Taos Charter School 4th Grade Class

1. privilege 2. mountain 3. unanimous 4. sum 5. difference 6. product 7. quotient 8. are 9. our 10. hour 11. Taos Charter School 12. arriba (up) 13. abajo (down) 14. break the ice ** This week's list is now uploaded at Spelling City. Use your account there to practice spelling and definitions.

-Math: Finish pages 33-34 from My Math if you didn't complete them in class on Friday. -Have a great weekend!

-Spelling: Study for the quiz, unless you already got a 100% on the practice quiz. Use Spelling City to help! -Username and Password List: Parents, every student has a home copy of their Username and Password sheet that lists all the log-in information for their accounts at Google, IXL Math, Moby, Lexia, Spelling City, My Math, and Typing Club. That's a lot to keep track of! This sheet should be in their Take-Home Folder today. Please keep one copy to use at home. Maybe tack it up on the wall near the home computer for easy reference. -Early dismissal on Friday, August 28. Students will be dismissed at 1:00. Please see the TCS website for bus info.

-Spelling: Written work is due. Study for the practice quiz. Use your account at Spelling City to help. -Math: Log into your account at IXL, and spend some time practicing skills A1, A2, A3 in the 4th grade section.

-Math: Complete the Lesson 2 homework, pages 21-22. Use the ConnectEd homework help at the My Math link if you need it. Username: your first name + tcs Password: mymath4

-Parents, lunch and bus forms went home today with students who need to have them filled out. Please complete these forms even if your child does not eat school lunch, and send them back in to school as soon as you can. They should be inside students' Take-Home Folders.

1. A new spelling list comes out every Monday. 2. We discuss the meaning of each word in class. Students should take notes on the definitions and keep them in their Spelling Journal. 3. Written assignment (due every Thursday): A.) Practice spelling each word by writing it 5 times in your SJ.(2 times for the weekly saying.) B.) Use each word by writing a creative sentence that shows you understand the meaning of the word. Use a dictionary to help when you need it. The sentences can be funny or fictional. Please make them interesting to read. C.) For the Spanish words, do the best you can to write short, simple sentences in Spanish. If you need extra help with those sentences, ask a family member, Mr. Bonner, or Senora Molina some time during the week before Thursday. There are Spanish translation websites linked on our class blog to help you as well. 4. On Thursday, we’ll have a practice spelling quiz, and I’ll check your written work. Students who score 100% on the practice q

1. novel 2. fiction 3. non-fiction 4. harmony 5. geography 6. latitude 7. longitude 8. northeast 9. southeast 10. southwest 11. northwest 12. Yo (I) 13. nosotros (we) 14. “as the crow flies”

-Math: Check out the My Math Online link to log in to your account. Take some time to explore what's available: ebook, games, songs, and all kinds of really cool options. We'll be using this site a lot this year. Username: your first name + tcs (example: samtcs) Password: mymath4

Hello to all the incoming 4th grade students and parents at Taos Charter! I hope you've all have had a fantastic summer break. I really enjoyed mine too, but I'm glad to be back working in the classroom and excited to kick off another school year with this new group of kids. School starts Monday, August 17th at 8:15 AM. Fourth grade supply lists are available in the office or at the TCS website in the "For Parents" section. It's not necessary for everyone to have all the supplies on the first day. Pencils, folders, and composition books are the most important items. Until then, get outside, have some fun, and make the most of your last days of break. I'll see you bright and early on Monday! Our TCS Welcome Back Pot-Luck is Friday, August 14th from 5:30 to 7:00pm if you can make it. Thanks for taking the time to find and read our 4th grade blog! Please be sure to bookmark it into your links. -Mr. Michael Bonner email: mbonner@taoscharterschool.org