Taos Charter School 4th Grade Class

-Career Project: Continue working through the steps explained on the blue checklist. -Climate March!: On Saturday, April 29 our 5th grade teacher Chrissy Streit has organized a kids' march to boost awareness about climate change. The group will gather on Taos Plaza at 10:00, and march over to Kit Carson Park at 10:30 for a rally, weather permitting. Make signs, bring your friends and family, and go make a difference! You can email cstreit@taoscharterschool.org for more info. -Invent Event!: Do you like creating art, woodworking, robotics, textiles, fractals, puppet-hacking, drones, 3-D printing, solar energy, or inventing mad machines? Come check out this 3rd annual celebration of creativity and technology at the Enos Garcia School Gym on Saturday, April 29 from noon to 4:00 pm. It's super fun, and it's FREE! See www.twirltaos.org/invent-event for more info.

-Career Project: Continue working on steps 3, 4, 5, and 6 on the blue checklist. This Friday, April 28 would be a great time to set up your interview since there's no school that day. -Math: Practice the starred skills in IXL Math sections F, G, W, Z, and BB. -PARCC testing concludes on Thursday morning with Math Session 4. The class is doing great. They're keeping a positive attitude and giving their best effort. Keep up the good work, the end is in sight!

-Career Project: Complete steps 1 and 2 on the blue checklist. -Parents, the class is beginning a career education project that will require your assistance. Each student is choosing a career that they are going to be studying. As part of the project, I’ve asked the students to arrange a visit and an interview with a local person who has the career that they choose. Please assist your son or daughter in contacting this person (perhaps you have a friend or a colleague who would work). The culminating activity of the project will be a posterboard or computer-projected presentation by each student teaching the class about the career that they've studied. The presentations will begin Monday, May 8 (or sooner if students finish early). Students have more information about the specifics of the project. Please email me at mbonner@taoscharterschool.org if you have any questions. Thanks, MB

-For Wednesday, make a list of at least 3 careers you're interested in learning more about.

On Tuesday morning, 4th grade will be taking the first section of the PARCC English Language Arts test. There's no assigned written homework on the nights before testing. On those days, get ready for PARCC by getting fresh air and exercise after school. Get a good night's sleep. Eat a healthy breakfast, and be on-time for school each morning at 8:15. See Mr. Bonner's Test Tips sheet for more ideas on how to do your best on these assessments. PARCC testing will run each morning from Tuesday, April 18 until Thursday, April 27. We'll take one session each day. There are 7 sessions in all: 3 in ELA and 4 in Math.

-Math: Complete p. 805-806 in My Math, and practice the starred IXL skills in section N. -Reading: Finish up the comprehension questions from the Jackie Robinson book, and share your responses with Mr. Bonner on Google Drive. -PARCC Prep: Take the Grade 4 ELA Practice Test, Unit 2.

-Math: Complete p. 779-780 in My Math, and practice IXL skills N.12, O.1, O.5, O.6. -Spelling: Written work is due. Study for the quiz.

1. area 2. perimeter 3. setting 4. demonstrate 5. details 6. metric system 7. centimeter 8. meter 9. kilometer 10. liter 11. gram 12. sol (sun) 13. estrella (star) 14. over the moon

-Math: Complete p. 701-702 in My Math, and practice skills N1, N2, N3 in IXL. -Spelling and Vocabulary: Written work is due. Study for the practice quiz. This week's list is up at Spelling City.

-Math: Complete p. 673-674 in My Math. -PARCC testing is coming up April 18-27. Then, MAP testing is May 3-4 for 4th grade. Parents, please don't schedule morning appointments or out-of-town trips during this time frame.

1. measure 2. length 3. capacity 4. weight 5. yard 6. ounce 7. pound 8. pint 9. personification 10. famous 11. infamous 12. ciudad (city) 13. pais (nation or country) 14. It’s always darkest just before the dawn.