Please send in an empty cereal box for a literacy project this week.

Field Trip Information to Wonder Works

Consent form (Click on the link.)

Parent Letter (Click on the link.)

Deadlines:

Friday, January 30th: Payment and Consent forms are due

WonderWorks Orlando Field Trip

Thursday, February 26th

Drop off in carline NO later than 7:00 AM

Breakfast starts at 6:30

Departure: 7:15 AM

Estimated return time: 4:00 PM

Upcoming Events

Literacy Week (January 26-30)

Book Character Parade (January 30 at 10:15) - Parents are welcome to attend.

Instructional Focus:

Reading

Standards: 

Reading Prose and Poetry

R1.1 Explain how settings, events, conflict, and character development contribute to the plot in a literary text.

R1.2 Explain a stated or implied theme and how it develops, using details, in a literary text.

R1.3 Identify the narrator’s point of view and explain the difference between a narrator’s point of view and character perspective in a literary text.

R1.4 Explain how rhyme and structure create meaning in a poem. 

Social Studies

Standards: 

Florida Pioneers

SS.4.A.4.2 Describe pioneer life in Florida.

SS.4.A.5.2 Summarize challenges Floridians faced during Reconstruction.

SS.4.A.6.3 Describe the contributions of significant individuals to Florida. 

Daily Homework: Read every day!  Students should journal after every book they have read. Short books should have more journal entries. Longer chapter books should have summaries throughout the book. The intent is always to read and summarize to build understanding.  Every other week, students will have Word Application homework. This has replaced traditional spelling tests over the years. The homework practice page helps students to decode words by using word parts such as Greek or Latin roots, prefixes, and suffixes. The students will need to know the spelling of these words, as well as the common valuable words located on the word list. Word lists are glued in your child's agenda. Students will need to know the various definitions of the multiple-meaning word and how the shades of meaning of words are related to intensity or strength. 

One parent/teacher conference is required for the school year. I will be contacting you to arrange these conferences; however, if you have any questions throughout the year, please do not hesitate to contact me at Diane.Zentko@tvcs.org.