Our Favorite Memories of Wordstock.

Our Fabulous Librarian Ms. Rolfe, helped us make a super cool Wordstock Bus.

We filled the bus with all of our Wordstock Memories.

Big thanks again to Wordstock & Our Award Winning PTA for funding this trip.

See Our Artwork at Girasole Pizza!

Girasole Pizza has kindly allowed us to hang up our St. Johns Bridge paintings in their lovely restaurant.    This Saturday Night they are also hosting a Fund Raiser Concrt for our SUN School Program with The Dreadnoughts  from 7-9pm.

Stop in for supper with your family and thank Emily, Brittany, Jake and all the rest of the fine folks at Girasole Pizza for supporting our School!

Late Opening This Wednesday

This Wednesday school starts at 10.

We Love Our New Soccer Field

Today was the first day we were able to use our new Adidas Portland Timbers Soccer Field.

We all agreed that it's super nice and we can't wait to start playing on it.

No School Friday!!!

This Friday there is no School.  It is a Statewide In Service for all Oregon Public Schools.  

So go outside and enjoy the great fall weather.

Quiz your 3rd Grader

We've been learning a lot of great stuff in our Social Studies Unit.  
Here are some questions you can ask your 3rd Grader tonight, to get them ready for the big test tomorrow:

• What was one success of the Linnton Settlement?
• Who was James John?
• What does the word City mean?
• What river flows under the St. Johns Bridge?
• What was one failure of the Linnton Settlement?
• Name three things that make our neighborhood of James John diverse?
• Why are rivers important to the development of a city?
• What is the name of the neighborhood that you live in?
• What does the word Population mean?
• What is the name of the city you live in?

Building Bridges

Yesterday, as part of our Social Studies Unit on St. Johns (and amazing work-sample unit by Ms. Fraser from the University of Portland) , we built the St Johns Bridge.  So far this year, we have drawn and painted the St. Johns Bridge and learned more about it then anyone really needs to know.
Starting last Friday and continuing yesterday, each table group was given supplies, encouragement and little else.  It was great to see the kids working together, problem solving.  This morning your 3rd Grader will be putting the finishing touches on their St. Johns Bridge.  Stay tuned.

Wordstock was Awesome!!!

Yesterday we had 68 folks go to Wordstock!  We had a great time, thanks again to Wordstock and our Award Winning James John PTA for getting us there and back!

We were able to have a private, super secret meeting with one of our favorite authors Pseudonymous Bosch.

A few of our kids volunteered to help Mr. Bosch with is talk.

We were able to hear Patrick Carman speak.

Pseudonymous is a very secretive man.

We were also able to get some books signed!

Whole families attended!  Some of them in disguise.

Our super cool friends from Green Bean Books were there!

It was a crazy fun time!

FIELD TRIP TO THE WORDSTOCK FESTIVAL IS TOMORROW!

THERE IS A BUS GOING DOWN TO WORDSTOCK THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON.  MEET AT THE SCHOOL AT 1:45 WE WILL BE RETURNING BY 5PM

FUNDED BY WORDSTOCK AND  YOUR JAMES JOHN PTA.

FREE ADMISSION PROVIDED BY WORDSTOCK.

Our Soccer Field Is Almost Ready For Action!

The contractors have been busy getting Our New Soccer Field installed the past few days.
Mr. George in SUN School tells me that he still has room for kids in the Soccer Club that is starting up soon.  If you would like to enroll your 3rd Grader in SUN Soccer please contact George and he will get your 3rd Grader on the list.

"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. ... Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become."
-Steve Jobs
1955- 2011

YOU SAVE, OUR SCHOOL EARNS $$$

 

Chinook Books are now on sale here at school.  With over 450 coupons to vendors that you are all ready visiting. They are $20 and Our Award Winning PTA receives $10 from every Chinook Book we sell. 

Hurry, they're going fast.  I have five copies left here in Room 12.  

You save! Our School earns money! Everyone wins!

James John Stopped By Today!

In Social Studies we've been learning about our neighborhood.  Today, what we think was, the ghost of James John stopped by and we were able to ask him some questions.

Ask your 3rd Grader:
What is a community?
What is the name of our neighborhood that we live in?
What is the name of our city?
What is the name of the river that runs under the St. Johns Bridge?
What is located on  the west side of the river across from St. Johns?
What does the word merchandise mean?
What does the word immigrant mean?
Why was it important for the early settlers to settle near a river?
What did James John do to make money?

Thank You Little, Brown & Company Publishers!

Little, Brown & Company, Publishers of the The Secret Series by Pseudonymous Bosh, has generously donating two sets of his books to our school.  We can't wait to meet Mr. Bosh at Wordstock this Saturday Afternoon!

Thanks for our Plant Maia

Maia brought in a super cool Venus Fly Trap for our classroom.

Mr. L. is Absent Tomorrow

I will be out all day tomorrow at a Right Brain Initiative Training for our school.
James John School's favorite guest teacher Ms. Wilcox will be in for me as well as our very capable student teacher Ms. Fraser.

Congratulations to Alexia & Eva

Alexia & Eva are our September Students of the Month

Back 2 School Night

We had a great time at our school's open house tonight.  The kids wer excited to show off their work and teach their parents the new math games they learned

GET ON THE BUS! Field Trip to WORDSTOCK OCT. 8

Our class has been invited by Wordstock to attend Wordstock Festival for free!

 Wordstock is the largest literary convention on the west coast and it happens every year right here in Portland.  


This is a Saturday Field Trip.  I know many of you have Saturday afternoon plans, however, I am asking you to forgo your soccer games, tennis lessons and trips to the grandparents so that you and your third grader can take advantage of this great opportunity.


Wordstock and Our Award Winning PTA  have generously agreed to provide a school bus for our trip.  We will be leaving the school at 1:45 and going to the Oregon Convention Center.  We will be returning by 5:00 to the school (at the latest).

What will your 3rd Grader be doing?  They will be meeting some of their favorite authors, asking them questions and will see more books, authors, poets, storytellers, illustrators and writers than they ever knew existed.  It turns out that the author of our current read aloud book, Pseudonymous Bosch will be there!  It's going to be too much fun to miss.  

In fact, since it is going to be such a great trip, and so much fun- Wordstock has generously offered to give free admission to everyone who rides the bus down to Wordstock Festival with us.   That means our class, PLUS 40- 50 more folks!


Questions?  Please comment on this post or email me.


So get on the bus with your 3rd Grader and let's have a great afternoon at Wordstock!

Nutrition Break

Savannah & Alexia passing out nectarines.

Every afternoon in Room 12 we have a different fruits and vegetables delivered to our room.

One carrot at a time Cesar!

BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT

Come find out what your 3rd Grader has been up to. 

Join us this Thursday night from 6- 7:30 for an Open House at James John.