Miss Mo's Classroom

Super Scientists B-)

May 8, 2012

For the past couple weeks, students have been working diligently on their Science Work Samples. We have been studying the properties of water and our investigation, "Drops on a Penny," tested water surface tension. First we found out how many drops of water would fit on a nickel. Then, we created a hypothesis about how many drops would fit on a penny. We tested our hypotheses and also found out which side of the penny (heads or tails) would hold more drops of water.
I was so proud of my students during this activity! They were thinking, acting and investigating like real scientists! :-)

To watch the SLIDESHOW of PICTURES from our Science Work Sample click HERE!

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Run for the Arts

May 8, 2012

Even the afternoon rain couldn't stop us from Running for the Arts on April 5th 2012! Students ran to raise money to keep arts programs in our schools and did a great job!

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Living Math!

May 8, 2012

On my first day back after my surgery, we delved right in to our next math unit! Together, we created a "living graph." Students divided themselves up based on shirt colors and we ventured outside for some sunshine as we created a human bar graph and a human circle graph to represent our results!

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Ms. Allen's big KISS <3!

March 16, 2012

At our Holiday Assembly Ms. Allen was caught smooching .... a PIG!

As a reward for Kelly students reaching their goal in the Blast Off With Reading Contest, Ms. Sarah had to dye her hair pink and Ms. Allen had to kiss a pig! In front of the entire school, Ms. Allen made good on her promise and planted a big smooch right on the pig's nose!

Here's a pic of Ms. Allen and the piggy just before the big smooch!

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Wings For The King Play!

March 16, 2012

During our last weeks of school in December we read the play Wings for the King in my Walk to Read group. We enjoyed this play so much, that we decided to go ahead and perform the play ourselves! During our Walk to Read time, we split up in to 3 groups and each group cast their own actors, created their own costumes, made props and performed their own version of the play. We had a great time and got a chance to cheer each other on as our wonderful actors took the stage!

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Jameson Watershed Trip - Dec 2011

March 16, 2012

After learning all about eco-friendly ways to take care of our rain water in the class, we were able to take a class trip to the Jameson Watershed and meet up with Ms. Lynn Vanderkamp once again!

It was a crisp and cold day, as we walked down the Springwater Corridor Trail. Luckily, we went the RIGHT way this time! When we got to the Watershed site Ms. Lynn and her volunteers split us up in to two groups - to do two different activities. One activity involved identifying an invasive species...
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Soak It Up - Dec 2011

March 16, 2012

In December, we had the pleasure of a classroom visit from Ms. Lynn Vanderkamp from the Portland Bureau of Environmental Services. She brought in a great activity called Soak It Up!
Here is a description of the activity:

Soak It Up- Sustainable Stormwater Solutions

Grades 5 - college

Stormwater runoff from streets, sidewalks and roofs can carry pollution to streams and rivers. Working with aerial maps of a model neighborhood, teams of students calculate area, percentage of pervious and impervio...

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Springwater Trail Fall Planting - Nov 4th 2011

March 16, 2012

Well, after a nice long walk (part of the way in the wrong direction! oops!) we finally made it to the planting site, just south of Kelly School on the Springwater Corridor Trail. All students did an incredible job and planted over 300 plants - all native species to Oregon. I was so impressed by the hard work everyone put in, despite the fact that it was very cold out! What a great way to get out of the classroom, learn about environmental science, AND give back to our community!
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Pics from Marysville 2011

August 22, 2011

In honor of my AWESOME students at Marysville - Here are some photos of the fun we had.
Good luck in the new school year guys!!!

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Ancient Greek Monologues!

August 8, 2011

Ha! A blast from the past!
I just found these videos of our Ancient Greek God & Goddess Monologues! YES, these monologues were 100% written by the students and they did a GREAT job! This was definitely one of the highlights that I will always remember from my time in Mrs. Chedester's 6th grade class at Marysville School. <3!

Click the links below to see the monologues:

Maya as Aphrodite

Zack as Heracles

Valentina as Aphrodite

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About Me

Ms. Mo

Portland, Or

I am a 5th grade teacher at Kelly School & I love my job!

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