MARE

Students have been enjoying class trips with their grade level classes this month. While in school, they continue to work on their individual reading goals. We are also reading Lemony Snickett's A Series of Unfortunate Events. We are working on various activities in relation to the book. We'll watch the movie when we finish the book.

The math students just finished learning about place value of decimals. To help us relate place value to real life, we play The Price is Right on the Wii on Fridays. It gives the students an opportunity to undestand the cost of items as well as apply their knowledge of place value in determining the price. We are moving on to learn about probability before the end of the school year.

Each grade level contributed to out MARE bulletin board. We are all looking forward to Ocean Night at OCS.

May

The 7th grade has finished testing. Yahoo! My 7th graders tried their best each day on the NJASK test. This week the 5th and 6th grades are testing. They are also working very hard to apply all that they have learned to answer test questions.

The 7th graders are finishing up their research papers. They are putting on the final touches. The papers will be due on Friday, May 11. They are also working on reading comprehension this week by reading articles about Native Americans and answering questions based on their reading. This ties into what they jusat finished learning about in Social Studies class.

In Math, we are working on activities that require remembering basic math facts.

In Science, 6th grade is learning about the Galapagos Islands. The 7th grade is learning about the Coral Reef.