2016-2017 School Year!

Hello and welcome to Miss Amanda's blog! 

I usually use this forum to post pictures and information about our amazing field trips and fun activities we do in class (such a cooking, special guests, etc.)! 

On the right side of your screen you'll see some links to important pages! 

The Upper SRC Wishlist 

When you click this link you will find some items the Upper SRC is in desperate need of! We can always use snacks, baby wipes, and anything else you are willing to donate! 

Syllabus 

Miss Ashlee (the teacher of the Primary SRC) and I get together every summer and create an awesome SRC syllabus! Here you will see the month, the thematic unit (all named after TV shows or movies this year! We're soooo creative ;), the topics of study, the special activity for the month, and the parental responsibility. This way there will be no surprises when field trip permission slips come home! 

Homework Policy

Click here for more information regarding the homework policy. Homework is not mandatory, but if you want some for you child, don't hesitate to ask!

Remind 

Remind is this awesome app that allows the teacher to send messages to families! I usually send out Reminds to remind parents about upcoming field trips, snow days, and anything else exciting! I try not to send them out too early! It's hard to remember not everyone gets up at 5am! :) 

Too Sick For School?

Here is a nice visual of the Beaverton School District's sick policy. Since some of our students have difficulty managing themselves and their symptoms (wiping nose, covering coughs and sneezes, etc.) at school, this policy is especially important! Please make sure your child is fever free, vomit free, and diarrhea free for at least 24 hours (without the aid of medication) before sending them back to school! 

February Gardening

We were so lucky to have a beautiful, sunny day in February and we made the most of it! We have some wonderful parent volunteers who work with the Sexton Mountain garden beds and compost the extra food at the end of lunch. Miss Rebecca and Miss Nicole invited the SRC students to help weed the garden beds and get them ready for Spring. We had such a fun time and learned a lot!

Aquarium Field Trip!

In February we went to the Portland Aquarium with Miss Ashlee's class! Luckily we were able to make it before the Aquarium shut its doors forever!

We were able to feed the fish, touch the sting rays, and experience hurricane force winds!

Pumpkin Patch 2015

We had an amazing field trip to Plumper Pumpkin Patch! We were so lucky to pick a quiet day where we were the only school at the farm in the afternoon! Along with Miss Ashlee's class, we were involved in so many activities around the pumpkin patch! We learned about pumpkins, took a hayride on a cool tractor, saw some farm animals, slid down a huge tube slide, played on a playground, and picked out our pumpkins from the patch!It was a great field trip and we were so lucky to have so many parents join us!

2015-2016 School Year

Welcome to another great school year in the Upper SRC! We are looking forward to lots of fun and learning this year!

Miss Ashlee and myself get together each year and create a syllabus for our classrooms. Within the syllabus you will see the month, a thematic unit, topics of study, a special activity, and any parental responsibilities for that month. Hopefully this will help families plan for the school year!

Sexton Mountain Elementary

Structured Routine Center

Miss Amanda and Mrs. Ashlee’s classes

2015-2016 Syllabus

September

Thematic Unit: All about me

Topics of Study: practice of mastered personal information, describing self-using attributes (i.e. hair color, eye color, weight, height), indicating preferences and interests

Special activity: presentation about self to peers in both classes

Parental Responsibility: send school supplies from supply list and snack funds

October

Thematic Unit: Gardening

Topics of Study: growing plants, types of plants, farming

Special activity: Pumpkin Patch field trip

Parental Responsibility: admission for pumpkin patch, permission slip, disposable sack lunch

November

Thematic Unit: Cooking

Topics of Study: the processes of prepping and cooking food, measurement and temperature, basic nutrition

Special activity: Thanksgiving lunch prepared by students for each other

Parental Responsibility: Each family will be asked to donate one food item (i.e. one can of food)

December

Thematic Unit: Giving

Topics of Study: In December, we will “adopt-a-family” and create a gift basket with presents and cards for a family in need.

Special activity: Shopping Field Trip to the Dollar Tree for gift basket

Parental Responsibility: Payment for tri-met bus ticket, and 1-2 dollars for student to use at the Dollar Tree, permission slip, disposable cold lunch

January

Thematic Unit: Snow

Topics of Study: How to dress for snow/cold weather, science experiments (popsicle freezing, predictions, etc.), winter crafts and songs

Special activity: If it does snow, having a hands-on experience in the winter wonderful.

Parental Responsibility: None

February

Thematic Unit: Environment

Topics of Study: understanding ecosystems, environments and learning about ways to create a sustainable environment

Special activity: Field trip to the Portland Aquarium

Parental Responsibility: Payment for Aquarium admission, permission slip, disposable cold lunch

March

Thematic Unit: Movement

Topics of Study:  learning about balance, coordination, strength and endurance

Special activity: Run! Jump! Fly! Adventures in Action Field trip to the Portland Children’s Museum

Parental Responsibility: Payment for tri-met bus/max ticket and Museum admission, permission slip, disposable cold lunch

April

Thematic Unit: Fitness

Topics of Study: leaning about healthy activities, yoga and stretching

Special Activity: Gymnastics field trip at Spectra Gymnastics

Parental Responsibility: Payment for tri-met bus/max ticket and Spectra admission, permission slip, disposable cold lunch

May

Thematic Unit: School Spirit

Topics of Study: At the track meet every year there is a school spirit celebration. We don’t know the theme yet, but in the spring we will start preparing for our exciting trip!

Special activity: Beaverton School District Track and Field Invitational

Parental Responsibility: spirit apparel item, permission slip, disposable cold lunch

June

Thematic Unit: Camping

Topics of Study: camp themed review of the year with Camp-Learned-a-Lot with the rest of the students at Sexton Mountain

Special activity: “hiking” through the THPRD parks within 1 mile of Sexton Mountain Elementary

Parental Responsibility: permission slip

Track Meet 2015!

We had such a wonderful time today at the Special Education Track Meet!

We participated in so many events!

We hula hooped! 

Did the limbo! 

Some parents came to visit! 

We threw frisbees! 

We did the long jump!

We threw big arrows! 

We even got to do some archery! 

We had a life sized Sparky to show our school spirit! 

Thank you to all the families who made it out for our big day! Thank you to the Williams family for our spirited neon bags, water bottles, necklaces, and beach balls! And a big thank you to the Motor Team for putting on such an amazing event!