Because of Winn Dixie

We are currently listening to "Because of Winn Dixie" during read aloud time... Here I found links to make some of the recipes at home.... Might be a fun extension of our story! Check it out!

Gloria & Opal's Egg Salad Sandwiches & Littmus Lozenge candies

New Additions to Our Class

Today we received our new friends from our donorschoose.org application. We have Zebra fish, aquatic frogs, and a few sucker fish. The students are super excited. More pics to come!!! =-) Thank you to all of you that donated!

Oregon Humane Society Contests

The Oregon Humane Society is offering a variety of contests for local area school-aged children.

Click Here and go to 2012 Poster and Story Contest Brochure Grades 1-8

From there, you can find detailed information on the contests.

For 4th grade there are two contests students can enter...

Poster Contest- Adopt a Pet and Make It Your Best Friend

Story Contest- I Know My Pet is a Part of the Family Because...

Entry rules can be found at the link above.

Storybird.com

At a training I went to on January 3rd I learned about a fantastic program online. Students can access it from home or the Molalla Public Library. Its called www.storybird.com and there students can create and read a variety of stories. Artists post artwork and from there students' creativity can bloom! It's great. I am going to continue giving lessons on using storybird at school but feel free to have your child check it out if you have home access. Please email or call me with any questions.

Thanks!