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Valerie Voboril

RICHMOND STREET ELEMENTARY

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Welcome to 4^thgrade

Richmond Street with

Mrs. Bennett, Ms. Larson, &

Mrs. Voboril (Mrs. V for short)

** Whenever information is added to school notes during the week it will have an asterisk sign (*) next to it to help you find the additional information**

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

** I (Mrs. Voboril) am a huge fan of Rick Riordan’s series The LighteningThief. The movie is opening this Friday, February 12^th. I amgoing on Saturday, February 12^th to the AMC Galleria at South Bay tosee the 4pm show. I’d love the company. Hope to see you there!

Pick up your tickets in advance or order online.

http://www.movietickets.com/movie_detail.asp?movie_id=63080

PercyJackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
2 hrs. (PG), for action violence and peril, some scary images and suggestivematerial, and mild language

Showtime& Date
4:00pm, the afternoon of
Sat, Feb. 13th

AMCSouth Bay Galleria 16
1815 Hawthorne Blvd. Ste. 368
Redondo Beach, CA 90278
1-888-AMC-4FUN

Donate Gently UsedBooks: The El Segundo Rotary will be collecting gently used books to donate to Moffett Elementry. Bins are located in the school office and in the Book Fair.

Once again, thank you for your invaluable support!!!!

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

Unit 6 Math Sites

Coordinate Grids and Graphing
http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/WebLessons/GridGraph/default.htm

http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/shtml.cgi?A1=../co/index.html

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/BillyBug2/bug2.htmlthis one’s hilarious!

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/BillyBug/bugcoord.html

Division

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw5L2hYbo64 Terrific video withverbal explanation!

http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/mothermoose-64584-partial-quotients-unit-6-math-division-everyday-2-education-ppt-powerpoint/ A simple slide show for both parents and kidsthat break down the steps we do. (No sound)

http://curriculalessons.suite101.com/article.cfm/teaching_division_part_ii Greatarticle for parents that explains whythis method is useful, how to do thedivision method, and includes some interesting comments at the bottom.

http://staffweb.wwcsd.net/berelsc/PARTIALQUOTIENTS.htm This web pagegives a colorful explanation of the division method called partial quotients.

http://www.dositey.com/muldiv/mul1ss5.htmTraditional multiplication review in kid friendly game-ish format.

http://www.slideshare.net/guestb30cd4/partial-quotients Step by step slide show of partial quotients with notes to show thethought process to use.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9050630681203583203#

http://mb.msdpt.k12.in.us/Math/PartialQuotients.wmvGreat video showing the division process!

http://www.mathatube.com/e-partial-quotient-method.htmlAnother great video explaining division.

http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/mothermoose-64584-partial-quotients-unit-6-math-division-everyday-2-education-ppt-powerpoint/ AWESOME video teaches exactly how I teach!

http://video.dearbornschools.org/videos/181/everyday-math-partial-quotientsKids explaining the division.

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://sites.google.com/site/missmack306/
Language Arts: taught by the student's homeroom teacher.

We will alternate spelling with DPE.

This Week's Tests:

Friday:

- Timed test

- MB quiz

- Spelling Test

HOMEWORK Week of Feb. 8st -Feb. 12th

** Science: 4th grade has begun composting!! Our science classes will be in charge of helping the whole school compost on Tuesday's at lunch. I am looking for any parent volunteers that would like to donate about an hour of their time to come help our kids do their part to help the earth on Tuesday from 12-1pm. If you are interested please email Ms. Larson for more information (KLarson@esusd.k12.ca.us)**

MONDAY 2/8

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

-Language Arts:

finish literature circle job #5
finish PB pg. 231/232 + writing portion

-Math: SL 6.4

-Science: Study! (Ch. 3 test tomorrow)

finish ch. 3 study guide
spirals are being collected tomorrow
Reminder: Current Event #10 due: Tues, Feb. 23rd

-Social Studies: None

TUESDAY 2/9

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

- ** Language Arts:

finish spelling staircase and spelling word - word search
work on literature Circle Job #6

-Math: 6.5 worksheet

-Science: None

-Social Studies: highlight important facts on 3.4 summary

WEDNESDAY 2/10

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

- Language Arts: finish lit. circle job #6 ** (Larson's & Voboril's class ONLY)

-**Math: 6.10 worksheet

-Science: None

-Social Studies: highlight the Worker's Quarters information

THURSDAY 2/11

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

-Language Arts:

finish literature circle job #6 (Bennett's class)
finish publishing writing prompt

-Math: 6.6 worksheet **take home geometry template

-Science: None

-Social Studies: None

FRIDAY 2/5

** Enjoy your 3-day weekend!!

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

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/proofread/proof.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: