Author James Silvani coming to OTA Friday 9/26

Posted on September 22, 2014 by Mr. Major

OTA is pleased to welcome author, artist & illustrator James Silvani this Friday 9/26. Mr. Silvani will not only talk about his latest book Draw-A-Saurus, he will also guide our students in a hands on exploration of their own dinosaur drawings.

“This in-depth yet accessible dinosaur drawing guide combines humor, creativity, and the latest dino research to show artists young and old how to breathe life into drawings of their prehistoric favorites.

JAMES SILVANI is an artist and illustrator and has drawn characters for Disney, Warner Bros., Dreamworks, Lucasfilm, and Marvel Comics. Currently he is a comic book illustrator for titles like Disney’s Mickey Mouse, DuckTales, Darkwing Duck, and The Muppets. Silvani has drawn dinosaurs and other prehistoric beasts since childhood, and now puts those skills to use in art workshops at libraries, schools, and comic book conventions. ”

To preorder your copy of Draw-A-Saurus, please click on the following link an receive our special 20% discount. Click HERE In order to insure that your order will be available this Friday, please submit your order forms to the main office by Wednesday 9/24.

Q3 Math Target Scores

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Mr. Major

Start at the Bottom and Climb!

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Q2 Math Computer Target Scores

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Mr. Major

Links to ThatQuiz Projects (Each Quiz Has 10 problems)

Click Here for practice with Variables
Click Here for practice with Order of Operations
Click Here for practice with +, -, x, & / of Decimals
Click Here for practice with Measuring Angles
Click Here for practice with Quadrilaterals
Click Here for practice with Geometric Shapes
Click Here for practice with Multiplying and Dividing Fractions
Click Here for practice with Comparing fractions, decimals & percentages

Start at the bottom link and climb up ↑

Exploring Life Science

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Mr. Major

Taking a break from their studies of San Diego area flora and fauna, our 5th graders explored a little microbiology by preparing their first wet mounted slides. Being careful not to stain their clothing students experimented with swabbing their cheek cells onto slides and then using either Iodine or Blue Methyl dies. Here is an example of a successfully stained slide:

OTA Vegetable Garden

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Mr. Major

Dear 5th grade parents,

Help us to make our garden a reality! In order to create the 5^thgrade vegetable and herb garden we have done the following:

Researched the 7 essential requirements for plant growth & conducted experiments to test their effect on sample plant life
We created 3-D layouts of our proposed garden using Google Sketchup
We split into groups to design and plan a garden mural painting featuring handprints of all class members, hanging garden sections (pictured above), raised bed gardens in recycled metal cylinders and composting bins complete with a lunch waste recycling program.