Thank You S!!!!

During teacher appreciation week, students could buy raffle tickets to win their teacher a 

weekend at a cabin on Mt Hood. 

I WAS THE LUCKY WINNER!!!

Thank you S for buying me a raffle ticket. 

Here we are at our special celebration lunch eating his favorite food - french fries!!! 

(and chicken nuggets).

Earthquake Drill

The students diligently practicing for when the big one hits.

 With a fire drill following.

Pips - Celebration of Friendship

To celebrate our very special and wonderful 4th grade Play Partners, we had an ice cream party!

 Walking Field Trip to Pip's.

 Pouring the frozen yogurt

 Getting toppings

 Weighing our treats

 Time to dig in!

 Lauren, our former student teacher! Her parents generously paid for our trip!! Thank you!!

Fun with friends!

Thank you Play Partners for such a great year of friendship!!

Caterpillar Life Cycle

In conjunction with our study of insects and metamorphosis, 

we ordered some caterpillars to observe their life cycle.

so tiny!

 getting bigger....

 Climbing to the top to start the process of building their cocoon.

 Cocoons!

 After three days, the coccoons are moved into the butterfly habitat

 Ta-dah!

 Painted Lady Butterflies

After 3 more days, we released the butterflies.

 There goes one!

 The last one...

 What a fun learning experience!

California Pizza Kitchen Field Trip

Thanks to a generous donation from one of the SRC families, our classroom went on a fabulous field trip to the California Pizza Kitchen .

 Started the trip with a tour of the facilities

 The beverage station

 Meeting area

 Ice Machine

 Prep Area

 Cold Storage

 Dry Storage

 Handwashing before making our pizzas

 The wonderful staff demonstrating how they stretch the pizza dough and tossing it to the students.

 Making pizza!

 The pizza oven

 Time to eat!

Thanks to everyone who helped on this trip. We had a blast!