Taos Charter School 4th Grade Class

-It's been an excellent year. I've really enjoyed working with all the creative, diligent, kind-hearted, smart kids in this group. I'll miss seeing you all every day! Please email me a schedule of your plays and baseball/ softball games (mbonner@taoscharterschool.org), and I'll come see them if I can. Over the summer, keep your reading skills sharp and get ready for Mr. Jones' class by continuing the D.E.A.R. habit of reading for at least 20 minutes every day. Your accounts at Lexia, MobyMax, IXL Math, Spelling City, and Typing Web will all remain open and available for you to use any time during the summer break. So be sure to take advantage of your memberships at those sites when you have the time.

These were sent home today with students at Field Day. If you were absent today, you can pick up your final report card and individual award in the office. Just stop by and ask Teresa or Kathy.

-Tuesday is our last full classroom day of the school year. We'll be doing textbook return, cleaning out desks and cubbies, and watching the movie version of Holes if we have time. Students should bring in a cloth or paper grocery bag (or 2) so they can take home their supplies and belongings. Please check your homes for any items that need to be returned to school: textbooks, classroom library books, etc. and bring those in. Also, please send in any used cardboard boxes if you have some at home that we could have for paper recycling, and remember to bring your own lunch as school lunch will not be served on Tuesday. -Wednesday is Field Day for grades K-4 at Kit Carson Park from about 10:30 a.m. to 1:40 p.m. Students should dress for outside PE (t-shirt, shorts, sneakers, hat) and bring sunblock and a water bottle. Parents are welcome to come down to the park and join the fun! Lunch will be provided to all students by the Friends of the Taos Charter School. At 1:40, I'll gath

-Spelling: Written work is due. Study for the practice quiz. -Reading: Spend at least 45 minutes reading Holes. Try to finish the novel tonight, if you haven't already completed it

-Our annual TCS Talent Show is Thursday, May 22 Wednesday, May 21 at 1:00 in the Gym (I was just notified this morning of the change in schedule). Parents are invited to attend. 4th graders who are not performing musical numbers will be entertaining the audience by telling jokes. Keep finding more good jokes to share with classmates who need them, even if you like the ones you have already have. Write them down, and bring them into school on Wednesday. -Drop off your thank you letter to the person you interviewed for you career project if you decided to hand-deliver them. All of the others were mailed out from the office today. -Library books overdue: Gracie, Bintoro, Lilly, and Chantelle. Please don't forget to bring those into school on Wednesday.

1. optimist 2. pessimist 3. eager 4. smoldering 5. plunge 6. skeptical 7. altered 8. hoax 9. foreign 10. theme 11. caballo (horse) 12. barranca (canyon) 13. a chip on your shoulder

-Reading: Continue reading in the novel Holes for at least 45 minutes this weekend. You can go farther into the book if you want. Be sure to keep track of the chapters by writing a title for each chapter you finish.

-Math: Study Links 10-5

1. remedy 2. incarcerate 3. delirious 4. initiate 5. mirage 6. stifling 7. strenuous 8. precarious 9. fate 10. surveillance 11. escribir (to write) 12. leer (to read) 13. spill the beans

-Reading: Read chapters 11-17 in the novel Holes (p. 52-79), and write a title for each chapter on the yellow sheet. -Wacky Week is coming up!: Monday is Pajama Day. Tuesday is Crazy Hair Day. Wednesday is Disney Character Day. Thursday is Nerd Day. Friday is class choice.

-Career Project: Continue working on step #7 on the blue checklist. Finished projects are due on Thursday.

1. judge 2. destiny 3. desolate 4. innocent 5. guilty 6. scoundrel 7. suburban 8. lenient 9. spacious 10. hablar (to talk) 11. comer (to eat) 12. vivir (to live) 13. Don't judge a book by its cover.

-We're all set to go on our class trip to Bandelier National Monument on Friday. Please be at school on-time, and ready to leave at 8:15 a.m. Remember to dress for a full day of hiking and bring a small backpack with your lunch, a snack, at least one water bottle, some sunscreen, and about $5 cash for our Dairy Queen stop on the way home. We'll return to TCS at 5:00 p.m.