I hope you all had a fun and restful Spring Break!  I will see you on Monday, March 30th! 😀

Each family needs a minimum of 10 informational hours. See opportunities below. 

These hours can also roll over to service hours; however, service hours cannot roll over to informational hours. 

Still in need of PI hours? You can also check out parent informational books from our library.

Upcoming Events:

Tuesday, April 7th- 4th grade Writing FAST test

Tuesday, April 7th- Breakout Sessions 6:00-8:00 at BR VCMS (Earn informational PI)

Tuesday, April 7th- 4th grade Writing FAST test

School Surveys will be sent electronically (Date TBD)- (Families can earn up to 2.5 Informational hours)

Tuesday, May 5th- HERD Meeting at 6:00 at 4/5 Center Gym (Earn informational PI)

Wednesday, May 6th- 4th grade ELA PM3 FAST test

Tuesday, May 12th- 4th grade Math PM3 FAST test

Tuesday, May 19th- 10:00-11:00 Classroom Awards (Parents are invited to help celebrate. Invitations will be going home.)

Instructional Focus:

Reading 

Students should be reading EVERY day! Encourage reading a variety of genres. 

Standards: 

Reading Prose and Poetry

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

Reading Informational Text

R2.1 Explain how text features contribute to the meaning and identify the text structures of problem/solution, sequence, and description in texts.

Standards Review

Social Studies

Standards: 

World War 1, 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s in Florida

SS.4.A.4.1 Explain the effects of technological advances on Florida.

SS.4.A.6.1 Describe the economic development of Florida’s major industries.

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

SS.4.A.7.1 Describe the causes and effects of the 1920s Florida land boom and bust.

SS.4.A.7.2 Summarize challenges Floridians faced during the Great Depression.

SS.4.A.7.3 Identify Florida’s role in World War II.

SS.4.A.9.1 Utilize timelines to sequence key events in Florida history.

SS.4.E.1.1 Identify entrepreneurs from various social and ethnic backgrounds who have influenced Florida and local economy.

SS.4.E.1.2 Explain Florida’s role in the national and international economy and conditions that attract businesses to the state.

SS.4.G.1.3 Explain how weather impacts 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.