Welcome to

Mrs. Zelenski's Fourth Grade

"A person of character does the right thing when no one's looking"

"A habit can be good friend or a bad enemy"


   

For March 15-19 2010

 

FCAT may be over, but

LEARNING CONTINUES!  

 

This week's guidance quote is from Henry Ford.

What is his birthdate?.

Thank you, Joey Fachetti, for finding out the birthdat--July 30, 1863.

 Find out and be the first person to let

electronically me know.....

Earn a homework pass!!!

 

Just pick one, please.  Submit you answer

electronically via email to me.  There is a link

(mailbox icon on the LEFT :)

 

            March 14 or "3.14" is "∏ (Pi) Day".  We learned about

           as we explored and learned about finding

           circumference and area of circles. 

          Noah Proctor reported in with the significance

          of the date.

 

 

Thank you to everyone for creating Olympic themed posters

 for our  PCE night at McDonald's

Art teacher, Mrs. Saum, awarded medals to

Tommy Bertone, gold

Michael Jerrell, silver

Joey Fachetti, bronze

Way to go!!!

 

ALL 15 SSYRA books have been read by

Noah Proctor

Saja Hussein

 

RISE AND SHINE

Early morning wakeup workout with Mrs. McClure and

Miss Colasanti

M-F; 7:20-7:45 on the FRONT court

 

 

GO GREEN--THE LAST FRIDAY

 OF EACH MONTH

IS

REDUCE THE CARLINE DAY.

March 26

CHECK CALENDAR FOR TODAY'S RELATED ARTS

Questions? Comments?
Email Mrs. Zelenski

Class Calendar

DAILY SCHEDULE

7:45-8:00
A.M. work

8:00-8:50 SS/Science

8:50-9:35
Related Arts

9:35-9:45
Snack/Read Aloud

9:45-10:30
Writing/Language Arts

10:30-11:50
Reading

11:54-12:24
RECESS

12:24-12:54
LUNCH

1:00-1:50
Math

1:50-2:00
Planners/Silent Reading
  

2:00-2:05    Dismissal

 

 
 

 

            

Please send in small cleaned styrofoam trays--

we use them for painting projects!

 

It's "sniffle" time in Room #48---and we are

 out of tissues.

 Thanks to those who have already sent in some.....

we're out again! 

Perhaps some others can send in this time:)

 

Weekly Work Folder (WWF) will come home on

Mondays (or the first day of the week. 

 Please remove & look over the work, then sign and

return the folder the next day.

 

 

3rd QTR. AR GOAL

8 books (6 fiction chapter books, 2 non-fiction)

---score of at least 80%;

within your AR level

Deadline to complete goal is Wednesday, March 31.

 

 

USEFUL LINKS

AR Quizzes

 

Math Glossary

 

HARCOURT PRACTICE

 

Math Practice

 

PINNACLE (GRADES)

 

FCAT Explorer 

For Mary Brown, born on March 7th,  login would be:

      Username: 

           last name first initial (no spaces)                                          brownm

      Password:    

            43+first 4 letters of last name+birth date (no spaces)       43brow0307

 

 

SCHOLASTIC BOOK ORDERS

User Name: pce4z

Password:  pce4z

 

 

 

What We Are Working On in Class

 

Reading: LESSON 21:  Because of Winn-Dixie

                character, plot, setting, plot events

                        

 online Reading textbook

--no username or password required!  

                          

Spelling:      Lesson 21

SPELLING LISTS 

 

Writing:         Answering questions in complete sentences

                          by using words from the question

                     Expository writing

Language Arts:  action verbs & "helping" verbs

                                            

 

Math:  ºF and ºC, reading a thermometer

             gathering/recording data

             making/interpreting graphs

             finding: mean, median, mode, range                

 

KNOW YOUR x table facts!   Review/practice nightly

Use your "division wrap-ups"

          

           Online textbook   MATH TEXTBOOK

                             You have a username & password

 

Participation in Sunshine Math is completely voluntary. 

I do encourage students to TRY,

 as all the questions will help with critical thinking as well as

FCAT skills.  Worksheets will be sent home on Mondays

and are due back by Friday of the same week.

 

 Social Studies:   Early Florida explorers & inhabitants--

                               Ais, Calusas, Tocobago, Hobe, Tekestas

                               Ponce de Leon, Pedro Menendez Aviles,

                               Hernando de Soto, Panfilo de Narvaez, Alvar

                               Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

                               St. Augustine, Missionaries

                               Florida Under 3 Flags:  British, French, &

                                      Spanish

                          Government--federal & state branches

                                       responsibilities of each

                SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES ONLINE TEXTBOOK

         You have a username & password

 

  March is Women in History month.  Students will

 research a woman who has had a positive impact or

 contribution to the world.

  Details are explained in a sheet that went home on

Tuesday, February 23. 

Completed project is due Friday, March 19, 2010

 

Science:  Chapter 5 Human Body

                   digestive, nervous, skeletal, muscular, circulatory,

                   & respiratory systems

                   

 

 

reading underwater

   

Related Arts schedule    Day  A/G--Music                  

                                                  B/H--PE  

                                                  C/D--Skills Lab

                                                  I/J--Art

                                                  E/K--PE

                                                  F/L--Computer

                                                 

 

    STUDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO BRING WATER

   EVERYDAY, AND ESPECIALLY ON PE DAYS!!!