Welcome to Fourth Grade with Mrs. Zakin!

	Letters to Families
	April 26, 2012  March 30, 2012 February 10, 2012 January 13, 2012 December 15, 2011 December 2, 2011  November 7, 2011 October 21, 2011 October 7, 2011 September 16, 2011 September 8, 2011

	Photographs of the Zakin Scholars
	Click any of the links in this section to see photos of us hard at work!   Hitting the Floor with Coordinate Geometry  Big Gator, Little Gator Day March 2012  Nho Lobo Stories from Cape Verde performed in readers' theatre  Building Polyhedra and Cookie Houses Baseball in Fourth Grade: A visit with Wilma Briggs, trip to McCoy, and Gordon's own draft  Elderbuddies, Younger Buddies, the Zakinathalon and America's Pastime Measurements and Estimates Together Inside and Out First Days                       We created Gordzilla with our Middle School buddies during Big Gator, Little Gator.

	Resources
	Battle of the Books                                                                                                              Battle of the Books list     Battle of the Books log                                                                                                                                                                                                    A Multitude of Math                              Manipulative Protractor      Measuring Angles with Dudley the Dog     Snork's Long Division    Really Big Numbers     Aplusmath     Bamzooki Place Value Headings                            Fun for the Brain     Math Magician                                                         Play Kids Games    Geography     US States and Capitals Quiz     Puzzled States    USA Map Match Game     Place the State       Continents and Oceans Geography Quiz    Time for Kids

	Links I Like...
	Each of us has been practicing listening to the voice inside our head while we read. Poet Thomas Lux beautifully described the power of that voice in his poem. Read it here.   Speak with Conviction in Typography by Taylor Mali   The Danger of a Single Story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

	Getting started...
	Overview Night Materials    Welcome Letter to Students Supply List Survey for Parents