Reminders
*Tom Sawyer and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory money ($15.75) is due October 23rd.
*Picture day is Friday, October 23rd. Please send the picture envelope to school.
*Family fun this month is at Plumper's Pumpkin Patch on Saturday, October 24th. Please contact Kelly Daily to make arrangements to meet up with class families for a fall day of fun! (See October's News for contact details.) This is also a great opportunity to car pool!
*Scholastic book orders are due November 11th.
Helping Your Child Find 'Just Right' Books
Please email me if you would like to know your child's approximate Guided Reading Level. It can be very helpful with finding 'just-right' books in the Scholastic book orders, at the library, and at book stores. There is a great web site that will do a leveled book title search, and give you a list of books for your child to try. If you are interested, go to: Bookwizard.scholastic.com. Once you are on this page, click on 'Leveled Search' and check the 'Guided Reading Level' box. Enter your child's GRL range and interests. The site will give you many titles to start with. Let me know if you have any questions. I'm happy to help! S.Reuter@fgcschool.org
Do you have a family fun idea for November?
Please email me if you have a seasonal activity for families to do together!
TEACHER INFORMATION
Watering Thirsty Plants
Gingerbread Houses in the News Times' Window
Voting for Favorite Gingerbread Houses
Star Lab Planetarium 12-2-10
BIG Leaf Maple Umbrella
A Happy Boat Building Group
It Floated!
Getting Ready for the Launch
This Boat is Called the Foam Boater 40
The Boat Crew
This Sailor is Ready!
The Boat is In! Watch out for the Crayfish!
About to Set Sail!
Before the Boat Goes in Gales Creek
Is it working?
Testing the Boats
The Little Sailor
Dreaming of Big Boat Plans
Will it Float?
Working Together on Their Boat Plan
Sharing Ideas About Building the Boat
Working Together on the Boats in Small Groups
Building the Boats
A Gardener in her Sun Hat!
Beans
A Dragon Tongue Bean!
They found smooth rocks for the scavenger hunt
Nasturtium Mouth!
Edible Nasturtium Flower- Spicy!
The beans were the favorite
Passing the Vegetables
The washed and arranged basil
The Basil Harvesters
Scavenger Hunters
This bean is shaped like a 'G for Gage'
They found the tomatoes!
Picnic Time
Looking for clues in the garden scavenger hunt
Playing a 'Get-To-Know-You Seat Switching game
Black Capped Chickadee ~Researched by Ramsey
Bullsnake ~Researched by Natalee
Portland Farmers Market Trip - May 2010
Ash Street Field Nature Exploration - January 2010
Amaranth and Sunflower Harvest - Fall 2009
What can you plant at B Street Farm in the fall? -2008
FAVA BEANS! As the leaves were changing colors students used rakes and aeratation tools to prepare a fall bed in the garden. The fava beans, as well as their mulch, will help protect the soil from erosion and compaction over the wet winter season. Because it is a legume, it will also provide nitrogen to the soil. Students found many miniature farmers, worms, as they gently burried the large fava seeds. A garter snake even came by to say hello as the students were planting this fall afternoon.
Chickens at B Street Permaculture Farm - Fall 2008
The chickens at this farm have a large space with diverse plants, insects, and seeds to eat and explore. By supporting farmers who have heirloom breeds of chickens we are able to preserve genetic diversity of 'livestock'. Here a student holds an egg that is so fresh, it is still warm!
The goats of B street farm -2008
We learned that not only do goats make loving companions, they can also provide milk for different varieties of cheeses. Goats are also a gardener's best friend when it comes to eating away brambles and brush, as well as spreading their own natural fertilizer!
Where does our food come from? Let's go to a farm and see! -2008
At Peachy Pig farm students saw first hand how hazelnuts, plums and pumpkins grow. They also had a chance to care for chicks and kittens in the barn. Opportunities to connect children with animals is a gift that will follow them into adulthood!
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