Taos Charter School 4th Grade Class

-Math: SL 5-5 (p. 103) -Taos Feeds Taos: Please bring in any canned or non-perishable food to donate for our school food drive. -Kleenex Shortage: Parents, please donate a box or 2 to our class supply if you can. We're nearly all out.

-Math: SL 5-3 (p. 99) -Spelling: Written work is due. Study for the practice quiz. -Winter Raffle: The Friends of TCS are doing a fundraising winter raffle again this year. Information and tickets to sell went home with students today if you'd like to participate. Please send the proceeds and tickets into school by December 14.

-Math: SL 5-2 (p. 97) -Reading Club will meet after school on Wednesday from 3:00 to 3:45.

-Math: SL 5-1 (p. 95) -Basketball: Practice resumes this week on Tuesday and Thursday after school in the Gym. New players are encouraged to come and check it out!

1. legible 2. division 3. quotient 4. boycott 5. independent 6. revolution 7. petition 8. loyalist 9. intolerable 10. desayuno (breakfast) 11. almuerzo (lunch) 12. cena (dinner) 13. There was never a good war, or a bad peace. –Benjamin Franklin

I hope everyone has a fun break with your families. Travel safely, and we'll see you Monday.

-Math: Review Unit 4 material for the Unit Test. You'll need to know decimal place value to the thousandths, comparing decimal numbers, rounding decimals, adding and subtracting decimals and money, measuring using millimeters and centimeters, identifying factors and multiples. -Wednesday is a half day of school, and we'll be dismissing at noon for the Thanksgiving holiday. It's also the deadline to hand in Ski Club forms and payment.

-Science: Complete both sides of the take-home quiz on the circulatory system. -Parent notes and Town of Taos waiver forms went home today for our class swim on Tuesday.

-Math: Finish the Range, Median, Mean packet. You can use a calculator to help you find the mean. Practice your x facts for Test #17 on Monday. This will be one of your last chances to hit an 84% and win your Chimpanzee DVD set if you haven't won one so far. -Last week, 4th grade achieved a goal in multiplication. To celebrate, we're having a Reward Day on Tuesday, November 20th: swimming at the TYFC in the morning, movie and popcorn in class in the afternoon. Parents are invited to come along if you'd like to help chaperone the swim. We'll leave school at about 10:00 a.m. and arrive at the pool by about 10:15 or so. We have the pool reserved from 10:30-11:30. Parents can join us for the walk or just meet us down there. Students should bring a swimsuit, towel, and $2 for pool admission. -Reminder: Wednesday, November 21 is a half day of school. We'll dismiss students at noon for the Thanksgiving Break.

-Math: SL 4-10 (p. 89), and practice x facts for Test #16. -Spelling: Study for the quiz. -Reminder: Ski Club paperwork and payments are due by Wednesday, November 21.

-Spelling: Written work is due, and study for the practice quiz.

-Math: SL 4-9 (p. 87), and practice x facts for Test #15.

-Math: SL 4-8 (p. 85)

1. sanctuary 2. colonists 3. French and Indian War 4. quarrel 5. capture 6. decimal 7. tenth 8. hundredth 9. thousandth 10. centimeter 11. meter 12. kilometer 13. viento (wind) 14. nieve (snow) 15. Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. –Benjamin Franklin

-Math: Use IXL for 20 minutes or so, and practice the x facts for Test #14. -Congratulations 4th Grade! Today the class achieved their goal of an 84% average on a 3 minute fact test! That's up from a low of 47% six weeks ago, and it shows a lot of hard work and practice. I'm proud of their improvement, and I'll be planning a day of swimming and movies and popcorn as promised. Individual students who scored 84 or higher went home today with an additional special prize, provided by Disney (where my sister-in-law works in dvd promotions -- THANKS AMELIA!). Kids who haven't hit 84 yet can still earn that prize when they do, so keep practicing. -Ski Club Scholarships: Essays are due Monday if you're applying. Follow the guidelines on the parent letter that went home on Wednesday with eligible students: This year, I’m happy to say that 2 scholarships will be available for each class at TCS for students to participate in our Ski Club! These scholarships will be pai

-Math: SL 4-7 (p. 83), and practice the x facts for Test #13. -Spelling: Study for the quiz. -Our IXL Math subscription is good for 30 students, which gives us 4 extra. I set up new accounts today for the following brothers of 4th graders: Ben, Jose, Vince, and Jessie. 4th graders have the log-in instructions for those brothers. They can start using IXL on their grade level at any time. -Parents, please sign up with the Smith's Earn & Learn Program. TCS will periodically receive money to use for new books and technology when you use your Smiths Rewards card at your regular purchases at the checkout. You must register every school year so please use the barcode attached to the letter that was sent home with your student today to register with this great fundraising program. Thanks!

-Math: SL 4-6 (p. 81) -Our IXL Math account is back up and working! After some searching, we were able to find $199 in the budget to purchase a class subscription for IXL for 1 year. Your login and password are the same as before, and you can use your IXL account to log in and practice at home too! (Username: your first and last name, no space + 341 Password: your 1st name) -Spelling: Written work is due. Study for the practice quiz.

-Math: SL 4-5 (p.79). Practice your x facts for Test #12 on Wednesday. On Monday, the class average dropped down to 74%, ten points below our goal of 84%. Hopefully, everyone will work hard to hit 84% (or higher!) this week. It will be worth the hard work if you do! -Today is Election Day, an historic day for our country! If you have TV or internet at home, tune into some election coverage before you go to bed tonight, and in the morning when you wake to see who will be your President for the next four years. We'll talk about the election in class tomorrow. Who do you think should win? Why? -Parent notes went home today with students who are eligible to apply for the two Ski Club scholarships. Essays are due on Monday, November 12 for those students who choose to apply. Scholarship decisions in all grades will be based on: a written essay, economic need, and the student's attitude, effort, and behavior in class. Guidelines for the essay are included in the parent note. Appl

-Math: SL 4-4 (p. 77)

1. vein 2. artery 3. capillary 4. exchange 5. oxygen 6. carbon dioxide 7. red blood cells 8. white blood cells 9. plasma 10. platelets 11. atrium 12. ventricle 13. sangre (blood) 14. Hace frio. (It’s cold.) 15. Blood is thicker than water.

-Math: SL 4-3 (p. 75). Practice your x facts for Test #11. Hopefully the class will beat our goal average score of 84%! So far, 77% is our best average yet. Many incentives await, so keep on working on your accuracy and speed up to the 12's. -Ski Club information and forms went home with students today. Forms and payment are due by November 21. For those who want to participate in Ski Club, but cannot afford it, there may be a scholarship or 2 available for each class this year. I'll announce more about that on Monday.

-Math: SL 4-2 (p. 73), and deliver the Unit 4 parent letter. Practice your X facts for Test #10.