Our Pet Stories

I am proud and excited to share with you our completed pet stories and art work.  Each child wrote a descriptive piece about his/her pet.  We followed the writing process steps which took many days.  After a final edit, we went to the computer lab where the students got to type their final copy.  This took some determination and effort.  Mrs. Bando, our art teacher, worked with them on their drawings.  She devoted several lessons on this project.  Wow!  The art work is fabulous!  Then, Mrs. Craig, our computer technology teacher recorded the students reading their stories and loaded them onto a site called Voice Thread.  Mrs. Craig also helped with the text and pictures.  This was definitely a collaboration between the students and three teachers.  Click on this link to see the final presentation.

Celebrations!

Hello dear friends and families,

We had a great time celebrating our Henry and Mudge reading marathon. The children worked hard to complete all 20 books in the series. Everyone received a certificate, a small prize, and then we had games and activities at our party. Thanks for sending in food and drinks to add to the festivities. The highlight of the event was a personal visit from two Hillsboro police officers and their search and rescue dog, a German Shepard named Fanto. The officers demonstrated Fanto's skills and talents which included following many voice and hand commands, finding a lost object by scent, and showing how he protects officers from attacks. It was amazing.

Our second celebration was our Christmas party which happened the next afternoon. We made a hand painted, glittery ornament, had hot chocolate and real whipped cream, did a Yankee book swap, and played with new legos and games. It was way fun!

Believe it or not, we also completed several math lessons, another unit in our reading program, wrote thank you letters, sang at our holiday assembly, and cleaned the classroom top to bottom.

May you have a merry, merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Hunting and Camping by Devin

When I was down by my pond, I was trying to catch frogs. I was fishing, too. I went for a hike in the woods. I was playing water gun fight. I was hunting for bears, too. I shot one and I ate it for dinner. I went for a canoe journey with my friends. We tried to go down our little stream. I had so much fun! It was the best time ever. Then it was time to go to bed. I stayed outside the whole night!

Camping by Willow

Once I went camping. Some of my friends came with my mom and me. First we played kick ball. Then we played tag. Last we played hide and seek. Then it was time to go to sleep, but first we looked at the stars. Then we all got into our sleeping bags. It was fun! In the morning, we had pancakes with strawberries.

Playing House by M.E.V.

One day I went to a party. It was at a friend's house. It was very, very, very fun! There were lots of kids and parents. The kids played house, police, and ran around. My favorite game was house, because I was the mom. I got to be active. I acted as a mother in the game. I had to do everything. It was fun!

A Fun Time Outside by Chloe

One time I climbed to the top of Pitcher Mountain with my Mom and my brother, Noah. There were blueberry bushes. It was so fun! I saw like five butterflies. When we reached the top, I was so happy! It was the first time that I climbed to the top of a mountain.

Playing Outside by Makenzie

When I was at my cousin's house, me and my sisters and cousins played outside on the trampoline. Then we played tag and climbed trees. We also went to the beach and we had fun!