New Spelling Words and Reminders

Dear Parents,

If you have not sent $4.50 for the Time for Kids magazine please do so as soon as possible. This will buy your child a year long subscription to the magazine. It will be delivered to school and we will use it to integrate additional social studies information into our curriculum. When we are done using this in the classroom the magazine will be sent home with your child.

If your child is not proficient in cursive handwriting, and they have not brought their cursive handwriting book home recently, remind them they are allowed to take their book home for practice. We have very limited time for this during the school day, so please encourage them to practice at home as much as possible.

The spelling test for the following words will be Monday, September 29th:

1.estimate
2. maximum
3. minimum
4. range
5. mode
6. tally
7. million
8. molecule
9. brainstorm
10. predict
11. standard
12. expanded
13. rounding
14. volume
15. pollution

The new words for the week of September 29th are:

1. density
2. approximately
3. grams
4. milliliters
5. hundred
6. thousand
7. million
8. ninety
9. thirty
10. eighty
11. nineteen
12. seventy
13. materials
14. procedure
15. reflection

*I have included a lot of number words in this spelling list because I have seen many errors when students were writing their numbers in word form.

*Please look for an updated Spelling assignment sheet on Monday. The homework for spelling will be slightly altered. I would like students to look up the 5 words that they need the most help defining in the dictionary. For the rest of the words they may write the definition to the best of their understanding and in their own words. Please let me know if this is working better for your children as far as understanding as well as time management.

Thank you!
Mrs. Zirczy

Post Ike Updates

Dear Parents,

I hope that you are all safe and well after a tough week of dealing with the damages from Hurricane Ike. I wanted to give you a few quick updates on the information I have been given thus far.

Post Ike Updates:

• School starts today, September 23rd
• Red Folders will go home today.
• There will be no homework or testing this week, because some students are still without power and staying at alternate locations. Please have students read at least 30 minutes a day, even though they are not required to do their reflections.
• The spelling test on the words that the students currently have will be given on Monday, September 29. New words will be sent home that day. Please look for an updated homework sheet regarding those spelling words.
• Free breakfast and lunch will be provided for all students this week. However, students may still bring their lunch if they would like to.
• Students will go to LDC this week.
• Extended Day starts today, and will follow its regular schedule.
• There will be no early dismissal this Wednesday.
• I have no information about when, or if, the days we missed will be made up. I will let you know as soon as I have that information.

Please feel free to e-mail with any other questions that you may have.

Best Wishes,

Mrs. Zirczy

rzirczy@houstonisd.org

Welcome to Mrs. Zirczy's Class

Parents,

This blog is to serve as a convenient way to access information about your child's classroom. I will update it periodically with information about what we are currently studying and any additional information about school events, field trips, parent help needed, etc. I will have students put "Blog Updated" in their agendas when I have created a new post. I hope that this will assist you in your involvement with your child's education. Please feel free to e-mail me with any questions or comments that you may have at rzirczy@houstonisd.org.