Family Field Trip

Author Alert!!! Family Field Trip!!! Join Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Merten and their families at the Northbridge Middle School in Whitinsville, Massachusetts on June 7th at 6:30 p.m. for an author visit with Jarrett J. Krosoczka.  Jarrett Krosoczka is the author of the popular Lunch Lady series.  This is the first book signing for Jarrett in a long time, so the audience will fill up.  Books will be available for purchase at the visit with cash or a check.  If time and weather permits, we will go to West End Creamery for ice cream when we are done.  This event is being hosted by The Whitinsville Social Library and should be a great time.  All family members are welcome to join and cost of books and ice cream are the responsibility of each family.  As this is an "after school hours event," families are responsible for supervising their student or any students that they bring to the event. We look forward to seeing you there!  Please find directions to NMS from JFK here.  Please find directions from NMS to West End Creamery here.

The Bug Hunting Game!

This video goes along great with our adaptations unit! Check it out!

Live Animal Web Cameras

Click on the links below to check out some of the live animal web cams that we view in school. Some of these cameras will lead you to other cameras in a specific zoo or location.

Houston Zoo

San Diego Zoo

National Zoo

Web Cams from Africa-very cool!

Send us a comment and or a link if you find any other web cams that are exciting and we will add them to this list!

Technology Videos

Our technology videos are starting to come together!  Fourth graders are working on the following types of videos:

• MATH ~ How to multiply and/or divide numbers
• TECHNOLOGY ~ How to create a Google Slideshow
• READING ~ Book trailers - comments on books we love

Click this link for a a sneak peek of a math video, compliments of Mrs. E. Williams' class.

Juicy Nibble

Today we learned about some famous people who were born in the southeast region of the US.  BB King was born in Mississippi and was one of the greatest Blues musicians of all time.  He died in May of 2015.  We listened to one of his most popular songs, The Thrill is Gone.  Check out the video below!

Fourth Grade Update

We have continued to build our community with Monday Morning 4th grade meetings. This is a great opportunity for our fourth graders to reconnect with their friends after a weekend, and to start our week of right!

Our mantra for this week was "Effort is Everything", which connects nicely with ~

• Our Washington, D.C. projects (due Thursday)
• Our Fraction assessment (Today)
• The Patriots' Superbowl comeback!

We will be celebrating Valentine's Day on Tuesday with Valentines and a Party in a Bag.  This celebration will be in place of our regular snack.

Wednesday was a beautiful day for outdoor recess (just before the blizzard)!

Family Fun!

Next Saturday is "Take Your Child to the Library," day. It is, "An international initiative that encourages families everywhere to take their children to their local library," (Connecticut Library Consortium). I hope that you are able to get to the library with your family!  Click here for more information about this fun day.