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.

Scappoose Bay Canoe Trip Part II

Thanks to Casey for these fabulous photos. 

Scappoose Bay Canoe Trip

Here are a few shots from our fabulous field trip last Friday, more coming soon! 

Pre power paddling pose!

Cutting up some invasive blackberry bushes.

Poetry Slam!

Yesterday our 3rd graders shared the stage with Ms. Feris's 6th graders in the 4th annual SIA Poetry Slam. I am so proud of our students for putting themselves out there and being such a supportive audience to each other! A special thanks to everyone who was able to attend. Snap on! 

Author Visit and Poetry Party

We have quite a busy week in 3rd grade! On Monday Ms. Ferris and her 6th graders paid us a visit to show us the false apology poems they had written. We also were able to share the limericks students wrote for spring break homework as well. This visit was very inspiring and helped get us pumped and prepared for our poetry slam next Tuesday (April 14th) at 1pm in the gym. Hope you can make it!

On Tuesday, we had a visit from local author William Burt, who wrote the King of the Trees series. He read the first chapter or so of his book, introduced us to his pet griffin, Windsong, and answered student questions about his writing process and books. Third graders did an excellent job listening to his story and words of wisdom and asked insightful questions such as "What do you when you get stuck with your writing?" and "Where is your favorite place to write?". Many students were able to purchase his books from the book fair. 

And on Friday afternoon we took a poetry walk and admired and appreciated the poetry that the first graders had written and hung up for everyone to enjoy in the forest.

Upcoming Field Trip Dates

Hello Dear Parents of 3rd Graders. Below are our field trip dates for the remainder of the school year. Please let me know if you are interested/available to chaperone any of them:

Thursday, April 9th, Wapato Field Study, 8:45am-10:30am

Friday, May 1st, Scappoose Bay Canoe Trip, 8:45am-2:30pm

Thursday, May 14th (final) Wapato Monthly Field Study, 8:45-11:15am

Wednesday, May 20th, Walking Tour of Portland Bridges, 8:45am-2:30pm

Also, our class will be hosting a Poetry Slam with Ms. Ferris' 6th grade students at 1pm on Tuesday, April 14th. Hope you can make it.

:)