4th Grade Goals!

Both of the 4th grades have worked on goals for this academic year.  Mr. Denzer-Weiler's class (Mr. DW as the kids refer to him), as well as our own, have filled in football templates with personal goals for school.  They are in the hallway in front of both of our classrooms as serve as a motivation to all of the 4th grade.  The students did a great job on these, and they can not wait for you to see them at Back to School Night (9/17)!

Spelling Words

Happy Friday!

Students were given the spelling words for next week's test. 
The words were taken from the first two chapters of Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing.

1.  cereal
2.  insulted
3.  pears
4.  turtle
5.  hollered
6.  flowers
7.  reptiles
8.  mumbling
9.  advertising
10. delicious
11. stomach
12. slurping
13. complained
14. announced
15. advantages
16. combination
17. pastimes
18. discussing
19. repeated
20. commercial

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!

September 5, 2013

Good Afternoon!

Just a friendly reminder that many of the forms that were once sent home ("Parent Homework") are now on the OCS homepage.  If you locate the "OCS Backpack" icon, you will find forms that need to be filled out and sent with your child to school.  If there are any issues with printing out documents, please let me know and I will send your child home with a print out!

Thank you and have a great night!

Welcome to 4th Grade!

Today was such a wonderful 1st day of 4th grade!  The class and I had a great time getting to know each other and learning about their new class!
Welcome back!  :)

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Our focus of study for MARE this year is on the Kelp Forest.  Lucky for us, the adorable sea otter makes it's home in the Kelp Forest.
If you would like to see sea otters, live on your computer, check them out at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.  They feed and train them every few hours.  You can log on anytime from 7am to 7pm when cameras are rolling and they feed them at 1:30pm, 4:30pm and 6:30pm (EST)
http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/efc/efc_otter/otter_cam.aspx

ENJOY!

The week of May 20-24

There is so much happening in our classroom and in our school as we wind down our school year!

Please remember, the concert is this Wednesday (5/22) evening.  The show begins at 6:00pm and students may come to our classroom starting at 5:30pm.

Thursday (5/23) is our long-awaited class trip.  As a reminder, the students need to be at school by the regular time (please be on time!) and will return at around 3:45pm. Please check their folders for more information regarding our trip, this will be going home tonight!

This week's Spelling focuses on words that have vowels with no sound clues.

1.   machine
2.   especially
3.   usually
4.   probably
5.   giant
6.   buffalo
7.   Canada
8.   canoe
9.   relatives
10. stomach
11. moment
12. cement
13. yesterday
14. animals
15. iron
16. favorite
17. welcome
18. support
19. suppose
20. August

We are also reading "Into the Sea" in Language Arts.  There will be a selection test on this short story on Wednesday (5/22).

Have a great week!

NJASK!

The students have been preparing for the NJASK this week.  Testing for 4th grade does last for all five school days, as there is a day of Science testing included! 
In addition to focusing work on comprehension, writing and math, we have discussed the importance of having a healthy breakfast, getting a good night's rest, and being prompt to school in the morning!

For an interesting read about helping your child deal with test anxiety, click the link for the article!
http://www.education.com/reference/article/Ref_Helping_Overcome/