Taos Charter School 4th Grade Class

1. privilege 2. character 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 uploaded at Spelling City. Use your account to practice spelling and definitions.

-Spelling and Vocabulary: Written work is due. Study for the practice quiz.

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 posted on our class blog that can 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 pract

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”

On Wednesday, August 24th the 4th and 5th grade classes will have a parent meeting and classroom open house from 5-6 p.m. which you’re all invited to attend. In our classroom meeting, we’ll discuss things like 4th grade curriculum, grading, homework routines and expectations, class projects, and Ski Club. I hope you can all plan to come in to visit that evening.

-Parents, please fill out the packet of back-to-school forms that went home with students today. The packet should be in a take-home folder in your son or daughter's backpack.

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 Thursday, August 11th 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 Thursday! Our TCS Welcome Back Pot-Luck is Wednesday, August 10th from 5:00 to 6:30pm 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