Spring Time

It is full blown spring - just like the grass, flowers, and weeds (frowny face) the students are growing. We are going through snacks incredibly quick and we are noticing that clothing is not fitting as it once did! Shoes especially!

Track and Field Day

Hello Parents:

Track and Field  -  May 26th, next Thursday
At Beaverton High School
     Please dress appropriately and in layers - the area is not covered.
     SACK LUNCH REQUIRED!!

We are taking some of our buddies with us! Yay! It's going to be a great day.

Buses will leave McKinley at 9:15 am  and return I think about 1:00 pm.

You are more than welcome to bring your child to Beaverton High School and you are more than welcome to take your child home from Beaverton High School.

We will be having a movie and popcorn when we return.

I invite all of you to join us for at least part of the day. It is such a wonderful event and the kids love showing off how amazing they are!

Permission slips and additional details will come home tomorrow. Some of you have not yet turned in your permission slips - please make sure you sign and return. 

Please email or message through REMIND if you have any questions.

SPECIAL OLYMPICS

Hello All - Please note that there is a flyer and permission slip coming home today for Special Olympics. Please sign and return the permission slip by Friday, May 20th.

Remember also - all are welcome to join us at Beaverton High School on that day. I look forward to seeing everyone.

Side Note - thank you to all who remember Teacher Appreciation week/day. We appreciate your thoughtfulness.

Happy Mother's Day!!

It's Been A While

Hello - my apologies for the lapse in posting. But - here we go with some great events coming up in the SRC!!

We have just finished up the desert habitat. We will begin the ocean habitat on Monday. The students are very excited.

Thursday April 28 - Family Art Night

April 29 - no school. The students are REALLY looking forward to this day.

May 26 - Special Olympics at Beaverton High School
                Theme - Outer Space!!!

June 3 - Zoo Field trip
            We will be taking public transportation and we will need many volunteers. More details to come.

June 6 - 10 - Spirit Week at McKinley.

June 17 - Last day of school!!

I will be sending out more information later on. It will come both blog and written form. Please send me a message through REMIND or email if you have any questions.

Thank you to those of you who have sent in snacks periodically. We are well stocked with goldfish crackers. We do need different snack, such as fruit snack or chips.

I do believe we are all ready looking forward to summer vacation. Thank you all for sharing the lives of your angels with me. I am truly blessed.

Parent Teacher Conferences

Hello All. Parent teacher conferences are on the evening of February 24 and all day February 25th.

They are 20 minute long conferences. I would love to chat with each and every family. I can certainly brag about your child for longer than 20 minutes but  I am following the standards for the school.

Please do not feel that these conferences are mandatory. They are completely optional. If you have had a recent IEP or your annual IEP is coming up soon, then the conference may not be needed.

The following times are available:

Feb. 24

5:30 - 7:30 pm

Feb. 25

All day beginning at 9:00 am - 8:00 pm

Please email me with your preferred time.
Christine_rossettisagar@beaverton.k12.or.us

It's Febraury!

Hello All! 

I feel as if it has been such a long time since I have posted. My apologies. Here are some bullet points of important information.

 There is NO SCHOOL on  Thursday, February 25th and Friday the 26th! (I'm sending home new calendars with this correction.)

~ Conferences will be held the evening of Feb. 24th and all day Feb. 25th.

~For the Monthly Homework - Please work with your child to make Valentine cards for their friends. We will be working on this during class as well. You DO NOT need to also purchase Valentine cards.

Valentine Celebration will be on Feb. 12th

Thank you to all of you who sent snack in. The kids are enjoying the variety.

We finished up our dinosaur unit. We talked about large herbivores, small carnivores, and medium sized omnivores. The fact books came home on Friday. The students really enjoyed the unit. We ended the unit by becoming archeologists. We watched the video of the bones being discovered at OSU (Go Beavers!) and looked closely at the picture of the bones. We decided they were VERY dirty and the backhoe was very cool! Then we unearthed our very own dinosaurs from eggs. We used special archeologist spray to clean the "dirt" from the dinosaurs. We had to be very careful because bones that old are very delicate. Only two of the 10 students decided they wanted to be paleontologists.

We also did some great cooking in January. Dinosaur eggs (rice krispy treats with oreo cookies) and snowmen made from donuts. I am looking forward to some more fun cooking in February.

We are behind schedule as far as the curriculum that I'd like to get through but we'll make it. We are just beginning our solar system unit. The 5th graders will go into more depth of the system and the 3rd grade will begin to just touch on it.  I love this unit and am excited to be able to explore the solar system with your children.

We have had a flu but going around the classroom which seems to be accompanied by NO other symptoms except vomit and diarrhea. There is also a cold virus going. We are sanitizing like crazy in the classroom. Remember to keep your students home if they have a fever of 100.5, a uncontrollable cough, vomiting, or diarrhea.

Happy New Year!

I trust you all had a wonderful winter break. We are off to finish the year and I am so excited! For the most part I am so excited - I tried to send this blog yesterday but technology is not my friend so far this year. However, like I tell my students, take a breath and try again. So - here we go.

First order of business - snacks. If you are able to send in some snacks for the classroom, I would greatly appreciate it. NO GOLDFISH PLEASE. We currently have 4 Costco size boxes of goldfish, so in case of a zombie apocalypse, come see me and I'll hook you all up with the goldfish!

 NO GOLDFISH PLEASE.

Some suggestions, Pirate booty, Snap Pea chips, pretzels, rice cakes (large or small), fruit snacks, or pop chips. We are also in need of rice crispy style cereal and marshmallow fluff for some cooking activities we will be doing.

Second order of business - the schools dismissal procedures are changing. Please see the schools website for the details. https://www.beaverton.k12.or.us/schools/mckinley

We have started our unit on dinosaurs. The students are learning some big words, carnivore, herbivore, omnivore, biped, quadraped, jurassic, and triassic. This unit will take us to the end of January. It will end with some great science experiments and fun dinosaur themed cooking.  We will then move to the solar system, Earth, and close out the year with habitats.

Studies have shown that students make their greatest gains between the first of the year and spring vacation. With that in mind, I tend to push the students a little harder during this time. I raise the bar on responsibility and independence expectations. I begin using the phrase "how can you solve that problem". For the first while, I walk them through the thinking steps to solve their problem and we extensively talk about what problems are and what solve means. We are doing that now.

I tell you all this because not only do I want you to be informed about what your child is learning and expected to do at school but also, they tend to be more exhausted in the afternoons.


I will be sending photos shortly of our December shenanigans. Technology and I are just off to a rocky new year! I'm going to have to hire my kids to help me! hehe

As always folks, I appreciate everything you do for your children at home. You really make my job a joy. Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns. Thank you all.

And yes - I am still praying for a little bit more snow.