Dragons and Vikings

Creating Our Terrain Maps of China

2011-04-08T10:53:00.000-07:00

Swim Lessons

2011-04-08T09:50:00.000-07:00

The Dragons and Vikings will have swim lessons next week! Please make sure you child wears his or her suit to school under their clothes, and to pack an extra pair of underwear, a towel, goggles, and flip flops. We would also like to encourage you to pack an extra snack for your child for when we return to school. We will be eating lunch at 10:30 and leaving school a little after 11:00 for the first lesson, as you can imagine, your child will be hungry when we return. Thank you, and an extra thank you to those volunteering to help out with the lessons!

SCIENCE!

2011-04-08T08:03:00.000-07:00

2011-03-10T17:25:00.000-08:00

http://www.amnh.org/ology/index.php?channel=anthropology

http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/silkroad/journey.php

Here they are!

Ancient China Websites...

2011-03-10T17:21:00.000-08:00

We went on these websites, played the games, watched the videos, listened to the fables, and made our own music. Check them out at home and have your students share what they've learned. Enjoy!

2011-02-17T16:13:00.000-08:00

During our Ancient China study we have learned that paper was first invented during the Han Dynasty. We have recreated the process as best we could and made our own paper! They all did such a beautiful job! Check it out.

Ice Skating and Such

2011-02-17T14:16:00.000-08:00

Tuesday was our last day of ice skating lessons and we have to say that the Dragons and Vikings have all improved over the past six weeks. We had a great time and had wonderful instructors who made the lessons a lot of fun!

We had our Valentine's celebration on Monday. Everyone was really excited to open their Valentines and it was sweet to watch the students thank one another.

A few reminders;

There will be no school on Monday the 21st--staff inservice day, and this month's maintenance day is on Saturday the 19th from 9-1:00.

Science Fair: The science fair is sneaking up on us and is only three weeks away. As some of you may know science boards are available in the office area. Make sure your child picks one up and to cross their name off when they do.

Computer Skills

2011-02-03T13:50:00.000-08:00

Hello Parents!

Your students have been practicing their typing skills with their alpha smarts and they have been able to play games on a few websites that Ms Benvenuto and I have personally gone through and checked out. Just in case you want your kids to practice on the computers at home I am posting the websites along with some information about the games.

www.portaportal.com
put in the guest access the password: chiefjo10
We allow the students to go through the sections math, reading groups, and reading. The other sections are for you to explore at home, but we do not at school.

www.coolmath4kids.com
This is another website we go on and there are many different games to explore from math games and puzzles to problem solvers.
You may want to stay close because the kids tend to click on the advertisements. :(

HAVE FUN

Science Fair

2011-01-26T15:06:00.001-08:00

Science Fair

It’s that time of year to begin thinking about the science fair! This year’s fair will be held on Wednesday, March 9, at 6:30.

Your child has the opportunity to find their own experiment either online or in a science book (the experiment needs to be approved by me if he or she chooses one themselves). There are many websites to browse when looking for the right experiment-simply type in; science fair experiments, in any search engine. There will be many options to choose from. If your child needs help finding an experiment, or you would prefer, I can find an experiment for you child.

Science boards will be available a few weeks before the science fair. I will send home a note when they are available and there will be a sign above boards that will say Dragons and Vikings.

And lastly it is okay if your child types their information for their science board, as long as he or she types!

If you have any questions please feel free to email me or stop me in the hall.

Happy Science Fair!

Ms. Benvenuto

2011-01-12T10:53:00.000-08:00

Here is a little video of our ice skating trip yesterday. We hope this gives you a little insight to what the lessons are like. The teacher is great!

2010-12-17T13:55:00.000-08:00

Check out the blog and see other students read to their reading buddies!

2010-12-07T16:50:00.000-08:00

A right brain activity that we do in math! Noodlers are a difficult but fun activity that your students do during math.

2010-12-07T16:37:00.000-08:00

These are the Dragons' Good Friend Reports. They did such a nice job on them. Ask them what characteristics a good friend has!

2010-12-07T16:16:00.000-08:00

Happy Hanukkah! This is just one craft project we did!

2010-12-07T16:15:00.000-08:00

Dragons and Vikings made some factor trees and they are hanging around the school! They circled the prime numbers as well. Don't they look lovely!?

2010-11-24T15:41:00.000-08:00

The dragons and vikings wrote a Thanksgiving poem, figured out a riddle relating to Thanksgiving, came up with a list of words using the letters in Thanksgiving Day, and more. What a day!
HAVE A GREAT THANKSGIVING!

The Riddle:

Why shouldn't you tell secrets in a corn maze?

Answer: Because corn has ears!

2010-11-22T15:01:00.000-08:00

DANCE PARTY IN THE GYM!

2010-11-18T10:39:00.000-08:00

Some math activities that Dragons and Vikings do....SHOPPING! Toys with prices are scattered about so the students can shop with their "allowance". They then get change and check their work.

2010-11-18T08:29:00.000-08:00

Geometry mixed with art! Ask your dragon students what quadralaterals are!

2010-11-18T08:28:00.000-08:00

We are reviewing and practicing our measurements with Mr, Ms, or Mrs. Gallon! Ask your students about the project.

2010-11-10T15:44:00.001-08:00

A notice about our inclement weather procedures has gone home in your students lunch boxes. Please check that out!

2010-10-29T15:16:00.003-07:00

Check out our new pictures. On the blog there's a link to picasa and that is where our pictures are (just a reminder). :) Hope you like them.

PIONEER SCHOOL

2010-10-29T14:44:00.000-07:00

This video is here for you to get a little feel for what kind of day we had! It was so much fun and the kids were exhausted afterwards. Enjoy!

Pumpkins

2010-10-29T07:27:00.000-07:00

Pumpkin math and the pumpkin hunt was a great success! In pumpkin math students estimated weight, height, and circumference by comparing knowledge of other pumpkins weight. We also used pumpkins to discover descending and ascending order.
We had the pumpkin hunt yesterday and the students had a great time (we had a lot of fun hiding the pumpkins as well).
Today we will go on our field trip to Champoeg Park to learn about Pioneers. We will visit the Pioneer Mothers Cabin and the Newell House. Descriptions of both museums are below. Thanks in advance to the chaperones!

Pioneer Mothers Memorial Cabin

Experience life as it would have been for the early pioneers in a log cabin at the Pioneer Mothers Memorial Cabin. Learn about the earliest settlers, the Hudson's Bay Company, Wagons Westward and Pioneer Life. Experience life through hands on activities, kneading sour dough bread, carding wool and washing clothes as the pioneers would have done.

Newell House

Discover life as lived by one of Oregon's earliest legislators, Robert Newell. Learn about the beginnings of the Oregon Territory, Statehood and his life as a man of many firsts as told by interpreters in period dress. Learn about a catastrophic area wide flood that would change the lives of the residents of Champoeg forever. Through a scavenger hunt, learn about artifacts of the period and how they were used in every day life. Then learn about the making of a beeswax candle, make one and take it home with you as a remembrance of your experience at Newell House.

Field Trip

2010-10-27T10:24:00.001-07:00

We wanted to remind you all that the Dragons and Vikings class will be going on a field trip this Friday the 29th to Champoeg Park for Pioneer School. Your child can dress up as a pioneer, and wear their pioneer clothes to school.

Boys can wear rolled up jeans, plaid or long sleeved button shirt, and a hat.

Girls can wear long skirts or dresses, apron, shawl, bonnet, or scarf.

Please send your child with a "pioneer" lunch; no warmups, a sandwich, drink, fresh fruit, and vegetables.

Lastly, please make sure your child is at the school by 8:00 and ready to go!

Thank you for your help!

Science "Pitch"

2010-10-22T07:58:00.000-07:00

Science Fun

The Dragons and Vikings classes have been studying sound in science. Both classes made flutes out of straws to explore "pitch". The classes discovered that the smaller the straw the higher the pitch was, and the larger the straw, the lower the pitch was.

Hello

2010-10-05T16:21:00.000-07:00

We finally accessed our blog! Sorry for the delay and thank you for understanding. Look for updates in the next few days.

October

2010-10-05T16:20:00.000-07:00

Important upcoming events for the month of October:

Week of October 10th: Please send a pumpkin to school for fun math activities

October 11th: Columbus Day, school in session

October 13th: Back to School-lower school

October 16th: School Carnival 2-5

October 17th: Aaron Ha’s birthday

October 20th: Back to School, 6:30-upper school

October 23rd: Maintenance Day 9-1

October 28th: Pumpkin hunt

October 29th: Field trip to Champoeg State Park for pioneer school!

2008-09-02T16:00:00.001-07:00

Do not train children to learning by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.-- Plato

2008-09-01T18:00:00.001-07:00

I hear, and I forget. I see, and I remember. I do, and I understand.
-- Chinese Proverb