I WILL BE ON PERSONAL LEAVE THE WEEK OF 2/6/12.  THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING.  SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY EMERGENCIES PLEASE CONTACT THE MAIN OFFICE AT 860/648-5010. 

Upcoming Important Dates:

Monday, February 13th - Mr. Giansanti Out from 9-12 - Administrative Day.

Tuesday, February 14th - Walk to SWHS Music Performance (9-10am)

Monday, February 20th - No School, Presidents' Day

Tuesday-Wednesday, February 21-22nd - February Break

Thursday, February 23rd - Owl Pellet Dissection Lab

Friday, March 2nd - Practice CMT

Monday, March 5th - Editing & Revising CMT

Tuesday, March 6th - Direct Assessment of Writing CMT

Wednesday, March 7th - Reading Comprehension I CMT

Thursday, March 8th - Reading Comprehension II CMT

Friday, March 9th - Degrees of Reading Power CMT

Monday, March 12th - Math I CMT

Tuesday, March 13th - Math II CMT

Friday, March 16th - Supplemental Testing CMT

Parents please continue to sign your child's planner or reading log each evening.  They will regularly have reading, a math assignment, and a literacy assignment. 

Mr. Giansanti's Daily Schedule:

8:25-8:45am:  Independent Reading

8:45-9:05am:  Morning Meeting

9:05-9:50am:  Writer's Workshop

9:50-10:30am:  Special

10:30-10:40am:  Snack

10:40-11:30am:  Math Workshop

11:30-12:25pm:  Recess/Lunch

12:25-1:50pm:  Reader's Workshop

1:50-2:30pm:  Flex. Time

2:30-3:00pm:  Social Studies/Science

3:00-3:10pm:  Planners

3:15pm:  Dismissal

Specials:

Monday - Physical Education

Tuesday - Chorus/Lessons/Band & Orchestra

Wednesday - Art

Thursday - Library

Friday - Music

Grade Level Expectations for 4th Grade:

http://www.southwindsorschools.org/uploaded/documents/CI/elementary/Learning_Journeys_Grade_4.pdf

Book List

DRA 40-44 (Q-R-S-T)

Fudge-A-Mania Judy Blume

Grandpa’s Face Eloise Greenfield

Homer Price Robert McCloskey

James and the Giant Peach Roald Dahl

Onion Tears Diana Kidd

Plain Girl Virginia Sorensen

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Judy Blume

And Then What Happened Paul Revere? Jean Fritz

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl

The Enormous Egg Oliver Butterworth

The Library Card Jerry Spinelli

Stuart Little E.B. White

The Borrowers Mary Norton

The Great Gilly Hopkins Katherine Paterson

My Teacher is an Alien Bruce Corville

The Pinballs Betsy Byars

The Van Gogh Café Cynthia Rylant

Harry Potter (series) J.K. Rowling

The Wish Giver Bill Brittain

Bunnicula James Howe

Charlotte’s Web E.B. White

Fourth Grade Celebrity Patricia Reilly Giff

Help! I’m Trapped in My Teacher’s Body Todd Strasser

Mr. Popper’s Penguins Richard & Florence Atwater

Pedro’s Journal Pam Conrad

The Samurai’s Daughter Robert D. San Souci

The Cricket In Times Square George Selden

Sixth Grade Sleepover Eve Bunting

Stuart Little E.B. White

The Borrowers Mary Norton

Caleb’s Choice Clifton G. Wisler

The Cybil War Betsy Byars

Just Juice Karen Hesse

Koya DeLaney and the Good Girl Blues Eloise Greenfield

The Lemonade Trick Scott Corbett

Otherwise Known As Sheila the Great Judy Blume

Plain Girl Virginia Sorensen

Superfudge Judy Blume

There’s A Boy In The Girls’ Bathroom Louis Sachar

The Computer Nut Betsy Byars

Flying Solo Ralph Fletcher

The Library Card Jerry Spinelli

Mary McLeod Bethune Eloise Greenfield

Nothing’s Fair in Fifth Grade Barthe DeClements

Phoebe The Spy Judith Berry Griffin

Pigs Might Fly Dick King-Smith

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes Eleanor Coerr

The Stray Dick King-Smith

Super Amos Gary Paulsen

Thunder Valley Gary Paulsen

Tomorrow’s Wizard Patricia MacLachlan

Zeely Virginia Hamilton

Afternoon of the Elves Janet Taylor Lisle

The Bat-Poet Randall Jarrell

Bridge to Terabithia Katherine Paterson

The Broccoli Tapes Jan Slepian

In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson Bette Bao Lord

The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring John Bellairs

Matilda Roald Dahl

My Sister Annie Bill Dodds

Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You Barthe DeClements

The Star Fisher Lawrence Yep

Taking Sides Gary Soto

An Early Winter Marion Dane Bauer

Blubber Judy Blume

Bud, Not Buddy Christopher Paul Curtis

Harriet the Spy Louise Fitzhugh

The Kid Who Ran For President Dan Gutman

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe C.S. Lewis

The Second Mrs. Giaconda E.L. Konigsburg

Sign of the Beaver Elizabeth George Speare

Sing Down the Moon Scott O’Dell

Then Again, Maybe I Won’t Judy Blume

The Toothpaste Millionaire Jean Merrill

The Wish Giver Bill Brittain

The BFG Roald Dahl