Welcome to 4^thgrade

Richmond Street with

Mrs. Bennett, Ms. Larson, &

Mrs. Voboril (Mrs. V for short)

If you have any questions or concerns or if you would like to visit our classroom, schedule a conference, or volunteer to help out, you can contact Mrs. Voboril at vvoboril@esusd.k12.ca.us, Mrs. Bennett jbennett@esusd.k12.ca.us, and Ms. Larson at klarson@esusd.k12.ca.us.

TUTORING

If you are interested in tutors, the office has a list of high school students, and Vone Buckels (who taught 4th grade last year) is also available. Please contact her at vonev1teach@yahoo.com 

Important dates and information

• Tuesday, December 8 - 4th grade Winter Concert from 2:00-2:30pm in RSS Caf . Students need to wear black on bottom and white on top!

• Boost Our School: The annual Ed Foundation fund raiser is upon us. The money is only matched by Chevron if the “Boost Your School" form is filled out and include with the donation.  If you just make a straight donation to the ESEF and you don’ tinclude the “Boost Your School” form, then it does not count as part of this campaign – it will be counted as a regular donation (which is still good,but matching donations make your money go twice as far).  Boost Your School only lasts from November-January.  It’s a3-month drive.  ESEF encourages everyone from our community to contribute to the Educational Foundation.  People with children going through our schools for sure (since they directly benefit), as well as citizens who do not have children, business owners, senior citizens, as well as teachers and administrators,everyone is encouraged to be a part of ESEF!  We are all part of this community, we all benefit from an educated community, and we all want what’s best for our students… for them to have every option available in terms of electives and support throughout their schooling pre K-12…  ESEF is our key!                                                                                                              They are aiming for $100 from each family, but no amount is too small and every dollar will be matched to75K.  This is a GREAT time to donate to ESEF.  Spread the word.

Social Studies: taught by Mrs. Bennett 305 jbennett@esusd.k12.ca.us

Science:taught by Miss Larson room 300

klarson@esusd.k12.ca.us

Math:taught by Mrs. Voboril room 306

VVoboril@esusd.k12.ca.us  

Math is Fun Transformations (interactive tool to explore thetransformations in Unit 10) http://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/transformations.html

Alphabet Geometry (short videos demonstrating thetransformations using letter of the alphabet) http://www.misterteacher.com/abc.html http://www.misterteacher.com/transformationsquiz.html

Math’s Net Interactive Transformations (good enrichmentactivities and challenges for Unit 10) http://www.mathsnet.net/transform/index.html

Lesson MOVIE (FLASH) Geometry Transformations (videoexplanation) http://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/Points-lines-and-rays/Geometry-Transformations.lesson

Flips Slides and Turns activity/game http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/icy_slides_flips_turns/

Bitesize (mini lesson on the transformations) http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks3bitesize/maths/shape_space/transformations1/revise1.shtml  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks3bitesize/maths/shape_space/transformations1/activity.shtml

Adding Integers Matching Game http://www.studystack.com/matching-14253

http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/maths/sa/saintegeradd2.html  http://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/vol5/addition.html

http://www.funbrain.com/linejump/index.html 

              4th Grade Websites:

Science Website:

Absent? Need notes? Vocab? Study

Guide? Notebook Checklist?       Click here...

http://sites.google.com/site/4thgradesciencelarson/home

Math Website:

Absent?Need notes? Power Points? Unit Reviews? Click here...

http://missmack306.googlepages.com/

Language Arts: taught by the student's homeroom teacher.

This week we will be reading Cendrillon in class, which is another version of Cinderella. We will be continuing to discuss fairytales and comparing the different stories to one another.

 We will alternate spelling with DPE. 

This Week's Tests:

Thursday:

- Cendrillon Comprehension Quiz

- Social Studies Chronological Order Quiz

Friday:

-Spelling Test

- Math timed test

-Math Unit Test

 HOMEWORK Week of  November 16-20

MONDAY 11/16

-Read 20 minutes. Be sure to record book title, pages, and get parent signature in your agenda book.

-Spelling list: PB pg. 417 (Cendrillon list)

-Language Arts: Spelling words in alpha order

-Math: SL 10.4 (Unit review Due: Thursday)

-Science: None

-Social Studies: Chronological Order Quiz Thursday (You can not study for this quiz because it is on the book Island of the Blue Dolphins Ch. 1-7. You may borrow a book from Mrs. Bennett if you want to re-read the chapters)

-Music: Practice singing your 2 songs

TUESDAY 11/17

-Read 20 minutes. Be sure to record book title, pages, and get parent signature in your agenda book.

- Language Arts: Finish PB pg. 183-184 + writing (use 10+ words)

-Math: SL 10.5 (Unit review Due: Thursday)

-Science: finish WB pg. 37-40

-Social Studies: None (Quiz: Thursday)

-Music: Practice singing your 2 songs

WEDNESDAY 11/18

-Read 20 minutes. Be sure to record book title, pages, and get parent signature in your agenda book.

- Language Arts: finish spelling staircase

-Math: None

-Science: finish 2.4 preview

-Social Studies: None (Quiz: Thursday)

-Music: Practice singing "Everlasting Fruitcake" Song

THURSDAY 11/19

-Read 20 minutes. Be sure to record book title, pages, and get parent signature in your agenda book.

-Language Arts: 

• Practice spelling test (write your mistakes 3x each)

• PB pg. 185-186
  

-Math: Study for Unit 10 Test

-Science: None

-Social Studies: None

-Music: Practice singing "Mashed Potatoes" Song

FRIDAY 11/20

Enjoy your Thanksgiving break!!

LOOKING FOR OTHER WAYS TO PROMOTE LEARNING?

Plug Into Summer Learning:

Log on to our “Plug Into Summer Learning" for other fabulous ways to support learning over the summer in the areas of reading, writing, and math.  The links are recommendations from several of our teachers.  The site is found under “links.” Bookmark this link now:

 http://elsegundousd.com/richmond_school/teachers/smaisonet/summer-learning.htm

Great Parent Tips:

http://www.readingrockets.org/article/c436/

http://www.rif.org/parents/tips/default.mspx

Articles on Reading Motivation:

http://www.readingrockets.org/article/c55/

LOOKING FOR GOOD BOOKS TO READ?

By Grade Level:

http://www.haisln.org/recommendedreadinglists.html

http://www.pkwy.k12.mo.us/panda/subjectlinks/elemreading.html

2009 Notables:

http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/childrensnotable/notablechibooks/index.cfm

Children’s Choice

http://www.reading.org/resources/Booklists/ChildrensChoices.aspx

Teacher’s Choice:

http://www.reading.org/resources/Booklists/TeachersChoices.aspx

For the Boys:

http://www.townschool.com/library/summer_reading.php

(Click on the “Quick Links to Suggested Summer Reading Lists” listed by Grade Level.)

http://www.guysread.com/

http://www.bpl.org/kids/booklists/seriesyoungerboys.htm

http://www.bpl.org/kids/booklists/booksyoungerboys.htm

http://www.parents-choice.org/article.cfm?art_id=114&the_page=reading_list