Monday, May 29th: NO SCHOOL Memorial Day
Monday, June 5th: Out & About at Hagg Lake, 9:30-1:30.
Students will be exploring all of the resources that Oregon has to offer, and we’d like this day to be a celebration of our state's outdoor recreation.
Wednesday, June 7th: Garden Party w/Kona Ice Fundraiser 3:15-5 p.m.
Join us at the Back Yard Garden (Main St. just south of 19th Ave.) for games and social time with other FGCS families in the school garden. The Kona Ice truck will be parked at the garden and a portion of sales will benefit our school.
Thursday, June 8th: Celebration of Learning 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Parents and other family members of FGCS students are invited to this open house, which will feature recent student projects and other school work. Weather permitting, Level 1 teachers will host families in the Back Yard Garden (Main St. just south of 19th Ave.). The Art Room will be open and students/parents are encouraged to take home students’ completed art projects.
Wednesday, June 14th: Bridging Ceremony 10-11:30 a.m. @ Taylor-Meade Auditorium: This annual ceremony honors 2nd, 4th, 6th and 8th graders who are ‘bridging’ to a new level at FGCS or graduating and moving on to high school. Parents of bridging students are invited. Taylor-Meade Auditorium is on the campus of Pacific University. Doors will open for seating at 9:45 a.m. We ask everyone to be seated and ready to start promptly at 10 a.m. June 14 is a full school day at FGCS, so students will return to school with their classes after the ceremony.
Thursday, June 15th: Last Day of School with Dismissal 12:15 p.m.: The last day of school is a half day. Students will participate in Field Day at Lincoln Park 9:30 a.m. to approximately 11:30 a.m, then will return to school for dismissal at 12:15 p.m. There is no lunch service but students will be offered snacks at Field Day. Students should bring water bottles and wear shoes suitable for outdoor activities (e.g., no flip flops, Crocs, etc.). The office will close promptly at 12:30 p.m. on June 15.
Math Homework
For the upcoming week, focus on these Apply homework pages:
For 4th graders:
4th graders can work on lessons 1-14 in their NEW Module 5 workbook.
For 3rd graders:
3rd graders can work on lessons 1-11 in their NEW Module 5 workbook.
Also strongly recommended: daily practice with multiplication facts for 2-10's
Check out these multiplication fact practice apps: Looking for more? Check out lessons on Khan Academy.
What's happening in the Puffin Nest:
Episode 5: Creating Interactive Exhibit
As employees of our Oregon State Visitors’ Center, students learn that their next task in the visitors’ center is to develop an interactive activity about tourism in their state.
Last week, we had a visit from some exhibit managers from OMSI. They helped us consider how to bring fun and play to an educational topic. Our audience at Celebrations of Learning will be all ages, so we want to create exhibits that everyone can enjoy.
This week, our kiddos used their research, design skills and creativity to create their interactive Visitors’ Center exhibit. Students continue to work together in groups with topics such as Oregon state symbols, history, geographical boundaries, regions, resources, climate, recreation opportunities, arts and culture.
Read Aloud
Drizzle by Kathleen VanCleve
Eleven-year-old Polly Peabody needs to make it start raining. For her entire life, it has rained at exactly one o'clock every Monday afternoon on her family's magical rhubarb farm, until one Monday, when it stops. And then Polly's brother gets sick, really sick. Polly has to figure out how everything is connected and make it rain before her beloved Aunt Edith sells the farm. She has help from the farm itself, in the form of the plants and insects, including her best friend, Harry, a chocolate-tasting rhubarb plant. They all push Polly to confront her fears. But is it enough, and more importantly - is there enough time?
Social Emotional Learning
During our last weeks of school, we want to make each day count! During our morning meetings, we have been talking about how to bring positivity, kindness, diligence and care to each day. We have really been working on:
- Helpfulness
- Friendliness
- Kind and Responsible Actions
- Making amends when we make a mistake
Tower of Books Challenge
The Tower of Books is an optional at-home independent reading challenge designed to support your child's daily reading habits. We ask that all of our level 2 kiddos engage in 20 minutes of reading outside of school time each day. Our kiddos brought home their paper "Tower of Books" backgrounds and book spine labels at fall conferences.
To meet the challenge, students must write down the name and category for each book they finish on a paper book "spine" and add it to their tower. The goal is 30 books! Consider an incentive for every tenth book your child reads (like picking family dinner or movie night). We have a special V.I.P celebration and award for any students who are able to complete the challenge before the last day of school this year. Please support your child in working on their tower and in helping them to be accountable with finishing a book "cover-to-cover" by discussing the book with them when they finish.