Victoria Mansion In-Class Lesson

 We had a great lesson in preparation for our field trip to the Victoria Mansion. Students learned about the owners of the mansion, immigration, businesses in Portland at that time, and about the first of 2 great fires in the city.

Grade 4 History Museum

Welcoming Kindness

 I forgot to share this sweetness that greeted me when I got to school last Monday!

Play Ball!

Jackie Robinson Day

Immigration Simulation

Creative Creations

 Thank you so much for all the materials donated to the Global Play Day choice offered in our classroom. Students who signed up for creative creations had so much fun; many stayed for more than 1 session to continue building. 

Visiting PML

I love this video; so much joy over every hello honk made!

Thank you to Jennifer at PML for reading a great HF book to us and providing a nice selection of books for our students to browse and check out. We will go back in the late spring to learn about PML's summer reading program.

Spreading Kindness to Our School's Unsung Heroes!

 

Congratulations!

 

Opening Kindness Notes With My Homeroom

Listening to our kiddos as they read, thanked, and hugged others for their nice notes warmed my heart!

Our Silly and Creative Boys!

 

Thank you to Mr. Adams!

 I love how Mr. Adams brought his guitar to school. It was very uniting and calming. Below is a photo of him playing the guitar as he waited for everyone to join the circle. I also took a photo of the little self-portrait he had on whiteboard!

Team Effort

Mr. Adams shared this drawing the students did using the projector. They then turned the projector off, and had Mrs. Giguere come in to guess what it was a drawing of. I have no idea if she guessed correctly, but I sure love the photo! 

Our Last Jr. Achievement Class

 Thank you to Mrs. Cutter for 5 fun and interesting lessons focused on finance. This was such a worthwhile program, and we all learned so much.

Making Robotic Fingers

Making Snowflakes

The Snow Day Song

I love our school sing-alongs with Mr. Saunders!

A Festive Crew!

 

Activity Swap

Grade 4 had an activity swap. We folded magazines into trees in our classroom.

 

Movie at the GCA

 The entire 4th grade walked up to the GCA to watch the Super Mario movie on the big screen.

Jr. Achievement

Mrs. Cutter's lesson this week focused on how businesses and people often need to take our loans for purchases. She explained how interest and paying back a bank worked. Students also learned when it's safe and not at good idea to give someone a loan.

Recess Expectations Review

 Mr. Saenz, our school's RTI behavior teacher, met with our classrooms to review recess expectations. This was needed because of the rough play occurring on the playground. Our goal is for recess to be fun and safe!