2009+Summer+Plans

June, 2009

Hi Families.

By now the routine of summer is starting to feel really great! I leave for a four week retreat with the Oregon Writing Project on Saturday. I look forward to this break in routine, now that I have finished some room clean up and am done writing my grade narratives. Be on the look out for your student's narrative report in the mail from Trillium in the next weeks.

I will be back in Portland at the end of July to lead a week of Camp Invention at Irvington School. I participated last year and can say that this camp provides a really fun, open-ended, project experience around science and invention for grades K-6. You can check out the link at []. It would be cool to see some Trillium faces, so pass the word along since there are some spaces still open.

Don't forget to carve out some time in the pages of a good book. Read, read, read! I have attached a reading log from RAZ-Kids that can be used with any book, not just the online ones.

You can sign into RAZ from home, the library, etc. over the summer. Visit the link from the [|www.trillium345.blogspot.com] site and login with the teacher username: jshotts. Also on the blogspot are links to the Trillium ePortfolio, ePearl, IXL math, and other learning website.

Most importantly though, spend your summer playing music, building things, sewing, painting, making mud pies, and having lots of fun. I will be in touch later in the summer to organize some room work parties for back to school.

Thanks for the exciting year. Cheers, Jenny