Friday in Ellen's Room

• sunshine That is the magic word for today. A little bit of sun is shining through, bringing with it optimism for the weekend.


• As we near the end of the school year, children are field tripping, finishing projects and helping their teachers organize their classrooms.


• Third graders went to the South Slough Sanctuary yesterday. Alex had to finish a project in her room today.


• Children are looking forward to Glow-in-the-Dark bowling, swimming at the North Bend Pool, and having the Coast Guard helicopter land on the playground.


• Second graders will be going to the Discovery Center in Reedsport soon.


• In ELL we sang Wabash Cannonball and played with the little train one last time. Most of the children call the first part of the train "engine" now, not "leader."


• All the children enjoy looking at a book called Life-Size-Zoo. some of them try to pet the animals and feel that fuzzy fur on the paper pages. They are captivated with the sidebar details about each animal's peculiar habits, especially pooping. (sigh...)


• Students pass the book around, choose their favorite animal and say three sentences about it. They are getting more confident and creative the more they do this.
• After reading that the big lump on the top of the gorilla's head was called a "crest," Cody pointed out that some birds have crests, too. Good remembering, Cody!