Final Days of Third Grade

Check out our class on the first day of Third Grade! (September, 2014)

It's hard to believe it's the end of the school year! I have enjoyed teaching this dynamic group of students and will miss them dearly. Thank you for all your support throughout the year. It's been a privilege to work with your children, and to witness their progress and growth. During the past few weeks, students have been busy researching and writing their animal reports and speeches. Ask your student to share with you their research paper and speech. You will be impressed! They worked very hard and did a fantastic job. 

I hope you all have a wonderful summer. Thank you again, for all your support! Please remember to stop by room 21 next fall and say hello!

Upcoming events

Please have your student bring an empty backpack to school every day, including the last day of school.  School work, awards, and supplies will be sent home daily.

• Friday, June 5th- Students will be selecting four new books to take home and read this summer. The books were donated by the Children's Book Bank.
• Monday, June 8th- You are welcome to join us for EB's end of the year, Awards Assembly, at 2:00 in the gym.

• Tuesday, June 9th- Last day of school for students.  Field Day will take place from 1:30-3:00. Students will be dismissed at 3:15. 
• Report Cards will be sent to you by mail and should arrive around June 16th.

Zoo Photos!

We're Going to the Zoo on April 30th!

It was wonderful to meet with you and your student during conferences! 
As you know, students will be writing animal reports, and recently came up with the idea of visiting the zoo to gather more facts about their animals.  Last week, each student wrote a persuasion letter to our dear principal, Mrs. Guynes, to request a field trip to the zoo. Students supplied convincing arguments or points in their letters and Mrs. Guynes wrote back to each student stating that she would consider their request. On Friday, she visited both third grade classrooms to deliver the good news: as a result of students' persuasion letters, we have been approved to take a field trip to the zoo! Students are learning about the power of words and persuasion! 

All third graders will be taking a field trip to the zoo on Thursday, April 30th. In your student's backpacks, there is a field trip permission slip. The admission fee is $4. Please return the permission slip and money as soon as possible. Our class will be able to bring six chaperones. If you would like to volunteer, please fill out the chaperone slip in your student's backpack. 

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A reminder regarding third grade state assessments: Beginning tomorrow, students will be taking the English Language Arts Performance Task portion of the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) at 9:00 a.m.  Please make sure your child has a good night's sleep,  a healthy breakfast, and arrives to school on time so they can do their best.

Thank you for your support!

Conference Schedule

Hi Students and Parents,

I look forward to meeting with you and your third grader during conferences!
Please remember that students are dismissed at 2:00 tomorrow, and there is no school this Thursday (April 8) or Friday (April 9).

Here is the conference schedule:

Photos from PDX Field Trip

We had a successful field trip downtown. Our students were complimented many times by the tour guides. The tour guides were impressed with the students' excellent manners, questions, and knowledge about the history of Portland. Way to go, Earl Boyles' Bulldogs! 

What a beautiful city we live in! The Benson Hotel was designed by architect, A.E. Doyle...

The lobby featured walnut woodwork from Russia, and Italian marble floors. The ceiling had ornate plaster designs of rosettes, egg-and-dart, and other classical motifs.

A crystal chandelier from Austria

Avant Garde Building

 Rosettes!

Can you find the eagle?

A tribute to the victims of 9/11.

We learned how banks identify counterfeit money.

Stopping for lunch at Pioneer Courthouse Square

A view of the city from the 25th floor of the U.S. Bank Tower

U.S. Bank Tower, a.k.a. "Big Pink"

Lots of rhombi shapes and pink marble, imported all the way from Northern Spain!

MANY elevators to eliminate traffic jams.

"The Carwash"

Gargoyles to ward off "bad spirits" are found on many of the older buildings.

The original "Multnomah Hotel," was named after the Native American Tribe who lived in "The Clearing" which is now Waterfront Park.

Silas Christofferson flew a plane off the roof of the hotel in 1912.