Enjoying your time off?

End of the year :-(

First, I want to apologize for taking so long to post lately. There were changes to passwords and log-in names that took some time to sort through. It has been an incredibly fast ending to the year; and I am so proud of how the students have "FINISHED STRONG!!" (our class motto for the end of the year) I posted all of the Biography Projects and Pictures from the LSC Field Trip!!

Last, thank you all for the kind wishes! I completely plan on having a full recovery from the torn acl and meniscus.

Last few weeks

I hope you are all working hard during your last few weeks of 4th grade.   

You are probably learning about MARE kelp forest/eel grass now in Science...Here is a really cool website to show some info about the kelp forest:

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I will do my best to stop by before the end of the year.  Until then, here is a little video of Wyatt - he is 6 weeks old!

Wyatt Christopher Dowd

Baby Wyatt arrived Sunday, April 21st at 3:07pm.

He was 7 pounds 4 ounces and 19 inches long.

Here are a few pictures of him!

Wyatt - one week old - April 28, 2013 at 3:07pm

so happy to be home

Our first family picture - Wyatt Christopher -
April 21, 2013 ~3:07pm
7 pounds 4 ounces ~ 19 inches long

Science review for the test!

Here are some links to help with the science material for the test on Tuesday. Sorry for the confusion with the date! I accidentally combined two different dates!

Watch this video before you play the games

http://www.eschooltoday.com/energy/kinds-of-energy/heat-transfer-by-conduction.html
http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/heat-energy-games/heat-energy-matchit.html
http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/heat-energy-games/heat-cardflip.html
http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/heat-energy-games/heat-energy-word-o-rama.html

One week...

Can you believe it has been a week since I saw all of you?  So far, baby is still staying put.  I'll update everyone as soon as he arrives :)
Hope you are all doing your best work!
:)
Mrs. Dowd

States of Matter Game

Report Cards

Report Cards were sent home today - I'm very impressed with the excellent grades!  We did not receive the honor roll or high honor roll information before they were sent home today, so certificates will be sent home after spring break.

States of Matter video

Recycled bottles

This week, we discussed recycling in Science.  The students brought in plastic water bottles and we made spring flowers out of the bottles!

Read Across America

Mrs. Nyman read to us Friday

Mayor Ort came in today

Measuring with Angles

Brainpop Civil War movie

Respect

We have been discussing the character trait "respect" over the past 2 weeks. As a journal writing activity today, the students responded to the following question.  Check out their answers:

Names hurt your feelings and make people sad. 

Names do hurt people. They can affect your heart. Bad names are not nice and you should never use them.

You can call someone a name and they can get their feelings hurt.

I think that’s a lie! Words that aren’t nice do hurt.

Words can stick with you forever.

Name calling can hurt your feelings inside. 

Sticks and stones can hurt you, but your feelings can get hurt by names and words.

If people say ‘shut up’ or ‘you’re a jerk’ it does hurt.

Hearing people say unkind words and names can put you in a bad mood.

Sticks and stones can hurt you in a physical way. Names can hurt your heart.

You should never call people names – treat people the way you want to be treated.

Names do hurt. They are like poison or someone losing an arm. Some people will just try to ignore it but you can only ignore so much.

If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all.

Sticks and stones can break your bones but names can hurt even more. 

Canal Projects - NJ Transportation Unit

January Book Review Puppets

The students read biography reports, then created a puppet that looked like their famous person...

Martin Luther King, Jr,

BrainPop movie on MLK

Watch a shortened version of the "I Have a Dream" Speech

Tornado Video

Watch the tornado video, then play the weather games from January 3rd.

Washington Crossing the Delaware

Happy New Year!