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  August 30-September 10, 2010

 

This week's guidance quote

    Treat everyone with politeness, even those

    who are rude to you - not because they are nice,

    but because you are. 

                           ~Author Unknown

 

What does that mean? 

 

Find out and be the first person to let  electronically me

know.....  Earn a homework pass!!!

  There is a link   (mailbox icon on the LEFT :)

 

            ALL 15 SSYRA books have been read by

 

YOUR NAME CAN BE HERE

 

CHECK CALENDAR FOR TODAY'S RELATED ARTS

 

Questions? Comments?
Email Mrs. Zelenski

Class Calendar

DAILY SCHEDULE

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

8:00-8:45

Math

8:45-9:15

RECESS

 

9:15-10:00
Related Arts

 

10:00-11:30
Snack/Read Aloud

Reading

Grammar

Spelling

 

11:30-12:30
SS/SC

with Mrs.

Noonan

 

12:30-1:00
LUNCH

1:05-1:55
Writing

with Mrs.  Oset

 

1:55-2:00
Planners/Silent Reading
  

 

2:00-2:05    Dismissal

 

 
 

 

                

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

 

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.

 

 

1ST QTR. AR GOAL

5 books (3 fiction chapter books, 2 non-fiction)

We are changing from AR

to Scholastic Reading Counts

Details will be coming home soon.

 

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 1   The Hot and Cold Summer

                          2   Mighty Jackie

                     CHARACTER TRAITS & MOTIVATION

                     SYNONYMS & ANTONYMS

                  

 

                                  online Reading textbook

--no username or password required!  

                          

Spelling     Lesson 1 SHORT VOWELS

 

SPELLING LISTS 

 

Writing:    CHECK WITH MRS. OSET

                          

Grammar  SENTENCE TYPES

                 declarative (states a fact)

                 interrogative (asks a question)

                 imperative (command or request)

                 exclamatory (shows strong feeling or emotion)

                                

Math      fact families

               properties (order, grouping, identity, zero) of multiplication

              

KNOW YOUR x table facts!   Review/practice nightly

Use your blocks or "division wrap-ups"

          

           Online textbook   MATH TEXTBOOK

                   username & password   studentf16   

 

                                                  

                                                        COMING SOON......

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.

 

         Science/Social Studies   

                          CHECK WITH MRS. NOONAN

 

            SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES ONLINE TEXTBOOK

 Mrs. Noonan will give you a username & password

 

                                   reading underwater   

   

        Related Arts schedule    "MCSAP"

                    Monday--Music

                    Tuesday--Computer

                    Wednesday*--Science

                    Thursday--Art

                    Friday--PE

 

      *Any ER days the schedule will rotate

                    Sept.    Music         Feb.  Computer

                    Oct.     PE              Mar.  Music

                    Nov.    Art              May  PE

                    Jan.     Science

                                                 

         STUDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO BRING WATER

        EVERYDAY, AND ESPECIALLY ON PE DAYS!!!