We need Fruit Leather for daily snack in the Puffin Nest.
Upcoming Events
Monday, October 10th: Puffins to Forest Grove Public Library 2pm-3pm
Students may return books our last library visit - please bring a tote bag!
Chaperones Needed! We will be visiting the children's department once each month and can always use parent volunteers to walk with us, encourage our kiddos to make smart choices, and to help kids find and check out books.
- If you would like to join us, please send Ginny an email: [email protected]
- On library day, check in first at the school office, and then meet us in the classroom at 1:55.
Wednesday, October 12th: Out & About to Fernhill Wetlands
10:30 am-1:30pm. Chaperones Needed!
If you would like to join as a volunteer, please email Out & About coordinator Erin Morgan, [email protected] for details.
Be sure that you have completed the district’s background check this year.
Friday, October 14th
Staff Development- NO SCHOOL for students
Friday, October 21st
Grading & Staff Development- NO SCHOOL for students
Thursday, Oct. 27th and Friday, Oct. 28th
Fall Parent Conferences- NO SCHOOL for students
A Note about Birthday Party Invitations at School:
Students are welcome to bring in paper invitations ONLY if they are inviting their entire class. We ask that families please make their own arrangements outside of school if only a few select students will be invited to a party. The FGCS family directory will be available mid-October, and you can contact Karen Torry with any questions about the directory. We appreciate your understanding.
Math Homework
For the week of Oct 10th- 14th, focus on these Apply homework pages:
For all 3rd and 4th graders:
You can finish up any pages from last week, and begin work on lessons 15- 18
Also recommended: daily practice with multiplication facts for 2-10's
Check out these multiplication fact practice apps:
What's happening in the Puffin Nest:
Language Arts Workshop
We continue our work of gathering a collection of ideas and personal stories for our personal narrative writing unit. During our writing workshop this week, students stretched their memories and writing muscles as they worked on short personal narratives based on a chosen prompt.
You can support your kiddo by sharing family stories at home!
"I remember the time when..."
Demonstrate oral storytelling by telling your kiddo stories from your younger years, as well as stories about them as little ones. Prompt your kiddo to think up personal stories from the last few years of their lives that they can recall and describe in detail!
During Reading Workshop we focused on making "Text to Text "connections. What is a text-to-text connection? Students thought about how when you read something, it often reminds you about another book that was similar in some way. We talked about how books can share common themes, characters, settings, topics and authors. Making this type of connection helps us to activate our background knowledge and deepen our understanding. This week, when your kiddo is reading at home, try asking them to share a text-to-text connection from their book.
Novel Study Read Aloud: The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
The Wild Robot is the story of Rozzum unit 7143, a robot who finds herself on a strange island. She uses her robot skills and programming instincts to study her environment and learn how to adapt to her new wild surroundings.
This week, we did some close reading to help us visualize the setting of this story. We used our notes and sketches to create the island in a classroom mural.
In our morning classroom community meetings, we engaged with read-alouds and group discussion to consider the important self-management SEL skill and positive character trait of TRUSTWORTHINESS. Here's what we learned:
- being trustworthy means doing the right thing (even when no one is looking!)
- being an honest, kind and loyal friend
- being dependable and reliable
Out & About & Science
This week in class, we focused on Animal & Plant Life Cycles
- A life cycle shows how living things grow and change over time.
- Plants start as seeds then most form flowers & fruit.
- Animals start from eggs or live birth, and then they grow up and mate.
- All life cycles start at birth, end with death and involve growth & reproduction.
Next week, we’ll be heading to Fernhill Wetlands from 10:30-1:30. If you would like to join as a volunteer, please email Out & About coordinator Erin Morgan, [email protected] for details. Be sure that you have completed the district’s background check this year.