June 6 Friends & Family Night Fundraiser at McMenamins Grand Lodge
June 7 All Day O&A to Hagg Lake
June 13 Bridging Ceremony 1pm
June 14 Field Day and Last Day of School (3:20 dismissal)
Homework Due by June 8th
1. Read for at least 20 minutes every night.
2. Complete at least 30 minutes of math practice.
3. Complete at least 20 minutes of typing practice on Typing.com
Upcoming Out and Abouts
For our final Out and About, we will culminate our ecosystem learning with a trip to Hagg Lake. Working in their research teams, students will embark on a hike with a mission - to measure the quality of Hagg Lake's ecosystem, and work to improve it!
Some of the activities we'll take on:
* Monitoring for invasive plants
* Monitoring for aquatic macro invertebrates
* Using insect nets to investigate the meadow ecosystem
* Finding the perfect spot to hide our final letterboxes
* Sharing a picnic lunch
Please join us for this final adventure - we need several parent chaperones to ensure a safe and productive trip!
Volunteer Opportunities
Out & About Chaperones - All-day Hagg Lake trip 6/7
Bridging Ceremony
1:00-2:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 13 at Taylor-Meade Auditorium (Pacific University)
This event honors our 'bridging' students (2nd, 4th, 6th and 8th graders) who are moving up to the next level at FGCS or the high school. Parents and other family members of bridging students are encouraged to attend. Doors will open for the event at 12:30 p.m. and the event will start at 1 p.m. Click here for a map of the Pacific University campus. Please note that the 2:30 p.m. end time is approximate - the ceremony may run longer.
Students may be dismissed to parents immediately after the Bridging Ceremony, but you must check out with me before taking your student. Students may not self-release after Bridging. Plovers not going home with parents after the ceremony will be dismissed at the usual time and place.
Summer Reading @ Forest Grove Library
Come in to the Forest Grove City Library to sign up between June 1st and August 31st. When you sign up, you will receive a reading log and coupons to activities in the area. Then, read as much as you can this summer! Bring in your reading log after every 5 hours you read this summer to get a prize. After you read your first 20 hours, bring in your reading log for a free book! Continue to read to get even more prizes!
Weekly Review
Thank you so much to all the families who were able to attend Celebrations of Learning or the Talent Show last week. I also want to thank all the parents who joined us for Out & Abouts, donated breakfast and snacks, and washed classroom dishes and towels this year! I am so grateful for your generosity and support!
To wrap up the year, Plovers are working on writing in their memory books and making a brochure for next year's class. Part of the brochure is the "Top 5 Reasons Why This Class Rocks!" Here are some of the reasons the Plovers have come up with so far:
- Dinobaby (and his friends)
- Library visits
- Classroom jobs and businesses
- Reading and books
- Out & Abouts
- Academic Choice
- It's peaceful
- Mystery readers
- Dance parties
Communication
Please contact me with any questions or concerns. Parents and students can e-mail me at [email protected]. You can also leave a voice message on the class phone or set up a time to meet with me before/after school.