Talk & Dress Like a Pirate Day! Sept. 19th

Ahoy, Mateys!

Septmeber 19th is National Talk Like a Pirate Day. Miss Ashley and I will be your captains on the ship the Treehouse. Arrrrgh!

Please feel free to dress and talk like a pirate at school. We will be doing pirate themed activities that reinforce what we are doing in math, social studies, science, and literacy.

So batten down the haches me hearties it will be a Jolly day!

Captain,

Miss Cindy & Miss Ashely

Welcome Tree House Friends!

Hello 3rd & 4th grade families!

Our first day was a huge success! This going to be an outstanding year in the Tree House! We have a few housekeeping things to share:

The folder that says "Take Home Folder" will be brought home every night with home work items. The assignments will be written down in your child's planner. The planner and folder should come home each afternoon and return to school each morning.
Please check this daily for any notes or homework that may be sent home. A weekly "clean out" is highly recommended.

We have a water cooler in our classroom and each student should have a water bottle (with a lid) at school. Don't forget to write your name on it.

We will have a morning snack break each morning and your child should have a HEALTHY snack each day. Fruit, crackers, cheese sticks, and yogurt are a few ideas. Any chips, cookies, or sugary treats will be saved for lunch.

Another suggestion for each student's backpack is an extra pair of socks; we had many soggy ones last year.

If you have any questions, please let us know!

Activities of the week:
Keys to success: Miss Ashley and I have asked each student to come up with 5 ways/ keys that will help them be successful in our classroom. The students took a kind of test to help them figure out what kind of learner they are and this test aided them in figuring out their keys. The keys range from: "I like to work in a small group," to "I need a list to complete many tasks." This is some deep self awareness and the students really are happy that we plan to honor their way of being successful.
Math Assessment: 3rd & 4th level math started an assessment to recall what we learned last year. This gives Miss Ashley and I chance to see which topics need to be reviewed before we move on. Many students did practice multiplication tables, addition, and subtraction facts this summer and it shows! Keep up the great work!
PE: Cooperation Games: We played many games in groups that the students were challenged to work together to complete a task. They did great!
Volcanoes: We will be going on a fieldtrip to Mount Saint Helen's October 6th. We will be leaving at 7:30 in the morning and returning later in the evening, 7:00pm. We will be stopping to go to dinner.

We look forward to seeing every one at curriculum night Wednesday, September 28th.

Please check the calendar for upcoming events.

Have a great day!

Miss Cindy and Miss Ashley

Pioneer Village

Pioneer Farm

As we wind up our studies about the Oregon Trail, we took a field trip to Pioneer Farms in Eatonville.

The students got to be pioneers for half of the day. They experienced life as a pioneer child.

Jake the Black smith.

A lovely sheep that gave us a bit of wool to make a little piece of yarn.

Off to school. This was the school bus back then.

Dress up. Some items that the young girls would have worn.

4th Level Math Forts:

Day 1

Construction

Salmon Safari 2010

Salmon Safari 2010!

Students got to see the life cycle of the salmon right in front of them in the stream.

4th grade Totem Making & 3rd grade Rattle Making

4th grade Northwest Native American Totem Pole Making with the Queen!

AND

3rd grade Northwest Native American Rattle Making with the Queen!

Queen Helen is reading the fourth grade class a Native American myth to entertain them while they're carving totems.

The third grade class is coloring their Native American rattles so Queen can put them together. Jake completed his bob cat rattle.

Avery and Josie love horses so they made horse rattles.

Rachelle and Mia made a wolf and a horse.

4th grade

Jack is carving his beaver.

Conner is carving an eagle face.

Makailee is carving a bear.

Tyler is also carving a bear.

By: Makailee

Point No Point Field Trip

Point No Point Field Trip

We took another trip to the beach and a beautiful day it was!

The students looked at the sea life and plant life at this beach too.

The students will be comparing their perspectives of this beach to those of our Scenic Beach field trip.

Lighthouse on at Point No Point

Bald Eagle watching over us or maybe he just enjoying the nice day too.

Kassie curious about these huge sea plants???

Evidence of sea life.

Students taking a break in a wonderfully huge drift wood fort!

Hermit crab:

Come out please, we want to see you.

The hermit crab was camera shy. It came out after we moved the camera.

This big rock had lots of sea life attached to it and we got to play in the water.

We all took some great pictures and now we will begin our comparisons of the two beaches and make information cards for the animals that we found.

Thank You to all of the families that helped make our trip possible!