Ms. Tucker

Thanksgiving Week we were able to make paper with “The Tree Lady”. Students loved the process and the result! Prepped and ready to go! While Josh presses his paper, Alex begins the process of draining the water out of his Dominic gets to be the example for his classmates Austin, Haylie, Nick and Joseph get… [Read More...]

This week we welcomed the Multnomah County Library’s “Tapestry of Tales” program. We were thoroughly entertained by their storyteller, who had us all laughing about her childhood experience on a sled. Ask your student about it! Also this week: Our Funky Monkeys (3-5 students) performed beautifully a rendition of the book An Eagle’s Song through music, puppetry,… [Read More...]

Today we learned “The Laughing Game”. Chinook children would play this game where you tell a friend a joke. The twist is that you can’t laugh, you can’t even smile, or you lose. Play at home for fun! Next Wednesday we celebrate the culmination of all of our work studying the People of the Columbia… [Read More...]

Make sure to ask your child today about our basket weaving afternoon. We started with a lightweight cardboard base and wove rafia around and around, until we reached the top of the spokes. Lilly and Galilea were able to figure out how to finish off the baskets and taught our entire class. Way to go… [Read More...]

Here are some highlights from this week, October 31-November 3: Monday was deemed “Pumpkin Day”. We did pumpkin math, we wrote from the perspective of a pumpkin on an adventure, we played “The Great Pumpkin” tag game and “Toss the Pumpkin” game in PE, we watched a video on the uses of giant pumpkins and… [Read More...]

This week our kindergartners got to participate in a Corbett Tradition: Big Bear’s & Pumpkin Patch Trip! We loaded up on the buses, excited to find our very own pumpkin to take home and a treat at Big Bear’s Deli, including a free t-shirt. As a teacher, I love to connect our classroom to the… [Read More...]

  We have been busy with buddy business. They have been teaching us, and we have been teaching them. The topic? People of the Columbia River Gorge. Enjoy the photos! Our big buddies have taught us all about longhouses, the function they served, their capacity, what they were built from and how they were built…. [Read More...]

Thank you for your donations of rafia, dried flowers, felt, yarn, shells and other treasures to create our character representations! I so appreciate how generous (and prompt!) our families are. If you have things you’re planning to send, please do so by tomorrow, 10/4. We’re still in need of supplies to build our longhouses next… [Read More...]

Tomorrow you’ll find in your child’s backpack: A green permission slip for our October 12th trip to Columbia Hills State Park and the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center. We’ll be viewing petroglyphs and attending a presentation on Native Americans. Our study of the Chinook people began TODAY and this will be an exciting connection to our… [Read More...]