May 18, 2013

Ms. Tucker

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An Inspirational Field Trip

One of our young authors penned a poem after our field trip to Rowena Plateau today. Enjoy! We saw so many flowers In Rowena’s towers Some white, some blue It is beautiful So enjoy the view! -Isabelle, Age 8

Jogging, Animals and Wildflowers!

Please enjoy pictures from our recent jog-a-thon, our Animal Report Open House, a practice session reading animal reports to our buddies, a wildflower experiment and our newest critter addition: caterpillars!! Students were excited to share their animal reports with you!… [Read More...]

Open House: Animal Reports

Our scientists have become experts through their animal reports and would love to share their work with you! Please join us Monday, April 8th, from 2:30-3:00. Be prepared to first visit your own child. After they’ve read their report to… [Read More...]

Gorge Studies and Beyond

Our Gorge Studies have been so rich this year. At the same time, I’m amazed at how much we’ve squeezed in. Please enjoy some photos from the last few weeks!  

Winter Investigations

What a fun month we’ve had! Our birds of prey study culminated in an owl pellet investigation. Students went from grossed out to engrossed as they found skulls and bones to identify. One pellet had 6 vole skulls! We’ve spent… [Read More...]

Looking Ahead

I have been off the grid for a couple weeks, enjoying time with family and friends. I hope your holiday season has been merry and bright. As always, I’m itching to get back in the classroom. I love this time… [Read More...]

Reader’s Theater

Some Letterland students got their chance to perform a reader’s theater. They were enthusiastic about working on their lines, making costumes and learning how to perform. Thank you to Mrs. Noles for directing our students! Other students have shown interest… [Read More...]

Tree Time

Students have been drawing the connections between salmon and the forest, and December we will connect to hibernating animals in winter. It’s been exciting to see students bring in needles and leaves from home, wanting to identify which trees they… [Read More...]

Salmon Studies

We’ve spent this Fall learning about the mighty salmon. We are now exploring how the salmon connect to the forest and wildlife. We’ve been to Wildwood and Oxbow, but because of heavy rains, have not gotten to view any salmon in… [Read More...]

Fantastic Mr. Fox

One of my favorite read-aloud authors is Roald Dahl, so I was thrilled to find out Mt. Hood Community College was putting on Fantastic Mr. Fox. We had just read this beloved book in September, so we were excited to… [Read More...]