THANK YOU TO THE OCS PTA!

Due to the generosity of the PTA, our class was able to get a new set of "Intermediate Dictionaries," clipboards and colored pencils. All of these are perfect for use in ALL of our classes!

Dictionaries are so important because they help us with our writing and everyday vocabulary. The clipboards will let us work anywhere in the room (so we're not always stuck at our desks!) and the colored pencils are great for "Writer's Workshop" for when we need to revise & edit our work.

Check out some pictures of students working on their dictionary skills with a partner from earlier today!

Our class is so thankful and grateful to have such a wonderful group of volunteers to help out in our school community and to assist us with our learning in the classroom-THANK YOU & HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

This week....

we all know is the last week before break, but we try to keep it as routine as possible! On Wednesday, we will have a Math quiz on what we have covered in our "Decimals" unit.
Also, if you happen to be up early, or going to bed late tonight-check out the only Lunar Eclipse of 2010! We will be discussing what a Lunar Eclipse is in Science today.
Have a great week!

Friday, December 17, 2010

Yesterday, we continued our tradition of mitten sewing! Everyone did a fabulous job & the mittens look great.
Students started by tracing their mitten pattern on 2 pieces of felt. After they carefully cut them out, they sewed a button on a snowman and that snowman was then sewn onto the mitten. The children did an awesome job on then sewing the two pieces together to create our final product. Next week, they will be filled with all of the goodies everyone has been bringing in to share. These sure will be a special and sweet memento for years to come.

In other news....... CULTURE KIT BOOK REVIEWS ARE DUE ON MONDAY!

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!

Everyday Math

In an effort to reduce the use of paper, I will now be posting the link up with the "Family Letter" for each Math Unit. As many of you know, I would send home a paper copy of the Family Letter so that you would be aware of what we would be practicing in our new unit.
Please read the letter and explore the EM site!

Have a great weekend!

https://www.wrightgroup.com/download/em/em3mm_g4_u04_family_letters.pdf

December 7, 2010

LANGUAGE ARTS;
This week we are reading "The Swimming Hole." You will notice synonyms on this week's Spelling List!
Also, please ask your child about "arm-tapping," this is an excellent activity to help with the spelling of anything that may be a challenge!

Words:
wood; would
too; to; two
there; their; they're
your; you're
beat; beet
break; brake
clothes; close
piece; peace
thrown; throne

*Bonus/Vocabulary*
dugout; punish; shallow; rushes; jointed

****REMINDER: CULTURE KIT BOOK REVIEWS DUE 12/20!!*****

SCIENCE UPDATE: Due to concert rehearsals, the chapter 3 test scheduled for this Friday, will now be next week on TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14

Weekly Happenings!

It's great to be back at school and in the swing of things with the class. As I am sure you have heard, I was out for Monday & Tuesday this week but, as I knew it would be, the students worked hard and are on schedule for the week.

* Language Arts: Spelling, Selection & Grammar tests will be Friday.

List words for "I Love Guinea Pigs" (note-compound words!)
1. baseball
2. highway
3. something
4. nighttime
5. weekend
6. basketball
7. classroom
8. sometimes
9. motorcycle
10. classmate
11. upstairs
12. anyway
13. chalkboard
14. downstairs
15. doorbell
16. myself
17. newspaper
18. earrings
19. softball
20. driveway
*Vocabulary/Extra Credit*
21. boars
22. fond
23. gnawing
24. sow
25. varieties

As mentioned yesterday, Chapter 3 Math Test has been moved to tomorrow, Thursday 12/2 from today. Please review at home tonight!

Happy December!