Mr. Blanc

Phase 3 of the hall art mural project has begun. This phase has us moving to the eastern part of the gorge. We will be working on our contribution next week. Each student in our class will be making either a boat, windmill, windsurfer, or someone fishing. We will get another ECO visit from Sarah… [Read More...]

Your 2012 Blanc and Hubler/Loeung hockey champions are the Chinookies! Members on the team from our class were Jarett, Thomas, and Jaden.  

This week our class will begin a unit on body systems. The students will be assigned a body system and they will become an expert on that system. At the end of the unit we will have a debate in which the students will provide the case for the body system they studied as the… [Read More...]

Because of the wind we spent our ECO time in doors today (I certainly did not complain). The students looked at the radish seeds they planted a couple weeks ago and found that they did germinate in the balloons! Today Bethany and Sarah taught the students what controls and variables are in a scientific experiment…. [Read More...]

During the week of 2/21-2/24 we will work on phase 3 of the Art Mural Project. Two parent volunteers will be needed to assist our class. Please let me know if you are interested and available to join the class each day that week. On Tuesday 2/7 Beth and Sarah from the ECO project will… [Read More...]

All of the students have now been placed in groups for the Lewis & Clark simulation. Each day they take on the role of captain, journal writer, interpreter, or private. The roles are switched every day. By completing the daily requirements of their roles students earn expedition cards for their team. The cards move the… [Read More...]

The late start and snow day from last week took two state testing days away. We will be making one of the days up on Tuesday from 11:45-12:30. After the test session on Tuesday we will see where the students are to determine if we need to schedule another testing session. The students will continue… [Read More...]

This will be an important week for our class as we will be taking the Oregon State Assessments. 3rd and 4th grade students will be taking reading and math tests. 5th grade students will be taking reading, math and science tests. The time of day that we will be taking the test will be from… [Read More...]

It was great to get back from the break and see everyone at school again! Thanks to all of you who encouraged your student to complete their math and reading homework while they were on vacation. Elanor took the prize for most minutes read and Caden completed the most math lessons. During gorge studies the… [Read More...]