Joni Telarico
MRS. TELARICO'S 4th grade CLASS - ROOM 219
Important Information:
- Please send your student with a water bottle, and a nut free snack daily.
- All Smart watches or phones must stay in your student's backpack during the day.
- To avoid lost or broken student items please leave toys and personal items at home.
- Please label all student items with your students name & grade level.
- We will be using this link to CLEVER this year on our computers. Students may use it at home, too! CLEVER
This week is MUSIC for our class! Rotation Day is Character Ed. !
- Reading Logs and math fact practice will come home this week! They will be in your student's red folder in their binder!
- Monday, Sept. 14 - Favorite Jersey, Hat/Crazy Hair or Both Day
- Wednesday, Sept. 16 - Boosterthon Wolf Run! Our class begins between 10:45 - 10:50 - Board Games Reward in the afternoon
- Monday, Sept. 21 - NO SCHOOL - Professional Dev.
- Friday, Sept. 25 - Dress of Choice
- Tuesday, Oct.6 and Thursday, Oct. 8 - Parent Teacher Conf.
- Friday, Oct. 9 - No School - start of Fall break
- Monday, Oct. 12 - 16 - FALL BREAK - return to school Monday, Oct. 19
- Friday, Oct. 23 - tentative date for 4th grade Medieval Festival
- Tuesday, Oct. 20 - Class Picture Day
- Friday, Oct. 30 - Fall Party/Halloween Parade - Trunk or Treat
Practice Work:
*Mrs. T.'s MATH GROUP - facts and review sheet due Friday, Sept. 18
*Mrs. T.'s READING GROUP: Reading Log (yellow sheet) is due this Friday, Sept. 18
The goal is 4 different times or nights of reading for 15-20 min
SPECIALS (daily changes) STEM (weekly changes)
SPECIALS: Spanish, Library, Character Education, PE
| Monday - Character Ed. | |
| Tuesday - Library | |
| Wednesday - PE | |
| Thursday- Spanish | |
| Friday - ROTATION DAY! Character Ed. |
STEAM: Science/Engineering, Technology, Art, Music -
| Week 1(RED) - MUSIC -THIS WEEK! | |
| Week 2(ORANGE) - TECHNOLOGY | |
| Week 3(GREEN) - ART | |
| Week 4(BLUE)- STEM | |
Weekly Curriculum:
Math - INTO Math 4th Grade
Unit 1 : Poetry - Poems this week Harlem by Langston Hughes and I Hear America Singing by Walt Whitman
Novel Study: Pollyanna
WRITING: (homeroom) - Writing : Complete Sentences - What makes a good sentence? Adjectives, Adverbs - What Makes Fall fabulous?
GRAMMAR and MORPHOLOGY (CKLA or Reading Class)
History : See Mrs. Godwin's website History Info.
Energy Transformations
Focus:
This unit engages students with the idea that whenever there is a change, there is at least one form of energy causing that change. Students investigate evidence of energy all around them—when they flip on a light switch, feel a car start to move, or hear a phone ring.
The relationship between energy and change becomes clearer when students understand that
- energy is observed in different forms, such as sound, light, thermal energy (heat), and electrical energy;
- all of these forms of energy can cause changes, such as when a high-pitched sound breaks glass or when heat melts butter;
- one form of energy can transform (convert) into another; and
- all change, in fact, is evidence of a transfer of energy or a transformation.
Students also learn that engineers use their knowledge of energy as they develop solutions to problems and build things that are useful to people. As a series of culminating activities, students explore the principles and practices of engineering design, such as scientifically defining a problem to be solved and evaluating and optimizing possible solutions.
Daily Schedule:
8:00-8:20 Morning Work/Morning Meeting/Announcements
8:20-9:00 STEAM - (Science/Engineering, Technology, Art, Music)
9:05 - 10:05 - Science with Mrs. T. (M,W,F) History with Mrs. Godwin (T, TH, F)
10:05 - 10:35 - WIN/Intervention Time
10:40 - 11:25 - CKLA/Reading
11:30 - 12:10 Recess/Lunch
12:15 - 12:45 SSR/Handwriting/Writing
12:45 - 1:45 - Math
1:45 - 2:00 - Snack/ Recess
2:05 - 2:35 - Writing/Read Aloud/Handwriting - extended CKLA
2:40 - 3:20 - Specials (Spanish, Library, Character Education, PE)
3:20 - 3:30 - Pack Up/Prepare for Dismissal
Meet Mrs. Telarico
Welcome to 4th Grade Room 219! My name is Joni Telarico and I will be your student's teacher for the 2026 -2027 school year! This is my third year teaching fourth grade and my twenty first year teaching. This is my eleventh year of teaching at Aspen View Academy.
I am originally from Pennsylvania, but my family has lived here in Castle Rock for the past eleven years. I have been married to my husband Mike for 32 years and I have two sons. Matt is 24 and works in Pittsburgh as an engineer, and Cameron is 22 and works in the finance/underwriting industry in Cincinnati, OH.
We love living in Colorado and enjoy being outside. Hiking, biking, reading, and spending time with my family are some of my favorite activities to do! I am looking forward to a great year working with you and your student!!!
