mitten sewing

Each year, my 4th grade class learns to sew on a button and practice the whip stitch while sewing a big mitten. Thanks to all who assisted, whether at home or in the classroom, to make our project a success!

door decorating contest

We had a holiday door decorating contest at OCS. I guided the students towards a CORRECT theme, "The Gift I can Give to Others", focusing on empathy. The kids all wrote about giving toys to children in need, cards to family members, etc... As a class, we decided that this writing would look great either as a gift tag on a present, or as the present itself.

When it came time to discuss how to decorate the door, the kids were in complete control. I told the  class to decide how the rest of the door should look. They decided on a tree to put the presents under, with decorations they could each create. Somehow, it then turned into a "Star Wars meets Olaf" door!

We did not win the contest, however, I know we all had fun decorating!

Amazing Ecosystem Projects

Veterans Day

Social Studies Mobiles

Students worked with a partner to create a mobile for the Social Studies topics we learned about in Unit 1. Here are our final projects!

Math lessons

A number of parents were asking about HOW to actually work through the Go Math problems we do in class. Here is the link to the 'how to' videos - click on grade 4 and the lesson. We are going to be getting into Chapter 3 next week. You can find the lesson number on the top of each homework sheet.

Bullying lesson

Today Mr. Baran came in for a Character Education lesson on bullying. Together, with the kids, we discussed the definition of bullying and teasing. Here are some posters we looked at:

Multiplication facts practice

Mr Keenan West

Anti-Bullying speaker, Keenan West visited our school today.

You can check out his website http://keenanwest.com/

Here are pictures from the assembly- you will see Jenny!