Practice over the break!

Math class - make sure to practice your multiplication and division facts over the break!!! Don't lose the facts you've spent time learning! Writers - practice writing about your vacation. Make sure to write in a sequential way by using transition words and keeping on topic! Readers - Read over the break! Your brain will thank you for it! Have a fabulous break!!!

April Fools!

Yes, we didn't get all of that snow that was predicted on all the forecasts! I know we are all happy about that. There are only a few weeks left until state testing and we need all of our days to prepare. I will be sending home work packets for the Spring break to help students practice the skills they learned so far. This week, we continue to work on reading fluency, vocabulary development, sight word recognition, and making inferences while reading. In math, the class is working on multiplication and division. We will be using the calculator to work with larger numbers. Next week, we will be focusing on using our fact skills to assist with geometry.

Getting down to business

Students finished their novels and constructed a poster response to the novel he/she read. They will be displayed in the hall. For the next month, we will be fervently working on polishing our reading and writing skills to prepare for the NJASK testing. We finished up learning about writing checks in math class. We'll be working on a variety of skills over the next few weeks. These include multiplication and division; fractions; measurement; geometry; and probability. We have missed several math classes due to the inclement weather and assemblies held during math time. We know we can work hard to get all of the knowledge into our brains! Hopefully we have seen our last snow day until next winter! As a result of the last two snow days, there are calendar changes that will go into effect. We will be going a few days longer in June. We will be getting out of school on June 22. The ESY program will start on June 27. Remember, the program is 1 hour shorter this year. It runs from 8:30-11:30. See you there!

Middle of March Madness

March is flying by!
Language Arts 1:We are almost finished with our novel Island Book One: Shipwreck. We've been learning a lot about boats, tenacity, and relying on your strengths to get through tough situations.
Language Arts 2: We are almost done with Sweet Valley Twins Book 2. We're building vocabulary and working on reading fluency.
Math: We are learning more about the record keeping of check writing. Students are applying their skills with adding and subtracting decimals to manage a checkbook register.
Science: We are learing about forms of energy.

Reminder

Friday, March 11 and Monday, March 14, will be 1/2 days. The students will be dismissed at 12:30. There will be no lunch served either day. The teachers will remain at school for professional development.

Come on Spring!

We were teased last week with our two warm days in a row. As a result, the students in room 214 are really anxious to change the decorations to present a more Spring-like atmosphere. We will be working on these decorations, but will make decorations in a way that correspond to NJCCCS and IEP goals. We look forward to any visitors who might like to partake in our warm atmosphere!

Finally a full week!

We are so happy to finally be without a snow day here at OCS!!!

The next few weeks will find us working on improving our writing skills. This is an important form of communication and a vital life skill.

We will continue to work on phonemic awareness and applying learned strategies while reading new or difficult words. Students will be reading novels over the next few weeks. Some will read The Island Book One: Shipwreck.

In math class, we are working toward multiplication and division for some and more advance addition and subraction for others. Also, there are some students working to understand what it means to add and subtract numbers.