Hello everyone. We had a great time at the Fit-a- thon yesterday. The volunteers did a great job and we enjoyed using the back field this year. Can you believe there are only 12 days left to our school year! It has gone by so quickly. Science Fair Projects are due on Tuesday, May 29th. Our class presents on Friday, June 1st in the AM. We will have the projects set up in the Art Room. The OAA Dance is on Friday, May 25 @ 2PM. We had perfect attendance during testing so our entire class gets to participate. Our End of Year Awards Assembly is on June 6 @ 1PM. Honor Roll & Perfect Attendance for the entire year will be presented by Mrs. Walker at this time. Have a great rest of the year!  

Happy Spring!

I hope everyone had a wonderful and relaxing Spring Break. Next week is OAA Spirit Week and Book Fair Week. Our Book Fair day is on Friday from 9:55-10:20. OAA Spirit Theme is: "Amelia Tigers Race to the Top!" Monday- Daytona 500, Tuesday- Kentucky Derby, Wednesday- Amelia Spirit, Thursday-Hawaiian Kayak Race, Friday- Flying Pig Marathon. The OAA Pep Assembly will be on Monday, April 23@ 1:30. The OAA Reading Test for 4th Grade is on Wednesday, April 25th. The OAA Math Test for 4th Grade is on Wednesday, May 2nd. Report Cards went home on Friday, April 13th. Our next Science Test on Weather is on Tuesday, April 24th and our next Math Test on Area, Perimeter, and Volume is on Friday, April 27th.

February News

It was great to see so many of you at conferences and at the Valentine's Day Dance. The children enjoyed exchanging valentines on Tuesday. A big thank you goes out to Mrs. Hawthorne for the treat bags. We have completed Unit 3 in Literacy and Unit 6 in Math. This week we will have our test on Earth Science.We begin fractions in Math and Unit 4 in Literacy. The students have new math journals and reading books for the rest of the year. Interim Reports go home on Friday the 24th. Please continue to check the Weekly Folders for Office Information and Graded papers.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year! I hope you had a restful break. We are back in Reading Street, so look for reading and spelling tests to be coming home. Now that the Rewards Program is finished, Reading Skills Groups have begun this week. Fourth Graders are grouped according to their needs and move between the 5 classes for 30 minutes right before lunch. We have begun Unit 5 in Math on rounding, estimating, and multiplication. I will teach multiplication the traditional way. The Unit Test date is Thursday, January 19. We are studying chemical & physical changes in Science this week. Our Science Test on Matter will be on Wednesday, January 18. The grading period (and the semester) will be ending soon on January 23. Report Cards will go home on the 27. Conferences will follow on January 31 & February 7. Be sure to let me know if you would like a conference by returning the paper to school when it comes home.