Quick Update

Dear Parents,

I apologize for the field trip rush! The fourth grade team is trying to get some field trips in the books and the process this year is very tedious for getting field trips approved by the district. I do realize that we have given you very little notice for the payment and permission slip for tomorrow's field trip and I apologize! Today, we were informed that the landfill would also like you to sign the yellow release form, so I sent that home with students today. Again, I apologize for the rush! You may pay for the field trips with a check if that is easier, just make the check out to Mark Twain. I would like to assure you that tomorrow's field trip is very controlled. Students will be on the bus the entire time we are on the landfill, and will have no contact with the actual landfill. In the recycling center students stand in a classroom/conference room space with a window from which they can view the recycling facilities. I hope this answers any questions that you may have, but please feel free to e-mail me or stop by with any other concerns or questions. Please also see the post I wrote yesterday for other info!

Thank you,

Rebecca

Field Trips!!

Dear Parents,

First of all I want to thank you for the multitude of birthday wishes, goodies, and gifts. You all and your children made me feel truly special on my birthday!! I cannot thank you enough!

Great news! Our class raised the most money for the Yankee Candle Fundraiser out of all of the classes at Mark Twain! The students will soon be enjoying a pizza party compliments of PTO! Needless to say, they are extremely excited!!

Today in the Tuesday folders there is a permission slip for a field trip this Thursday! I apologize for the short notice! The charge is $4.00 which will cover the price of the bus for the day. If you would like to write a check please make it out to Mark Twain. We will be going to the MRF (recycling center) and the landfill that is on the same property. The fourth grade went on this field trip last year and it was very educational. Please feel to join us if you would like to attend. We will be leaving school at 8:30, and returning around 12:30. Please send your child with a packed lunch because we will arrive back at school after our scheduled lunch time. We will not eat at the landfill, but when we return to school.

There is another field trip coming up shortly. We will be visiting a sculpture garden on October 14th. Please look for the permission slip for this field trip in the Tuesday folders next week. Again, if any parents are able to attend I would greatly appreciate it!

I placed the September order for the Scholastic magazine today, and sent home new magazines today in the Tuesday folder for October. The September order should be in before next Tuesday. I would like to place the October order by Friday, Oct. 15th. Thank you for all of your orders! Your orders help me to get new books for the classroom library.

The matter vocabulary quiz was sent home today in the Tuesday folders. If your child did not pass the test I attached a new vocabulary sheet and wrote that the retest will be Oct. 1st, this Friday. The retest will be in the same format, matching, but I will alter the order of the questions. I suggest that students make flash cards and practice nightly to prepare for the retest.

Our class party will be Friday, October 8th from 5:30 - 7:00 on the pavilion! You should have received an e-mail with details. If you did not, please let me know and I will forward it to you.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. The best way to reach me is via e-mail, but please feel free to stop by before school, during ancillary (10-10:45), or after school to speak with me.

Thank you for your continued support!

Sincerely,
Rebecca Zirczy

Spelling Words for the Week of 9-20-10

This week's spelling words:

prairie
calorie
honey
valley
money
finally
movie
country
empty
city
rookie
hockey
collie
breezy
jury
balcony
steady
alley
trolley
misty
Challenge Words
frequency
parsley
journey
chimney
attorney

More info coming soon!! :)

Open House, Math Test, Scholastic Orders

Dear Parents,

Open House is fast approaching! It is this coming Tuesday, September 14th. I will be speaking with you at 7:00pm. I am aware that some parents may have multiple rooms to visit, or may be unable to attend. I will have copies of the power point that I will be covering to send home with you, or your child. Please feel free to e-mail me with questions at any time.

We will be having a math assessment on polygons, triangles, lines, and angles on Friday. I will be sending home a study guide with students tomorrow. They also have notes in their math notebooks that they can study from.

I will be sending home Scholastic Book Order forms with the students tomorrow. There will be instructions attached for ordering online, but please feel free to send in cash or check (written to Scholastic) along with a paper order form. I will place the order on September 28th, so please have all paper orders to me on or before that date. All online orders will also need to be completed by September 28th. I do earn points from all orders which I then use to order books for our classroom. However, please do not feel obligated to order anything at all, it is completely voluntary. Orders will be delivered to the school and I will distribute the books to the students at that time. If you are ordering anything that you will be using for birthday/holiday gifts let me know at the time you place the order and I will set those books aside for you to pick up at your earliest convenience.

I hope that you are finding the homework matrix a bit easier to understand this week. I made an effort to specify which worksheets were part of the packet. I realize that it was a bit confusing last week and I apologize. I forget that everyone does not speak my specific dialect of teacher lingo and get carried away :)

It looks like we will be going to the recycling center/landfill on September the 30th from 8:30 - 12:30. We will be going with Mrs. Marroquin's class. She has 3 parent volunteers for the trip, so I do not have to have any parent volunteers, but I welcome you to come along. It is a bit stinky but a very interesting field trip. This year we are even going to get to observe a composting area.

This week's spelling words are:

sigh
right
weigh
eight
detail
height
spray
braid
bait
grain
slight
thigh
tight
raisin
trait
highway
frighten
dismay
freight
sleigh
Challenge Words
eighteen
mayonnaise
campaign
daylight
twilight

Thank you for your continued support! I could not do my job with you! We have another 4 day week next week, so I suggest that you look for the student's spelling words on Friday and encourage them to practice them a bit over the weekend. Homework charts are always sent home on Mondays. E-mail me or stop by with any questions or concerns!

Sincerely,

Rebecca Zirczy