College/University Presentation

Good afternoon parents,

Each student will be presenting on a college or university on Friday, May 6. Each poster must include the following:

Name
Logo
Location
Year Founded
Number of Students Who Attend
One Tradition
Mascot
Best Degree or Major

Texas A&M Field Trip!

Good evening parents,

The Texas A&M Field trip is finally upon us. I am extremely excited for this opportunity, and I know that the students are as well. I will attach the field trip schedule and a parking map below, but I want to include important reminders so that you and your student can be prepared for the day. If you have any other questions, please let me know!

--Students and parent chaperones attending the field trip must arrive to the school between 5:30 and 5:55am.

--If you are a parent, you will not be able to leave any other children at Life School Oak Cliff. Many teachers do not arrive until well after we will depart from the campus and we cannot leave them unsupervised.

--If you are attending as a chaperone, you are responsible for your own travel and parking arrangements. Lunch will be provided for parents as well.

--If you are a chaperone, you are not allowed to bring any other children on the field trip, and only parents who have approved badges will be able to attend as chaperones.

--Students will not need to bring any electronics, pillows or blankets.

--Students may bring a water bottle and wear sunglasses if they would like.

--In order to take a child home, you must have your ID or your pick-up hangtag.

Itinerary

Class President!

Spelling Patterns Test 3/4/2016

Conversations Hearts Revising and Editing Test

Good Evening parents,

Below is the assessment we took today. The past three weeks in class, we've been working on transitional phrases and homophones. Below are two screenshots of the test (Front/Back) to show how work should be shown. Also, the answers are circled so that you can cross check with your student's answers. Students were mostly tested on questions 3-6. Please text or email if you have questions.

Homophone Presentation

Good afternoon parents,

This upcoming Friday, all students will present a poster presentation regarding homophones. Homophones are words that sound the same, but are spelled differently AND have different meaning. Each student was assigned one set of homophones today in class. They were responsible for writing down their assigned homophone, as well as all of the others (which will be tested next Friday!) Below is an example of a poster. It must include the word, a picture and a sentence. During the presentation, students must also present a hand signal to help students remember the differences between words.

These homophone groups will be tested next Friday. The students will not need to know how to spell them, rather, they will need to know how to use them in a sentence.

meat	meet	for	four	pair	pear	waist	waste
know	no	hour	our	dye	die	whole	hole
it’s	its	so	sew	herd	heard	knew	new
hear	here	ant	aunt	bored	board	piece	peace
road	rode	sea	see	bare	bear	break	brake
red	read	threw	through	two	too	to	they’re
there	their	bye	buy	by	write	rite	right

Glimpse at Texas A&M Field Trip

Good afternoon students and parents,

I am very excited to announce that 4th grade will participate in two field trips this semester. One of the trips is a great honor and privilege for the fourth grade students of Life School Oak Cliff. On Friday, April 29th, we will be attending my alma mater, Texas A&M University. This trip is a big deal for several reasons. One is that Texas A&M University is located approximately 170 miles away from Dallas and requires about 3 ½ hours of driving. For those students who are able to attend, this means waking up early because the bus leaves at 6am in the morning in order to reach the university campus by 10am. Last year was the first year of the trip, and we had an amazing time. We took part in a campus tour where the students learned a lot about college and later participated in activities such as rock wall climbing, zip-lining, and giant swings. While this year may be slightly different, I am excited for what it has to offer. I am writing this letter because we will be hosting a question and answer session for any parents interested in having their child attend the field trip. While this Q&A event is yet to be scheduled, I want to inform every parent that attending the Texas A&M field trip is a privilege that must be earned by each individual student.  Only students who exhibit behaviors representative of the fourth grade team and Life School Oak Cliff Elementary School will be allowed to attend. We will be sending more information in the coming weeks!