Monday, October 25, 2010

fifth grade writing rocks!

First Grade with Firefighters

Firefighters came to visit Portal's first graders. They learned about fire safety. They were very interested, and they asked many questions.  It looks likes they were having fun!!

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Book Fair at Portal!

The Scholastic Book Fair is here! You can buy books in the library from October 7-14. Check it out! There are tons of great books that are only a few dollars!


Clifford came to visit in honor of the Scholastic Book Fair.



We love Clifford!


Doughnut Math in First Grade

First Graders are working on addition problems in math. They have been working on reading and solving story problems. One of their problems was about how many sprinkles a dozen doughnuts could have. Looks yummy!



Hanging around the Gorillas

This is a picture of some of the 5th graders at the Henry Doorly Zoo. The reason that they went to the zoo was to learn about animal adaptations.

Getting Boney with owl pellets!!


Grace a sixth grader is getting busy disecting owl pellets.
Patrick and Tyler showing of the regurgitated pellet that an owl doesn't disgest.