After completing the Commonsense Media lesson on finding a balance between media, non-media, and physical activities, fourth grade students created digital collages to represent their own balanced life. 

Click here to view the collages. 

Fifth graders, Gibson and Theo, wrote and illustrated two collections of comics.  Click the images to enjoy reading "Play On Words" and "Close Quarters."

Click to view student created "Pixel Art."

Fourth and fifth graders wrote and illustrated poems about their favorite outside activities.  If you're feeling cabin fever, read their poems and you'll be inspired to step outside.  Students had a choice to publish or not publish their poem to the website. 

Click here to view the fourth grade poems

Click here to view the fifth grade poems

Fifth grade students in Room 22 and Room 24 created short video book trailers to encourage each other to read favorite books over the summer.  Click here to view their creative work!

The link below will lead you to a summary and photos of the insect research that took place in 2nd grade in the spring of 2021. Students enthusiastically used books that were provided through a $250 grant from the Sno-King Retirees Association. 

Click here to learn more about the grant and view photos of the students researching insects. 

Enjoy the poems below which were written by 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders via Seesaw in April of 2021. 

"Word Art" Poems by 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade Poets

3rd, 4th, and 5th grade poets used a "Word Art" site to write and
create artistic visual poems.  Click here to see them all!

Create your own "Word Art" at https://wordart.com/create

"All About Me" Poems

Click to enjoy "All About Me" poems written by 4th and 5th graders. 

Lake Forest Park students enjoyed a reading of Derrick Barnes' book, "I Am Every Good Thing," and responded by writing their own "I am every good thing" poem.  

Students refelcted on the good things in their own life and typed in the spaces on the template.  

Click the links below to read their poems: 

2nd grade

3rd grade

4th grade

5th grade

If you'd like to write your own, follow the template below:

Lake Forest Park students, staff, and families read Wishtree by Katherine Applegate from 11/19/20-12/16/20. Funded by a generous grant from the Lake Forest Park PTA, all families received a copy of Wishtree to read and add to their home library. This program was a school-wide family engagement activity.  Click here to visit our "One Book, One School" web pages about "Wishtree," where you'll find photos, trivia questions, student wishes, and more.

Inspired by Peter Reynold's classic book, "The Dot,"students from K-5 chose to participate in this year's "Dot Day."  After enjoying a reading of "The Dot," students created their own one-of-a-kind dot either digitally or on paper.  Click here to view this year's dots!