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September 13-17 Week in Review

*Language Arts: The students read a story called, “A Visit with Grandpa”. The students discussed how the story related to their lives. The main theme of the story was, "If you practice and put effort into something, things that seem hard now will be easier to do later."

*Social Studies: This week, we discussed the landforms that make up New Jersey. We celebrated “Constitution Day” on Friday and discussed how the Articles of the Constitution helped to form our nation. We watched a video featuring the National Constitution Center and the first woman Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. You can visit that website at: http://www.constitutioncenter.org/

*Science: We learned how animals and plants are classified. The students created a flip booklet with examples of flowering plants, conifers and ferns & mosses.
*Math: In Math class, we discussed quadrangles, polygons, and angles. The students worked in groups at different math centers. We read the book “The Greedy Triangle” by Marilyn Burns to review shapes. The kids took a quiz on lines, segments, rays, angles, and polygons. We spent some time using a compass to create circles. Next week we will be using a compass to create some cool designs.

Math with K'Nex

Today in class, the students created lines, line segments, rays, angles, and quadrangles using K'Nex. Here are some pictures of the students while constructing their figures:

Our First Friday

With only three days this past week, who would have thought we would have gotten so much accomplished? Today your child will be coming home with his/her first Friday Folder of fourth grade. Included in the Friday Folder will be a "cover sheet" with a review of our weekly activities and some reminders for next week. You will also find three Scholastic Order Forms ~ Lucky, Arrow, and Click ~ with an information sheet on how to order. Please send in orders by Thursday, or if you wish to order online, you can go to:
Web address: scholastic.com/bookclubs
Class Activation Code: GTGQX


Here are some of my "Picks of the Month"

LUCKY
Diary of a Wimpy Kid #5 ~preorder and it will arrive November 10th
Beesus and Ramona
Geronimo Stilton novels
101 Freaky Animals
100 Things You Should Know About Explorers
Adventures in Cartooning
Fudge Collection

ARROW
Percy Jackson & the Olympians~The Lightning Thief~ and others in the series
Ripley's Believe It or Not 2011
Children's Thesaurus
National Geographic Kids World Atlas
Slightly Odd United States of America
Dear America novels
Mad Libs

CLICK
If you order from this catalog, you will receive a $5 coupon for the October Click Order!
Kid Fit Island Resort (WII & compatable with balance board)
National Geographic Dog Town (CD Rom)
World Championship Spelling (Nintendo DS)
Type to Learn 3 (CD Rom)
Video Game Tycoon Gold Edition(CD Rom)
Think Smart (Nintendo DS or WII)

Wonderful first day!

We had a wonderful first day today! This morning, I collected all of the summer math packets and summer reading posters. I gave a tour of the classroom and went over the school/classroom rules. We gathered on the carpet to read the story Math Curse, about a student that sees everything is related to math. After lunch, the students had a chance to introduce themselves by completing an "All About Me" informational paper. To share stories about "Our Summer Vacations", we wrote postcards and 'sent' them to Oxford Central School. At the end of our day, the students worked with a partner to complete a "First Day" puzzle, which we will complete tomorrow. I'm looking forward to an exciting year!