Friday, November 10th: NO SCHOOL: Veterans Day Observed
Monday, November 13th: Puffins to Forest Grove Public Library 2pm-3pm
Students should bring their library books to return, library card and a tote bag.
Chaperones Needed!
If you would like to join us, please email Ginny:
[email protected]
Wednesday, November 29th: All day O&A from 9am-2:30pm
We will take a bus to visit the Oregon Historical Society & Portland Art Museum
Chaperones Needed!!!
If you would like to join us, please email Ginny:
[email protected]
Level 2 Suggested Weekly Homework:
Reading Homework
Spend at least 20 minutes reading (outside of school) every day.
Reading is on the "honor system" and we ask that you help your kiddo to develop a daily reading routine with good-fit books. At fall conferences, your kiddo brought home the Tower of Books wall poster, which is a fun (and optional) reading genre challenge.
Typing Homework
Level 2 students have typing homework to develop and support important keyboarding skills. Please practice at least 20 minutes per week on: Typing.com
Math homework
It is strongly recommended that your student practice math skills
at least 30 minutes (or more) per week.
This can be completed online with Dreambox or Khan Academy. Students can also play math games, or complete worksheets (you can find grade level workbooks online or at the Learning Palace).
Current 4th grade Math Topics:
- Place Value
- Multi-digit Addition with Carrying & Subtraction with Borrowing
- Rounding Whole Numbers
- Factors & Multiples
- Multiplication Facts 2's -12's
- Prime & Composite Numbers
What's Happening in the Puffin Nest?
Our NW Story path encountered another critical incident. During the middle to late 1800s, new settlers from the United States traveled to the Northwest Coast, which was part of the Northwest Territories, and started establishing communities and laying claim to the land.
This week, a settlement appeared near the students’ village followed by a land dispute and an illness outbreak.
The action began when students received word that the people of the settlement were going to cut down the trees in the forest for lumber and that all native people must stay out of the forest. Next, people from the new settlement asked for food. The villagers were concerned for their own safety because illness (measles and smallpox) outbreaks has killed native people in other villages. The village met to decide what to do.
Through discussion of these two events, students considered the conflicts that can result when two different groups of people come together. To encourage reflection, we discussed these questions:
- Why do you think the settlers were afraid or looked down on the NW Coast people? Why did they treat them unfairly?
- Are there situations like this today in which there are misunderstandings between different groups of people?Give an example!
- What do we need to remember when two different cultures come together?
- What can we learn from the encounters of new settlers and native people of long ago?
This week, we also worked with Trackers Portland to learn about archery - a skill that Native Americans often used to hunt for their food. The Puffins and Plovers had fun learning how to use the equipment. We also considered the historical connection of this skill.