Mrs. Zuniga's Class Page

Monday, March 30, 2015

Brandon Mull Visit Tomorrow

We are so excited to welcome author Brandon Mull to Chief Joseph School of the Arts, tomorrow 3/31/15!  Second thru fifth grade students will have the opportunity to see him in person and hear him speak about his writing!
 
 
About Brandon Mull
 
 
Brandon Mull is the author of the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling Beyonders and Fablehaven series. Brandon resides in a happy little valley near the mouth of a canyon with his wife and four children. He spent two years living in the Atacama Desert of Northern Chile where he learned Spanish and juggling. He once won a pudding eating contest in the park behind his grandma’s house, earning a gold medal.
 
 
 
To learn more about Brandon Mull, visit his website at: http://brandonmull.com/site/
 
 
:-)  Mrs. Z
 


Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Book Talks

Book Talks
 
 

Homework for next week is a fiction book talk.  Here are a few examples of the quality of work we are looking for with this assignment.  Your child will be completing several book talks over the last trimester.  Please have your child practice presenting their talk at home with you!

Video Examples of Book Talks:



 
Our book talk poster and information will be sent home on Thursday, March 19th and is due on Tuesday, March 31st.  We will have several students present their book talks each day beginning on the 31st. 
 
 
Have a wonderful spring break!
 
 
:-)  Mrs. Z

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Boise Watershed Field Trip

We had a fun time at the Watershed today!  We learned lots about weather, recycling, and minimizing pollution!  Below are a few pictures from our day:






Thank you to our parent volunteers and Miss Kim from our ERR room who helped make our field trip a success!

:-)  Mrs. Z

Friday, March 6, 2015

Meet the Masters

A BIG thank you to Mr. and Mrs. Miner for volunteering (again!) to lead the Meet the Masters art project in our classroom!  They do a fabulous job and our kids had a fun time creating their masterpieces this morning!







 
I hope to see you all tonight at our school musical, The Aristocats!  It's going to be a fun time for all!
 
:-)  Mrs. Z