Vanport Storyline

After learning that we will be hosting a very special visitor in our classroom on Tuesday, March 7th, students have been working hard to learn as much as we can about Vanport. Students have researched what the city looked like and why it was built. Last week we created a map of the city and now we are working on our characters that live in the city of Vanport.

Ed Washington moved to Vanport from Alabama in 1944 when his father got a job at the Vanport shipyards. Although his family lost their home in the flood, they were able to stay in Portland. As an adult, Ed has been a member of the Portland NAACP and a civil rights leader as well.

Practice Testing with 6th Graders

We have started preparing for the Smarter Balanced assessments which we will be starting on April 11th. Since these tests are new to third graders, we have partnered up with Ms.  Ferris and the 6th graders so they can walk students through some of the practice tests and show us the ropes.

Beanstalks and Measurement

To culminate our current unit in Math, students worked on a project that combines art, literature, fractions, measurement, and data analysis. After reading the book, Jim and the Beanstalk, students created their own beanstalks in partner groups. Next, they measured and labeled their beanstalks  and leaves in both inches and centimeters. Over the next two days, we represented this data in different ways.