Second Graders Surprised by Pirate Joe VisitTaking some time off from a recent journey west, Pirate Joe popped in Friday to read exciting pirate adventure and Halloween stories. Read Full Story
7:50 Announcements8:00 Reading Workshop9:10 Language Arts9:30 Writing Workshop10:30 Math Mini-Lesson10:45 Lunch11:15 Recess/Bathroom11:45 Math Workshop12:45 Specials - PE, Art or Music1:25 Social Studies/Science2:10 Dismissal Begins Read Full Story
Hello Families,Two days of rain day "holidays", and I can finally update you on our classroom happenings!We've had an exciting 6 weeks getting to know each other. The children have learned the routines nicely and have made new friends. I can't begin to tell you how much I am enjoying our class! The children are curious and hard-working, and you can be assured that some great things are going to happen this year!Thank you for your help with homework. Our homework most often consists of spellin... Read Full Story
Explore valuable and fun learning websites selected by the teachers at Powers Ferry for their students at...I Keep BookmarksClick on the student!
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We participated in the national O.R.E.O. Web Project. We estimated the number the cookies we could stack and attempted two stacks. Unique won the competition by carefully stacking 24 cookies before the stack fell down. We averaged and compared our results with other schools around the country. We took our data and made a graph showing our best results.
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Mem Fox’s Ten Read Aloud Commandments
1. Spend at least ten wildly happy minutes every single day reading aloud.
2. Read at least three stories a day: it may be the same story three
times. Children need to hear a thousand stories before they can begin
to learn to read.
3. Read aloud with animation. Listen to your own voice and don’t be
dull, or flat, or boring. Hang loose and be loud, have fun and laugh a
lot.
4. Read with joy and enjoyment: real enjoyment for yourself and great joy for the ... Read Full Story
