but not what we had in mind.  We hope you all made the best of it!  What would Lewis and Clark do? Press forward into a world of surprises!  And, just like… [Read More...]

Dear Families, We look forward to seeing you all tomorrow evening at our CCS Primary Pirates’ music program!  All the pirates need to be in their classrooms by 6:15 in order to be ready and in place to take the stage at 6:30.  After the program, students will return to their classroom where they will… [Read More...]

Dear Families, We hope this finds you all well. As promised, we are deep into our studies of Lewis and Clark.  These remarkable explorers represent an important transition point in the history of the People of the Columbia River Gorge. As a contrast to those people native to the Columbia River Gorge who engineered their… [Read More...]

Dear Families, Well, it seems fair to say the winter break did us all some good. The kids came back cheerful, glad to see each other and ready to work. What a great week. More good news! After a week reviewing our studies of the Native Americans of the Columbia River Gorge, we were all… [Read More...]

Dear Families, We hope you’re all relaxing amidst all the holiday bustle.  Here’s a little recap or our last weeks before the break. Students finished up their magical gateway stories.  These were oral stories with illustrations of the key structural pieces of their story.  We also discussed the transition from a stable native culture “from… [Read More...]

Dear Families, With two weeks before the winter break there are a couple things to think about. The Scholastic Book Fair is now going on in the east cafeteria. This will continue through Thursday with hours until 4 each day and a Family Night on Wednesday. We appreciate your support of the book fair and… [Read More...]