First Writing Unit Sharing/ Celebration!

On Friday we invited 2nd graders to come and listen to our final drafts of our personal narrative writing unit. Everyone who was here on Friday shared. I am so proud of our students for their hard work and bravery!

Eagle Creek Part 2… More Photos!

Eagle Creek and Cascade Fish Hatchery

We had a fabulous day on Friday! Thanks to all of the parents who were able to chaperone and Ms. Gwendolyn who also joined us for the day. We learned so much! (more photos coming soon!)

Initial observations of spawning salmon in their habitat. 

Getting closer to the water to do further investigations. 

Matt, our guide at the Cascade Hatchery, was very knowledgable about the process of raising salmon at the Hatchery.

Some students took lots of notes throughout the hatchery tour.

And asked really good questions!

We even got to feed the fish!

Before heading back to school. It was a long and adventurous day.. Some of us were pretty tired by the bus ride home. :)

Math Measurement from September

Students worked in partners to find items in the classroom that were of a certain length.

Pumpkin Patch

We started off our morning on Thursday by heading to the Sauvie Island Pumpkin Patch. We got a ride from a tractor to the pumpkin patch.

We picked out our pumpkins and headed to the hay pyramid to play and enjoy the scenery.

Finally we headed to the animal barn before heading back to school. It was a lovely morning!

When we got back to school we used our pumpkins to fine tune our math skills, measurement, circumference, and estimation, oh my!

Math People Glyphs

Today we spent some time discussing what makes a learning community and setting some guidelines about how we can help each other (and ourselves) learn best. Afterwards we learned about glyphs and practiced by making our own math glyphs to show how we learn best. What would your Math Glyph look like? 

Welcome to 3rd Grade!

Hello Parents of Third Graders! We have had a busy first couple days of school. Below are a few important dates and details, much more coming soon!

Save the Date: Curriculum Night is next Tuesday, September 14th from 6-7:30pm (Two Sessions, 6:00-6:40, 6:50-7:30pm) 

3rd Grade Specials Schedule:
Monday: Music at 11:15am, P.E. at 1:15pm
Tuesday: Library at 1pm
Wednesday: Guidance every other week at 11:15, P.E. at 1:15pm
Thursday: Art at 1:50
Friday: P.E. at 1:15pm

Thanks! 

Important Bus Info for Next Week!

Due to Scappoose School District schedule differing from SIA, please be aware of the following bus changes:

Monday, June 8 - Normal late-start for SIA - No morning buses from student's homes to SMS. Please drop students off at SMS (in the front of the school) between 8:45-9:05am to board the bus to SIA. 

Tuesday, June 9 - No PM route buses from SMS to homes after school. All students will need to be picked up at SIA (3pm) or SMS (3:25pm). Please let the front office know of any transportation changes by 2pm. 

Wednesday, June 10 - No AM or PM route buses to and from SMS. Students riding the shuttle bus to SIA should be dropped off at SMS between 7:45-8:05am. All students will need to be picked up at SIA (3pm) or SMS (3:25pm). Please let the front office know of any transportation changes by 2pm. 

Thursday, June 11 - No AM or PM route buses to and from SMS. Students riding the shuttle bus to SIA should be dropped off at SMS between 7:45-8:05am. All students will need to be picked up at SIA (12pm) or SMS (12:25pm). Please let the front office know of any transportation changes by 11am. Please note the early release time. 

Bridges Walking Tour!

We started our day at the Bridge Exhibit at the ODOT office on NW Flanders.

Here we set some ground rules for the day and our fabulous guide and bridges guru, Nathan Hoover, explained some of the key vocabulary terms and bridge types we would be seeing throughout the day.

The first bridge we crossed on foot was the Steel Bridge. It is the only double-deck bridge with independent lift in the world (!!!) and the second largest vertical lift bridge in North America, after its neighbor the Hawthorne Bridge.

Checking out the Steel Bridge from the Eastbank Esplanade.

Under the Morrison Bridge after "being roadkill".

We wrapped up the day at the OHSU tram. Being up that high gave us a new perspective of some of Portland's bridges. And its just really cool!

Later on that week we practiced building our own beam bridges in class.