Taos Charter School 4th Grade Class

-Ski Program: Our first trip will be on Tuesday January 9, 2018, our first day back to school. If we have a two hour delay or a snow day then ski club will be canceled and made up at the end of the five weeks. All skiers and snowboarders will meet at Taos Charter School at 7:30 a.m. and return at 5:00 p.m. Please be on time when picking up your children at the end of the day. Those riders who live on the north end of town can catch the bus at the Arroyo Seco community center at 8:10 and pick up your children at 4:20. Don’t be late because there will be no supervision after the bus leaves. Please make sure that you come with appropriate clothing: hat, gloves, snow pants, goggles, a warm jacket, and sunscreen. All riders must bring a lunch or bring money to buy a lunch. -Thank you for all the nice gifts. I really appreciate it. I wish you and all of your families a fun, safe winter break. Feliz Navidad y Prospero Año Nuevo!

-History: Revolutionary Biography Reports are due. -Math: Practice long division for the Chapter 6 test. -Pizza!: 4th grade won an award of some pizzas from Mondo Italiano for their spooktacular Halloween art. So the class will be having pizza for lunch tomorrow. Parents, if possible, could you please send in some juice, maybe some cut fruit or veggies to go with it? -Secret Santa: Bring in your wrapped gift if you haven't already. We're planning to have our gift exchange in class after lunch. - Friday Bus Update : Parents, we just found out that on Friday, buses 7 & 14 will run at 11:30 due to 12:00 dismissal at the district elementary schools. This falls right into our pizza party/ Secret Santa time. If possible, could our 4th grade bus riders make other plans to get home so they don't miss out? Thanks!

-History: Complete steps 4, 5, 7, and 8 on the green checklist - final draft, images, and the bibliography. Be ready to present and hand in your report. You can print, organize, and staple here in class on Thursday morning if you need to. Practice reading your final draft out loud at home a couple of times so you'll be ready to go. -If you aren't ready to hand in your history report on Thursday, you can take an extra day to finish everything up, and then hand it in on Friday. That's OK with me, but be sure to make the most of the 2 days you have left to write the BEST report you can. -Secret Santa: Please bring in your wrapped gifts on Thursday or Friday if you haven't already.

-History: Complete Step 3 (revise and edit your RD), and start Step 4 (writing the final draft in your best handwriting or on Google Drive).

-History: Complete Step 2 on the green checklist. Finish up your 5 paragraph rough draft. If your RD is complete, you can move on to Step 3: revise and edit.

-History: Begin Step 2 on the Green Checklist. Use your outline to write the first few paragraphs of your rough draft. Use the "Hamburger" model that you studied today in class to build your paragraphs.

-History: 1. Keep on reading and taking notes for your biography report. Find more information in the website links. 2. Spend some time working on your outline. Use the "Outline Format" page to help. Outlines are due Thursday or Friday. -Our School-Level National Geographic Bee is on Thursday, December 14 at 1:00 in the cafeteria. Families are invited! -Secret Santa: Students drew names today for our gift exchange that will happen next Friday, December 22. Limit for gifts is around $10. You can start bringing presents in any day next week.

-History: Continue to find information, read, and take notes on the person you chose to study for the Revolutionary Biography Report. -Spelling Bee: Congratulations to Jonathan, Joaquin, and Mateo for winning our 4th grade level Bee today. They'll represent our class in the school-level Spelling Bee on Tuesday, Dec. 12 at 1:00. Families are invited!

1. outline 2. rough draft 3. paragraph 4. topic sentence 5. supporting details 6. conclusion 7. images 8. revise 9. edit 10. bibliography 11. biblioteca (library) 12. tarea (homework) 13. Don’t count your chickens before they hatch. There is no assigned written spelling homework this week, so you'll have more time to work on your Revolutionary Biography Report.

-History: Find information, read, and take notes on the person you chose to study for the Revolutionary Biography Report. -GeoBee: Congrats to Theo, Mateo, Liana, Izzy, and Joaquin for winning our class-level Geography Bee on Friday. It was a tough one! Those 5 will move on to compete against the class winners from grades 5-8 at our School-Level Bee which will take place Thursday, December 14 at 1:00 in the school cafeteria. Families are invited! -Spelling Bee: The 13 pre-qualifiers should study their word lists this weekend. We'll finish the class bee on Monday, and announce our 3 top spellers. The School level spelling bee is Tuesday, December 12 at 1:00 in the cafeteria. Families are invited!

-Math: Finish up the 2-sided long division practice page that you started today in class. Mistakes are OK, just do the best you can. We just started learning this algorithm today, and it takes some time. -Spelling and Vocabulary: Written work is due. Study for the practice quiz. -History: Review the Revolutionary Biography page you got today. Start thinking about 2 or 3 of the people from that list who you are interested in learning more about. Use the links to find more information. You may also choose interesting/ influential people of that era who are not in the list, as long as you can find enough information about them (2 books and 2 websites minimum). Write the names of your top 3 choices on the sheet, and bring it into class with you on Thursday.

-Math: Finish p. 345-346 of My Math. -Tuesday is our final swim lesson from 1:30-2:30. Remember to bring in your suit, a towel, and goggles. Coach Alfredo will have a short awards ceremony to congratulate the class on completing the swim program. Parents are invited to attend. We will dismiss to parents and busses at 2:50 at the TYFC.

1. empire 2. liberty 3. monarchy 4. democracy 5. repeal 6. assembly 7. propaganda 8. research 9. biography 10. library 11. libertad (freedom, liberty) 12. listo/ lista (ready or smart) 13. Don’t judge a book by its cover.