Trailblazer Visit!

Several students from our class were able to attend a very special assembly today.  One of the players from the Portland Trailblazers was here to honor the students who tracked and read over Spring Break.  The students all received a free t-shirt, ruler, and pencil.  Three of our students were even able to get their t-shirt autographed!  What a neat opportunity for our students! Read, read, read!

Portland Japanese Garden Special Guests

Today we had two special guests come to our classroom to talk to us about the beauty of Haiku Poetry.  The students used all 5 senses to think of adjectives to describe rain and then pictures of seasons from the Portland Japanese Gardens.  A field trip to the Gardens is planned for April 24th.  More information will be coming.  Ask your child about Haiku poetry!

What is light?

The students are learning all about light.  There are 5 new vocabulary words that we learned this week.  Today we read a expository story about Shadow Puppets.  This is a video I showed to the class that has some amazing shadow work!

SmartBoard

Yay!  Mrs. Borman was able to get her SmartBoard from her old classroom at Shaver and bring it to our new class.  Today she whupped us in a game of Cover Up (she really only won by 3 points).  It was so much fun getting up and using the interactive whiteboard!

Dance Party!

Yesterday Russell Rockets celebrated earning enough Russell Rockets at recess time at a dance party in the gym.  We had a blast!  We are hoping to have another party again before the end of the year.

New iPad

We recently received a new iPad for our classroom.  Today I downloaded a free app from Scholastic called Storia.  We got 5 free books for our iPad!  The students were really excited.  You can download the app for free if you have an iPad or even for your PC.  The books can be purchased on the Scholastic book order website.  March book orders went home today.  They are due next Wednesday, March 21st.  Don't forget you can order on-line and earn our class a free book.  Use the code:  KDKP2

Conferences are Here!

I am really looking forward to meeting all of my new families this week!  Please bring your child with you so we can talk about progress in school.