Welcome to my teacher connection page. I hope everyone enjoyed their summer and are excited to begin a new school year. My name is Mrs. Zentko. I teach 4th-grade ELA and Social Studies. This is my 16th year at The Villages Charter School. I'm looking forward to a great school year! 

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. 

Upcoming Events

November 5 Holiday Pictures

November 11 Veterans Day

November 12 Guest Veteran to our classroom to interview

November 13 Literacy Night. More information to come.

November 24-28 Fall Break. No School

November 27 Thanksgiving

Instructional Focus:

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. 

R2.2 Explain how relevant details support the central idea, implied or explicit.

R2.3 Explain an author’s perspective toward a topic in an informational text.

R2.4 Explain an author’s claim and the reasons and evidence used to support the claim. 

Social Studies

Standards: 

SS.4.A.3.4 Explain the purpose of and daily life on missions.

SS.4.A.3.5 Identify the significance of Fort Mose as the first free African community in the United States.

SS.4.A.3.6 Identify the effects of Spanish rule in Florida.

SS.4.A.3.7 Identify nations (Spain, France, England) that controlled Florida before it became a United States territory.