Unit 6
mountain
caught
hair
bird
wood
Challenge Word
estuary
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Spelling Words From Last Week
Because of the short and busy week, the spelling test for this week are on the words I assigned from last week.
Friday, October 09, 2009
Nature Kids -Youth Naturalist Classes:
Wednesday, October 21 (2nd/3rd Grades), 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday, October 28 (4th/5th Grades), 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Straub Environmental Learning Center, 1320 A Street, Salem
(right next to Olinger Pool)
Kids will spend the afternoon learning what wildlife they
can find in their very own backyard!
Class is free;
space is limited and
RSVP REQUIRED.
Call or
e-mail Lisa at
503-391-4145 or lisa@fselc.org for more information.
Wednesday, October 28 (4th/5th Grades), 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Straub Environmental Learning Center, 1320 A Street, Salem
(right next to Olinger Pool)
Kids will spend the afternoon learning what wildlife they
can find in their very own backyard!
Class is free;
space is limited and
RSVP REQUIRED.
Call or
e-mail Lisa at
503-391-4145 or lisa@fselc.org for more information.
Monday, October 05, 2009
Thursday, October 01, 2009
~October Fun List~
To All Lancaster Mall Kids Club*CHAMPOEG STATE PARK 'APPLE HARVEST FESTIVAL'
SAT. OCT. 3RD 1-4PM FREE
BOB FOR APPLES, FRESH CIDER, DUTCH OVEN BAKED DESSERTS, STRINGING APPLES
*HOME DEPOT KIDS WORKSHOPS 9-12 FREE
SAT. OCT 3RD FIREHOUSE BANK
SAT. NOV. 7TH TILE TRIVET
*LOWES BUILD AND GROW CLINICS 10-11 FREE
SAT. OCT. 10TH BALL TOSS
SAT. OCT 24TH FRANKENSTRING MAGIC TRICK
*CRAFT WAREHOUSE
SAT. OCT 10TH 1-4 FREE
MAKE AND TAKE 'HALLOWEEN STAMP CARD'
*MISSION MILL FAMILY FUN SATURDAY
SAT. OCT 10TH 11-1 FREE
CELEBRATE ARCHAEOLOGY MONTH BY EXCAVATING BOXES W/ REAL AND REPRODUCED ARTIFACTS
SPOOKY MILL TOURS $5 OCT. 28TH AND 29TH 7-8PM MUST PRE-REGISTER@585-7012
*SALEM LIBRARY
FRIDAY, OCT. 9TH BOOK BINGO 2PM ALL AGES!
FRIDAY, OCT 16TH PUPPET SHOW LOUCKS HALL 7-8PM
WEST SALEM BRANCH HALLOWEEN PARTY WED. OCT. 28TH 1:30PM
DOWNTOWN BRANCH HALLOWEEN PARTY FRIDAY OCT. 30TH 4-4:45
~WEAR COSTUMES, SNACKS CRAFTS, GAMES ETC.
*MICHAELS
SAT. OCT. 10TH 10-1 GREAT PUMPKIN DECORATING EVENT $5 PER PUMPKIN
SAT. OCT 25TH 1-3PM HALLOWEEN T-SHIRT DECORATING BRING ONE FROM HOME OR BUY ONE THERE
SAT. OCT 31ST 10-12 FREE HALLOWEEN EVENT!!
*NORTHERN LIGHTS THEATRE DOUBLE PLAY SATURDAY
SAT. OCT 10TH $11 PER PERSON DOORS OPEN 11:45 STARTS 12:15
PLAY:AMERICAN TALL TALES MOVIE:ICE AGE 3 INCLUDES PIZZA, DRINK, POPCORN
*ALS KIDS BULB DAY WOODBURN STORE
SAT. OCT 10TH 9:30 OR 11:30 OR 1:30 CALL(503)981-1245 TO REGISTER FOR A TIME BY OCT. 5TH!
FREE FOR KIDS AGE 3-13 PLANT THEIR OWN 'SPRING BULB' GARDEN
*GILBERT HOUSE
FRIDAY, OCT.9TH 11-1 FREE DROP IN EVENT (CODE BREAKING, INVISIBLE INK)
FALL HARVEST FESTIVAL SAT. OCT 17TH 11-8 SUN OCT. 18TH 12-5
CRAFTS, GAMES, LIVE MUSIC, PETTING ZOO, COME WATCH HUNDREDS OF PUMPKINS GET LIT AT DUSK! SAVE $2 BY BRINGING A CARVED PUMPKIN
COST:$2 MEMBERS $7:75 NON MEMBERS
*SALEM RIVERFRONT CAROUSEL
OCT. 31ST 'SCAROUSEL BASH' 5-7PM $4 PER PERSON
UNLIMITED RIDES, FACE PAINTING, CRAFTS, GAMES, POPCORN AND TREAT BAG
SAT. OCT. 3RD 1-4PM FREE
BOB FOR APPLES, FRESH CIDER, DUTCH OVEN BAKED DESSERTS, STRINGING APPLES
*HOME DEPOT KIDS WORKSHOPS 9-12 FREE
SAT. OCT 3RD FIREHOUSE BANK
SAT. NOV. 7TH TILE TRIVET
*LOWES BUILD AND GROW CLINICS 10-11 FREE
SAT. OCT. 10TH BALL TOSS
SAT. OCT 24TH FRANKENSTRING MAGIC TRICK
*CRAFT WAREHOUSE
SAT. OCT 10TH 1-4 FREE
MAKE AND TAKE 'HALLOWEEN STAMP CARD'
*MISSION MILL FAMILY FUN SATURDAY
SAT. OCT 10TH 11-1 FREE
CELEBRATE ARCHAEOLOGY MONTH BY EXCAVATING BOXES W/ REAL AND REPRODUCED ARTIFACTS
SPOOKY MILL TOURS $5 OCT. 28TH AND 29TH 7-8PM MUST PRE-REGISTER@585-7012
*SALEM LIBRARY
FRIDAY, OCT. 9TH BOOK BINGO 2PM ALL AGES!
FRIDAY, OCT 16TH PUPPET SHOW LOUCKS HALL 7-8PM
WEST SALEM BRANCH HALLOWEEN PARTY WED. OCT. 28TH 1:30PM
DOWNTOWN BRANCH HALLOWEEN PARTY FRIDAY OCT. 30TH 4-4:45
~WEAR COSTUMES, SNACKS CRAFTS, GAMES ETC.
*MICHAELS
SAT. OCT. 10TH 10-1 GREAT PUMPKIN DECORATING EVENT $5 PER PUMPKIN
SAT. OCT 25TH 1-3PM HALLOWEEN T-SHIRT DECORATING BRING ONE FROM HOME OR BUY ONE THERE
SAT. OCT 31ST 10-12 FREE HALLOWEEN EVENT!!
*NORTHERN LIGHTS THEATRE DOUBLE PLAY SATURDAY
SAT. OCT 10TH $11 PER PERSON DOORS OPEN 11:45 STARTS 12:15
PLAY:AMERICAN TALL TALES MOVIE:ICE AGE 3 INCLUDES PIZZA, DRINK, POPCORN
*ALS KIDS BULB DAY WOODBURN STORE
SAT. OCT 10TH 9:30 OR 11:30 OR 1:30 CALL(503)981-1245 TO REGISTER FOR A TIME BY OCT. 5TH!
FREE FOR KIDS AGE 3-13 PLANT THEIR OWN 'SPRING BULB' GARDEN
*GILBERT HOUSE
FRIDAY, OCT.9TH 11-1 FREE DROP IN EVENT (CODE BREAKING, INVISIBLE INK)
FALL HARVEST FESTIVAL SAT. OCT 17TH 11-8 SUN OCT. 18TH 12-5
CRAFTS, GAMES, LIVE MUSIC, PETTING ZOO, COME WATCH HUNDREDS OF PUMPKINS GET LIT AT DUSK! SAVE $2 BY BRINGING A CARVED PUMPKIN
COST:$2 MEMBERS $7:75 NON MEMBERS
*SALEM RIVERFRONT CAROUSEL
OCT. 31ST 'SCAROUSEL BASH' 5-7PM $4 PER PERSON
UNLIMITED RIDES, FACE PAINTING, CRAFTS, GAMES, POPCORN AND TREAT BAG
Monday, September 28, 2009
Island Project 2009
Name________________ Partner’s Name_______________
Date____________ Due Date: October 12th
Imaginative Island Criteria Sheet
You and your partner will need to design an imaginative island map. Here is your chance for teamwork and imagination! This map is to be created using an interesting theme, and it must contain a variety of geographic features and locations which relate to a person, place or thing. A good reference to use would be our school atlases, your notes, or the internet. The final copy will be colored neatly and contain the required elements. Make sure spelling is correct. You and your partner will be graded on each of the required elements as well as overall visual appeal. This project is due Tuesday, October 12th. You will only have four class times to work on the project, so each time will need to be used wisely. If possible, it would be a great idea to meet with your partner sometime after school. You and your partner will share this project on Tuesday, October 12th or Wednesday, October 13th. Half of the class will present each day.
Required Elements
• Title (This should reflect your map theme).
• Latitude and longitude lines with clear labels (grid).
• Five labeled cities. One labeled capital city.
• Ocean is named.
• A scale that is clearly labeled.
• Compass Rose
• A legend, which include 6 or more symbols for the following features:* indicates a required feature:
bay cave *mountain *lake
*river stream railroad dam
inlet volcano airport
*peninsula bridge road
• Two or more regions from the following choices (The geographic features and regions should be named):
Swamp Mountains
Desert Plateau
Plains Grassland
Forest
Make a SMART choice when picking your partner. It would be great to work with a friend, but both of you will need to work together, and both of you will be presenting this project. The 4 class times that you will have to work on these are 9/28, 10/2, 10/5, & 10/9. It would be a good idea to exchange phone numbers with your partner. :0)
Date____________ Due Date: October 12th
Imaginative Island Criteria Sheet
You and your partner will need to design an imaginative island map. Here is your chance for teamwork and imagination! This map is to be created using an interesting theme, and it must contain a variety of geographic features and locations which relate to a person, place or thing. A good reference to use would be our school atlases, your notes, or the internet. The final copy will be colored neatly and contain the required elements. Make sure spelling is correct. You and your partner will be graded on each of the required elements as well as overall visual appeal. This project is due Tuesday, October 12th. You will only have four class times to work on the project, so each time will need to be used wisely. If possible, it would be a great idea to meet with your partner sometime after school. You and your partner will share this project on Tuesday, October 12th or Wednesday, October 13th. Half of the class will present each day.
Required Elements
• Title (This should reflect your map theme).
• Latitude and longitude lines with clear labels (grid).
• Five labeled cities. One labeled capital city.
• Ocean is named.
• A scale that is clearly labeled.
• Compass Rose
• A legend, which include 6 or more symbols for the following features:* indicates a required feature:
bay cave *mountain *lake
*river stream railroad dam
inlet volcano airport
*peninsula bridge road
• Two or more regions from the following choices (The geographic features and regions should be named):
Swamp Mountains
Desert Plateau
Plains Grassland
Forest
Make a SMART choice when picking your partner. It would be great to work with a friend, but both of you will need to work together, and both of you will be presenting this project. The 4 class times that you will have to work on these are 9/28, 10/2, 10/5, & 10/9. It would be a good idea to exchange phone numbers with your partner. :0)
Friday, September 25, 2009
Monday, September 21, 2009
Friday, September 18, 2009
Planner's
Starting this Friday (9/25) I will be checking student planners. Parents need to sign planners on Thurdays (the same day that the R.A.H. homework is sent home).
R.A.H (Read At Home) & Reading Worksheet
R.A.H. Forest Ridge is starting a school wide at home reading program, R.A.H. Each Thursday, students will bring home a bookmark/reading log to track their reading at home. This will help encourage kids to become better readers and promote reading outside of school.
Today they took home their reading log and it's due on Tuesday. We didn't send them home on Thursday because we wanted them to all hear about it at the assembly. After today, students will always receive their reading log on Thursday and it will be due on Tuesday (so they won't HAVE to read on Wednesday's, but I do encourage it).
Students need to read for at least 20 minutes. They can read to themselves, to a parent and/or sibling, or a parent can read to them!
Reading Worksheet
We will be practicing/working together on the reading worksheets in class for a few weeks before I send home the reading worksheet. I will be sending home the first reading worksheet on Thursday, October 1st, along with the R.A.H. homework. I encourage students to work on these with parents. They will also be due the following Tuesday.
Today they took home their reading log and it's due on Tuesday. We didn't send them home on Thursday because we wanted them to all hear about it at the assembly. After today, students will always receive their reading log on Thursday and it will be due on Tuesday (so they won't HAVE to read on Wednesday's, but I do encourage it).
Students need to read for at least 20 minutes. They can read to themselves, to a parent and/or sibling, or a parent can read to them!
Reading Worksheet
We will be practicing/working together on the reading worksheets in class for a few weeks before I send home the reading worksheet. I will be sending home the first reading worksheet on Thursday, October 1st, along with the R.A.H. homework. I encourage students to work on these with parents. They will also be due the following Tuesday.
Monday, September 14, 2009
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Homework: Assigned 9/11/09 - Due 9/14/09
Students will be decorating their writing journal on Monday. They will need to bring supplies from home to decorate their journal. I would like the supplies to come in a zip lock bag or in a baggie of some sort. Ideas of what they can bring are listed below:
magazine clippings (students can bring magazines to share)
stickers (students can bring stickers to share)
photos
drawings
etc.
magazine clippings (students can bring magazines to share)
stickers (students can bring stickers to share)
photos
drawings
etc.
~September Fun List~
*MISSION MILL FAMILY FUN SATURDAY
SAT, SEPT. 12TH 11-1 FREE "USE WAX CANDLES AND PAINT TO MAKE A PIECE OF ART"
*SALEM LIBRARY
SAT. SEPT. 12TH "LEMONY SNICKETS MOVIE" 1:30 FREE DOORS OPEN 1:15 @ LOUCKES
*SALEM ELKS LODGE CARNIVAL
GAMES, FOOD, PONY RIDES, CLOWNS, CAKE WALK ETC. .25 A TICKET 1-5PM
2336 TURNER ROAD SE
*LOWES BUILD AND GROW CLINICS 10-11 FREE
SAT. SEPT. 12TH "DRUM"
SAT. SEPT. 26TH "FIRETRUCK"
CALL TO REGISTER OR GO ONLINE
*HOME DEPOT KIDS WORKSHOP 9-12 FREE
SAT. OCT. 3RD "FIREHOUSE BANK"
*GILBERT HOUSE
SUNDAY SEPT. 13TH 12-5 FREE GRANDPARENTS ADMISSION DAY!
*MICHAELS KIDS CLUB
SAT. SEPT. 19TH 10-2 FREE "MAKE THREE AMERICAN GIRL CRAFTS"
*NORTHERN LIGHTS THEATRE DOUBLE PLAY SATURDAY
SAT. SEPT. 19TH COST:$11 DOORS OPEN 11:45 STARTS 12:15
INCLUDES MOVIE, PLAY, PIZZA, DRINK AND CANDY
PLAY: JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
MOVIE:UP
*OKTOBERFEST IN MT. ANGEL
SEPT.17TH-20TH NEED I SAY MORE!!!!! =)
*SUBLIMITY HARVEST FESTIVAL
SEPT. 11TH-13TH FOOD, KID ZONE, ENTERTAINMENT, TRACTOR PULL AND OF COURSE MONSTER TRUCKS!!!
*LANCASTER MALL KIDS CLUB
THURSDAY, OCT. 1ST 6-7PM (NEAR SPORTS AUTHORITY)
"PAINT YOUR OWN CANVAS HALLOWEEN BAG"
*ALS GARDEN CENTER
KIDS BULB DAY SAT. OCT. 10TH MUST REGISTER FOR ONE OF THE FOLLOWING TIME SLOTS...9:30, 11:30, OR 1:30 BY OCT.5TH!!!!! FREE EACH CHILD COMES HOME WITH A POT OF FLOWERS
SAT, SEPT. 12TH 11-1 FREE "USE WAX CANDLES AND PAINT TO MAKE A PIECE OF ART"
*SALEM LIBRARY
SAT. SEPT. 12TH "LEMONY SNICKETS MOVIE" 1:30 FREE DOORS OPEN 1:15 @ LOUCKES
*SALEM ELKS LODGE CARNIVAL
GAMES, FOOD, PONY RIDES, CLOWNS, CAKE WALK ETC. .25 A TICKET 1-5PM
2336 TURNER ROAD SE
*LOWES BUILD AND GROW CLINICS 10-11 FREE
SAT. SEPT. 12TH "DRUM"
SAT. SEPT. 26TH "FIRETRUCK"
CALL TO REGISTER OR GO ONLINE
*HOME DEPOT KIDS WORKSHOP 9-12 FREE
SAT. OCT. 3RD "FIREHOUSE BANK"
*GILBERT HOUSE
SUNDAY SEPT. 13TH 12-5 FREE GRANDPARENTS ADMISSION DAY!
*MICHAELS KIDS CLUB
SAT. SEPT. 19TH 10-2 FREE "MAKE THREE AMERICAN GIRL CRAFTS"
*NORTHERN LIGHTS THEATRE DOUBLE PLAY SATURDAY
SAT. SEPT. 19TH COST:$11 DOORS OPEN 11:45 STARTS 12:15
INCLUDES MOVIE, PLAY, PIZZA, DRINK AND CANDY
PLAY: JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
MOVIE:UP
*OKTOBERFEST IN MT. ANGEL
SEPT.17TH-20TH NEED I SAY MORE!!!!! =)
*SUBLIMITY HARVEST FESTIVAL
SEPT. 11TH-13TH FOOD, KID ZONE, ENTERTAINMENT, TRACTOR PULL AND OF COURSE MONSTER TRUCKS!!!
*LANCASTER MALL KIDS CLUB
THURSDAY, OCT. 1ST 6-7PM (NEAR SPORTS AUTHORITY)
"PAINT YOUR OWN CANVAS HALLOWEEN BAG"
*ALS GARDEN CENTER
KIDS BULB DAY SAT. OCT. 10TH MUST REGISTER FOR ONE OF THE FOLLOWING TIME SLOTS...9:30, 11:30, OR 1:30 BY OCT.5TH!!!!! FREE EACH CHILD COMES HOME WITH A POT OF FLOWERS
Tuesday, September 08, 2009
Headphones
It would be nice if each student had their own set of earbud headphones to use while on the computer. Last year we had so much trouble with the ones here at school breaking. If you are able to provide headphones, please label them and place them in a zip lock bag, which should also be labeled. Thanks for your help!
Sunday, September 06, 2009
SNACKS
Each day I will allow some time for a healthy snack. Some examples of what students can bring are crackers, fruit, vegetables, cheese, etc. Students CANNOT bring candy, cake, cookies, etc. for a snack.
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Water Bottles!
One more thing to add to your school list....a water bottle! Please bring a water bottle every day to school. I strongly encourage students to drink water throughout the day. I don't allow students to get up during class to use the fountain, so please be prepared to come each day with a water bottle in hand! Why should you bring a water bottle? Check out the link that's titled "Drinking Water and Children."
Monday, August 31, 2009
Student Planner's
We will be working with student planners this school year. It will be a wonderful resource to use! However, with classroom budget restrictions we are asking that each child bring $5.00 to pay for their planner. The planners will arrive in soon!
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