Cereal Commercials

Since I spent the day at home today, I finally got all of our cereal commercials posted!

Click the cereal box below to watch! 

Enjoy!

Summer is here!

Click below for free summer reading programs for kids

Click below for free or almost free summer movies

Monday 6/20

Awards Day from 9-10am

Our Fourth Grade Agriculture Feast is on Monday! 
Remember to send in your item with your child or bring it in by 10:45.

Field Day 2011 pics!

FIELD DAY!!!

Thursday is Field Day at OCS!

GO BLUE!!!  GO GOLD!!!

12:30 dismissal

Technology Survey

Students in grades 4-8 will be completing the technology survey in class.
Click the link below to complete the technology survey:

http://www.quia.com/quiz/3141833.html

BREAKING NEWS!!!

WE WERE ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE EXPRESS TIMES NEWSPAPER TODAY!!!
CHECK US OUT ON THE LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER!!!

http://xmedia.live.advance.net/lvlive/pdf/thursday_nj.pdf

Bill Sloan Visit 2011

Our truck driver friend, Bill Sloan, came to visit all the way from the state of Washington!  He answered questions about his travels, then we went outside to take a tour of his truck and meet Shorty.  Bill brought a stack of postcards for the kids to take home as a souvenir.

postcards that Bill has sent from 48 states

question and answer session

Trinity and Mrs. Dechert checking out Bill's truck

Mr. Magnuson and Shorty

Fourth grade class picture with Bill and Shorty

Shorty and Bill

Excited Shorty!

Mrs. Dowd's class with Bill 2011

Coming up this week...

Wednesday, June 8 -

Luau Lunch: wear something 'tropical'.

Wednesday, June 8-
Truck Driver Visit:

Our trucker friend, Bill Sloan will be visiting our class. 

This will be the 11th year he has visited the fourth graders here at OCS. 

Thursday, June 9 -
Ocean Night from 6-8pm

FUN 4th Grade Games!!!

More MARE Movies!

sea otters playing

sea otter enrichment

sea urchin eating

sea star eating

MARE - Kelp Forest

In fourth grade, the students learn about the Kelp Forest and Eelgrass during our MARE science curriculum.  The Montery Bay Aquarium in California is an excellent resource for us while learning about this topic.  Click on the photograph to learn about this amazing aquarium and see the live web cam:

Other great websites can be found here:

Dive into the Kelp Forest in a submersible

Watch a movie about Kelp

NJASK Testing Week

We have gotten through our first 2 days of NJASK testing on Language Arts.  On Wednesday and Thursday, we will have our NJASK Math testing.  Friday is our NJASK Science test. 

I have been reading the novel "Hoot" to the students the past two weeks.  The story is about a boy named Roy Eberhardt, the new kid at Trace Middle School. The story is an ecological mystery about a pancake house that is scheduled to be built over the burrows of endangered miniature owls.  We will watch the movie HOOT on Friday.

Information About September 11th

Our current Social Studies Chapter on "Times of Change" touches briefly upon the events of September 11th.  With the current events in the news bringing up this tragic day, we felt it was appropriate to share some facts with the students. This week, we will be watching the Brain Pop movie about September 11th.  Feel free to preview or review it with your child.

We will also discuss this famous quote:
"I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that." ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

Remember to thank our troops...

Earth Day Game



Click the picture above to play an Earth Day game!



Liberty Science Center Field Trip 2011