Taos Charter School 4th Grade Class

-Science: Find information, read, and take notes for your science report. Remember, you need to have at least 4 sources for this essay (2 books and 2 internet sources). Bring all of your materials into school on Thursday so you can get started working on your outline in class. -Spelling: Written work is due. Study for the practice quiz.

-Science: Continue doing research, reading, and taking notes on your science report topic. -Math: SL 7-8 (p. 159), and practice memorizing the common fraction-decimal equivalents. -On Tuesday, the kids who aren't in Ski Club will be swimming in the morning and going to the southside Guad for lunch. Those students should plan to bring in a swimsuit, towel, and about $10 to cover pool admission and lunch. Parents are welcome to come join us if you can! We'll be swimming from 10-11, and at the Guad from about 11:20-12:15. -Song Sharing Performance: On Wednesday at 1:40 in the cafeteria, the 4th-6th graders will be singing songs that they've been learning and practicing in their music classes with Ms. Tara Somerville. Parents are invited to attend! (K-2nd perform 1:00-1:30).

1. science 2. research 3. outline 4. paragraph 5. evidence 6. proofread 7. edit 8. revise 9. bibliography 10. plagiarize 11. tierra (earth) 12. agua (water) 13. fuego(fire) 14. Still waters run deep.

-Science: Step #5 on the blue sheet -- research, read, and take notes on your science report topics. Go to the Taos Public Library if possible. You'll need at least 4 sources of information for this report (2 internet sources, and 2 books). -On Tuesday, the kids who aren't in Ski Club will be swimming in the morning and going to the southside Guad for lunch. Those students should plan to bring in about $10 to cover pool admission and their lunch. Parents are welcome to come and join us if you can! We'll be swimming from 10-11, and at the Guad from about 11:30-12:15.

-Math: SL 7-7 (p. 157) -Science: Steps 2 and 3 on the blue project sheet. Start to narrow down report ideas to two good, specific topics. Have your parents help you. -Spelling: Study for the quiz.

Math Students are currently working through the chapters at varying paces. Reading Students are to read, A Star for Jen, Under the Advanced Reader tab, and complete questions at the end of the chapter. Questions are due Thursday, March 1st.

-Spelling: Written work is due. Study for the practice quiz. -Science: Do some research and reading in the general field of science that you chose for your report so you get familiar with what the field includes. Please don't try and choose a specific report topic yet. Instead, for now I want you to take a broad view of biology or geology or astronomy, etc. and see how big and diverse each of those areas of study really is. Use Wikipedia or the Academic Kids Encyclopedia sites to start exploring. We'll begin to narrow down topics on Thursday and Friday.

-Math: SL 7-5 (p. 153) -Science: Be thinking about which major field of natural science you're most interested in studying for a science report. Choices include (but aren't totally limited to) biology, geology, astronomy, and meteorology.

1. compare 2. contrast 3. internal 4. external 5. field 6. biology 7. geology 8. meteorology 9. astronomy 10. chemistry 11. adentro (inside) 12. afuera (outside) 13. Never cry over spilled milk.

-We just received word from TSV that we will NOT be having Ski Club on Tuesday, February 21. Tuesday will be a normal day of school for all the grades. Our make-up ski day will take place on February 28th. -Due Tuesday: Math - Study Links 7-4 (p. 151).

-Reading: Read chapters 14-18 (p. 62-79) in Drita, My Homegirl. Write a chapter summary for each. -Spelling: Take a practice quiz at home. Written work is due.

-Non-skiers will be walking down to swim from 10-11, and eat lunch at the TYFC. At about 11:30, the bus will pick them up to go out to the Millicent Rogers Museum in El Prado for a tour and an afternoon art activity from 12:00-1:30. Students should bring a swimsuit, towel, $2 for pool admission, and a sack lunch. We'll need a parent chaperone to help at the pool and at the MRM. You can ride the bus with the kids or just drive yourself and meet them at one or both of the activities. -On Wednesday, students can bring in valentine cards and a treat to share if they'd like to.

1. refugee 2. perspective 3. equivalent 4. vanquished 5. hesitate 6. eloquent 7. isolated 8. oppose 9. frequent 10. Me gusta ______. (I like ______.) 11. Tengo ___ anos. (I’m ___ years old.) 12. There are two sides to every coin.

-Math: SL 7-3 -Spelling: Study for the quiz. -Writing: Students' friendly letters were mailed off today to China, South Africa, San Diego, and many points in between!

-Math: SL 7-2. -Spelling: Written work is due. Study for the practice quiz.

-Math: SL 7-1 and deliver the Unit 7 parent letter. -On Tuesday, the 4th graders who aren’t in Ski Club will walk down to the Youth and Family Center to go swimming from 10-11. Students should bring a swimsuit, towel, and $2 for pool admission. They’ll return to school for lunch, and then take a bus to the Harwood Museum for an art activity from 12:00-1:30. We need a parent or two to come along and help chaperone the swimming and/ or the museum visit if you’d like to join us. New school rules require us to have at least one parent chaperone per class for all field trips.

1. numerator 2. denominator 3. hypothesis 4. pursue 5. conceal 6. controversy 7. hostile 8. persist 9. sufficient 10. sustain 11. yield 12. tienda (store) 13. dinero (money) 14. You reap what you sow.

-Language Arts: Finish writing the rough draft of your friendly letter. It should be at least 3 paragraphs in length, detailed, and interesting to read. We'll revise/ edit them and compose the final draft in class on Friday. Be sure to include YOUR mailing address in the heading (ask your parents for help with that part if you don't know your address). -Spelling: Study for the quiz.

-Writing: Bring in the mailing address of an out-of-town friend or family member for our friendly letter writing project. -Math: Review for the Unit 6 test on Thursday. Topics include long division, word problems using multiplication and division, classifying angles (right, acute, obtuse, reflex), and measuring angles using a protractor. -Spelling: Witten work is due. Study for the practice quiz.