Highlights of the week for Tess

                             this is a bike in bruge.
                                       the bikes down below are from bruge to.

Many people ride bikes here instead of driving cars!  Here are some fun pictures of how people get around.- Maija (Tess' mom) from bruge.

                                               This is Bruno after he dug all of Gracies' bones out of hiding.
 

                                                   this is tess (me) doing a spelling test.
                                                                      yippee !!!!!!

                                          these are some examples of bare bones and add details poems.

                                                         this is our revision booklet.

                                             this and the ones down below are 4 sqaer posters.

Highlights of the week for Clio and Julia

Bruno waiting patiently on the one hour trip to visit his cousin Gracie in Sedro Wooley.

We finished our shoes and we made a road that basically said it's not a sprint, it's a marathon.

The class finished our hopes and dreams portraits.  In our self portraits, we created symbols to represent our hopes and dreams.

We did photo interviews on pictures that Ms. Kathleen gave us and we made poems based on those pictures.

 our newly named class teddy bears enjoy their new note book.

We went to the corn maze.  These are the pictures Ms. Kathleen took of us.  It was very fun.

It was a field trip where we went through the corn maze and found clues on the way.

Us 4th and 5th Graders made a wave.

We watched a pig show of the four little pigs who ran around basically and getting treats.

 

Last but not least, we saw a duck race.  Oreo won (the black and white one).

Highlights of the week for Julia

Bruno exhausted after a short walk.

SOOOOOOO CUTE!!!

Claire's horse model's for her presentation.

Amara and Kina's presentation of rain forests.

Ella's presentation about Petoskey Stones.

photo coming pending media permission

Gabby's presentation on Buffalo.

We are working on our hopes and dreams, this is Ollie, Matthew, and Leo's  hopes and dream self portraits.

This is Tess and Bodhi working on their hopes and dreams self portraits.

This is Anna's hopes and dreams self  portrait.

This is Julia's (mine) hopes and dreams self portrait.

We made our final class charter.

These are our  logical consequences.

THANK YOU!

Highlights of the week from Ella

This is Bruno's face. Which looks so cute! (better then his bottom half, i think the top half is better.)

These are our hopes and dreams for this school year.

This is the reading workshop rules poster.

Our carpet behavior for the year.

This is the bare bones table class charter, for how they want to feel this year. ( Those are also Anna's legs)

This is our Growth Mindset, for if we think we can't do it, we look at the Growth Mindset poster and it has good ways to think about your problems in a different way.

This is our final whole class charter to think of how we want to feel.

Highlights of the week from Ms. Kathleen

This was a super exciting week!  I was so eager for the start of school I hardly sleep the day before school started.  It was very satisfying to meet this class.  So far, I learned they have wonderful ideas (I already received some ideas on improving the classroom!) and are willing to share them so we all benefit.

I was so excited about my days week I had to tell my dog Bruno.  He was a good listener, I think.  This is him listening under the table.  At least I think he was listening; I hope he didn't fall asleep...it was hard to tell.

I had to tell my son Zachary too about my week.  I encouraged him to tell his friends about the great class I have.  I think he is texting to his friends here...

Our theme this year is It's not a sprint, it's a marathon.  I thought this meant taking one's time and not rushing.  The kids in the class also came up with working together and having fun.  Wow, that really made the theme better.

Our classroom all cleaned and ready for business.

 Our 4th grade library in the classroom.

 We have so many books we had to expand to the hallway!  Here is another library reading nook right outside.

We will continue to learn about cursive.  All of the morning messages and announcements will be in this format.

Welcome 4th Graders! Go 2016-17!!

I am so excited to start school again.  This year, I have some familiar faces and some unfamiliar faces.  I taught about half the class in 2nd and I wonder how much they've grown.  I saw lots of physical changes last school year (...so much taller) and I heard about so much progress from Ms. Bixman.  I can't wait to see everyone again.

This had been a spectacular summer where the classes I took (yes, teachers go to school too) generated some unusual ideas.  I'm eager to explore an international book club, debating about issues in our elections, learning about Tokaida Road in 18th Century Japan, and being a pioneer on the Oregon Trail.