Classroom News from
Mrs. Colombini
Artondale Elementary School
Gig Harbor,WA
The leprechauns are coming! There is a
new homework assignment coming home. Help your student write a plan
for catching a leprechaun. Those who think building the trap would
be fun, do it and bring it to school. Maybe we will get a pot of
gold or wishes! (Extra copies of the plan page are printable from
our documents part of this webpage.)
This week the Point Defiance Zoo presenters visited our classroom.
We learned a lot of cool things about insects! Lookfor photos in
our Image Gallery.
We have read the book 'Flat Stanley,' by Jeff Brown. Flat Stanley
is ready to travel. Please consider taking Stanley on your next
trip! Or, you may want to help your First Grader mail him off to
friends and relatives near or far. Stanley can even travel through
cyber space! Send him to someone after downloading him from this
website! You can send our web-address to your friends and relatives
and THEY can download him. Be sure he comes back to Artondale and
is dressed according to his travels. Photos are welcome! They can
be emailed to my school address upon request of address!
Happy Travels Flat Stanley!
So far...Flat Stanley has been
to North Caroline, Seaside
Oregon, Disneyland, White Pass and to a buddist shrine in
Kamakura, Japan. He traveled through Europe at the beginning of the
school year, too!
Spelling test every
Wednesday morning!
Next Stop North
America!
We have read "A Color of His Own," by Leo Lionni. Ask your child
about the friend who helps the chameleon find happiness with his
ever changing color.
In Making Meaning we are reading "Down the Road," by Audrey
Schertle. Ask your child to tell you about Hettie's
responsibilities.
Be sure to practice your
XtraMath!
Please note you can send me
emails right through this web page!
Library books are also due
each Thursday. Our library time is from 10:50 to 11:25 each
Thursday. Have your child tell you some library rules!
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