West Eugene Wetlands Field Trip

I am excited to announce our first field trip of the year!  To enhance our classroom learning we are going to the West Eugene Wetlands to become wetland science explorers. This is an educational and engaging trip designed to provide hands-on, minds-on learning through explorations of the wetlands. The West Eugene Wetlands is home to a myriad of many precious plants and wildlife. During the field trip we will discuss the importance of these wetlands, their role in the ecosystem and share ways we can care for these unique habitats. On September 29th, we leave Camas Ridge at precisely 9:00 am, and return at 11:30 am.  We are in need of 5 or 6 chaperones to join in on our adventure. Please look in your child's Friday Folder for more information. :)

Next Generation Science Standards addressed in this unit of study/field experience are:
* Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.
* There are many different kinds of living things in any area, and they exist in different places on land and in water. 

Kandinsky Circles

Second grade students used warm and cool colors to create a Kandinsky Circles Tree! We used pastels so our colors would be bright. This is a wonderful collaborative art activity to start the school year.

Community Time

Welcome to the Room 6 Community Time Blog!

Welcome to the 2016-2017 school year! I am very excited for Community Time to begin.  It is always an exciting time to welcome our new 1st grade friends to our community class.  Community Time happens four times per week.  Community Time groups are made up of 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students. Students work together in groups on cooperative activities and social skills.  The cohort remains intact throughout a student's experience at Camas Ridge. First grade students keep the same community teacher for 5 years. We are lucky at Camas Ridge to have opportunities to build friendships across multiple grade levels, lasting 5 years!