Taos Charter School 4th Grade Class

1. specific 2. vague 3. percent 4. circulatory system 5. arteries 6. veins 7. capillaries 8. oxygen 9. carbon dioxide 10. heart 11. lungs 12. corazon (heart) 13. sangre (blood) 14. Blood is thicker than water. ** This list is now uploaded at Spelling City. Use the games and activities there to help you practice the spellings and definitions.

Parents, 1st quarter progress reports will be sent home with students today. Please take some time to read and discuss the grades and comments with your son or daughter. For more info on Lexile reading range scores, see www.lexile.com There's no school on Friday, October 28 for parent-teacher conferences. However, I am still home recovering from surgery, so I will not be able to meet with parents Friday. I plan to return to school on Tuesday, November 1, and I'm happy to set up conferences after school from 3-4 in the upcoming weeks. I’ve already scheduled after-school meetings with some of you, and I meet with some parents fairly regularly, so conferences are not mandatory for all students at this point. If I haven’t contacted you and you’d like to meet, please email me at mbonner@taoscharterschool.org to make an appointment. Thanks, and have a great weekend! MB

1. democracy 2. election 3. candidate 4. federal 5. poll 6. political party 7. Democrat 8. Republican 9. nominee 10. majority 11. repeal 12. tarea (homework) 13. cuaderno (notebook) 14. There’s no time like the present. ** This list is now uploaded at Spelling City. Use the games and activities there to help you practice the spellings and definitions.

Hi 4th Graders! Yesterday, Mr. Evans delivered the get-well card that you all signed for me. Thank you so much! Reading all your messages made me feel a lot better. It's been nine days since my surgery, and I'm recovering at home and feeling stronger every day. Today, I drove my car for the first time since the surgery, and went down to Baca Park and took a short walk using my crutches a little, but it was mostly on my own, and my new hip felt really good! Tomorrow I'll try to do a longer walk. If I keep exercising and doing physical therapy, next week I'll be able to put away the crutches and start walking using only a cane. However, the thing is, I don't really want to use a cane, so I'll be using a ski pole instead! Every time I use it, it will remind me to work harder so that I can be ready to ski with all of you for Ski Club up at TSV this winter. A cane just wouldn't do that for me. My doctor told me that with enough therapy and exercise, that I

-Math: Master IXL skills D1 and D2. -Reading: Spend 20 minutes reading each day over break. Keep track of what you've read on the pink Fall Break Reading Log. If you borrowed a class copy of My Land Sings, please take good care of it, and remember to bring it back to school with you on Monday, October 17. I hope you all have a really fun and safe Fall Break!

-Spelling and Vocabulary: Written work is due. Study for the practice quiz. -Swim Lessons start Friday! Deliver the blue note to your parents, and ask them to fill out and sign the attached Town Waiver form (even if you already have one on file at the TYFC). Please bring that form back to school on Thursday, and keep the blue note at home for future Friday reminders. -Deliver the "Reading for Education" note and packet that Mr. Jones gave you today. Kids and parents are welcome to participate in this fundraiser if you want to. Funds raised will go toward classroom supplies and activities. There are some great prizes too!

-Math: Complete p. 117-118 in My Math. Be sure to write the full equations when you're asked to do that, not just the answers.

1. factor 2. product 3. dividend 4. divisor 5. quotient 6. folklore 7. heritage 8. opponent 9. fluke 10. traits 11. motivation 12. Tengo hambre. (I’m hungry.) 13. Tengo sed. (I’m thirsty.) 14. Don’t bite off more than you can chew.