Bye Bye Buddy

On Monday morning we saw this on Mrs. Borman's desk.  Sadly, on Tuesday, Buddy had to go back and report to the big guy.  He took Brody's diary with him.  We will all miss Buddy, even though he was quite naughty. 

Oh Buddy!

The little stinker was at it again...

How-To Speeches

Yesterday the students started giving their how-to speeches.  It was amazing!  Here are some pictures of the kids.

Not Again Buddy!

Buddy had a rough day on Wednesday.  He couldn't sit still.  Hmmmm.  He was pretty rude to the kids too. 

Lost and Found

Check out this graph made by two of our students.  Last week they went and counted all the items in our lost and found bin in the gym.  Make sure you go look in the bin if you are missing something...especially a coat!

Curiosity on Mars

Today we attended a live NASA event and were able to hear about the rover Curiosity.  Students were able to hear an engineer and an astronaut talk about their experiences and how they use math and science in their jobs.  Maybe we will see one of our students living on Mars one day!

Buddy....!

Someone was a naughty elf and took Mr. Potato Head's glasses...not to mention climbing up on our projector!  He had to apologize to Mr. Potato Head!

Special Delivery

Today Buddy the Elf was dropped off in our classroom.  He was sent by the big guy to keep an eye on all the boys and girls in class.  Each morning students are going to help Buddy by writing in a journal (from his point of view) about what he did that night while we were all at home. 

Special Guest for Hanukkah

Today Mrs. Soloway came to our class to read a story and talk to us about the Jewish holiday called Hanukkah.  We are looking forward to playing the dreidel game!

Sugar Cone Christmas Trees

Today we read a how-to paper and followed the directions and made super cute Sugar Cone Christmas Trees! Thank you to all the families that brought in supplies for us to create these trees. Everyone followed the directions and they turned out great!

Rotary Club Brings New Dictionaries!

Today all the third graders in Parkrose received their very own copy of a Dictionary. This book will be coming home today with your child. They were surprised to see that our vocabulary words were in the book. I mentioned they were ALL in the book and that would be a good activity to do at home. Please keep the books at home and enjoy!

Ebooks Online!

This is a link to some great ebooks for your child to listen to and read along with! Check it out! TUMBLEBOOKS

Post It Notes Needed

Dear Families, We need your help! As part of our reading strategy instruction, we use sticky notes. Lots of them! If possible, please send a pack of the sticky notes to school at your convenience. Your help is greatly appreciated! These are the notes that we need...you can find them at Office Max (maybe even Target and Staples). They MUST be the pack of Ultra Colors. Thank you so much for your help!

Oregon Road Trip 2008

These are some pictures of places that we stopped on our vacation around the beautiful state of Oregon.  Some of these are the cities and rivers and mountain ranges that we are studying about on our Oregon map!

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