Taos Charter School 4th Grade Class

-Science: Start writing the rough draft of your report (r.d. due Tuesday). -Math: Study Links 7-1 (p. 145).

-Science: Finish the outline of your report. -Spelling: Take a practice spelling quiz at home this evening. Practice any that you miss.

-Spelling: Written work due. Study for practice quiz. -Science: Read and take notes for your report. Bring all your notes, books, and articles into school Thursday so you'll be ready to start writing an outline.

-Science: Continue researching, gathering information, and taking notes on your science report topic.

1. axis 2. pursue 3. conceal 4. translate 5. hostile 6. persist 7. economy 8. sufficient 9. sustain 10. yield 11. tienda (store) 12. dinero (money) 13. You reap what you sow.

Greek Final y=/i/ ny/lon py/thon cy/cle cy/clone de/hy/drate car/bo/hy/drate en/cy/clo/pe/di/a hy/brid hy/dro/gen hy/dro/plane hy/e/na hy/phen

-Science: Research, gather information, and take notes on your science report topic.

-Math: Study Links 6-7 (p. 133) -Spelling: Study for Friday quiz. -Science: Decide on a specific topic for your research project.

-Spelling written work due. -Do some reading and research about your science report general topics. Talk to your parents about it, and try to narrow it down to two specific ideas that you'd want to study in more depth.

-Math: Study Links 6-6 (p.131) -Science: Start thinking about a general field of science that you're interested in learning more about in your next research project (biology, geology, anthropology, meteorology, astronomy, environmental science...). Once you choose a general field, I'll help you narrow it down to a topic that's more specific for you to study.

1. protractor 2. vertex 3. acute angle 4. right angle 5. obtuse angle 6. biology 7. geology 8. meteorology 9. astronomy 10. Como se llama usted? (What’s your name?) 11. Me llamo ________. (My name is ______.) 12. The more, the merrier

Greek ch = /k/ ch em/i/cal ch a/os ch ar/ac/ter ch or/us ch ron/ic ar/ ch ive or/ ch id mo/ ch a s ch ool s ch eme mon/ar ch ar/ ch i/tect te ch /ni/cal

-Math: Study Links 6-5 (p.129) -Spelling: Study for quiz. -Writing: Spend 15-20 minutes starting the final draft of your friendly letter. We'll finish them in class on Friday.

-Spelling: Written work due. -Writing: Friendly letter rough draft due (3 paragraphs). -Last chance for Scholastic book orders is Thursday.

-Math: Study Links 6-4 (p. 127) -Writing: Remember to bring in a mailing address of someone that you'll be writing your friendly letter to. Also remember to bring in your own correct mailing address.

-On Tuesday, fourth grade non-skiers will be having an art activity in the morning, and then going over to the TYFC to go swimming in the afternoon from 1:30 to 2:20 . They’ll need to bring a swimsuit, towel and $2 for admission to the pool. I'll be chaperoning the Ski and Snowboard Program tomorrow, and Coach Van Nevel will sub in class. -In the event of a 2 hour delay, Ski Club is canceled for the day. It will be rescheduled and we'll have a regular school day, beginning at 10:15. In that case, skiers should bring swimsuits, towels, and $2, and we'll all try to go swimming at 1:30 if possible.

1. remainder 2. friendly 3. sincerely 4. vanquished 5. hesitate 6. eloquent 7. isolated 8. oppose 9. advantage 10. disadvantage 11. Me gusta ______. (I like ______.) 12. Tengo ___ anos. (I’m ___ years old.) 13. Forget injuries, but never forget kindnesses. (Chinese proverb)

Greek ph = /f/ phase phrase phlox phon/ics dol/phin go/pher al/pha/bet or/phan graph di/graph tri/graph tri/umph par/a/graph

-Math: Long division practice - finish rows B and C. -Writing: Next week the class will be doing a friendly letter writing project. Over the weekend students should choose an out of town friend or relative that they'd like to send a letter to, and bring that person's mailing address into school on Monday. -Scholastic Book Orders will be due on Wednesday, February 11th.

-Math: Study Links 6-3 (p. 125), and long division practice sheet N (just that one side). -Spelling: Take a practice quiz at home since we ran out of time today in class.

-Math: Study Links 6-2 on long division word problems (p. 123). -Spelling written work due Thursday.

On Tuesday, fourth and fifth grade non-skiers will be going over to the Harwood Museum for a tour of the collection and an art activity. There's no charge for the museum, but students will need to bring their own sack lunches. We'll picnic at the museum.

-Math: Study Links 6-1 (p.121). -Math: Division fact practice sheet (both sides).

1. pronoun 2. conjunction 3. excessive 4. cuisine 5. February 6. conflict 7. concur 8. necessities 9. comrade 10. antagonize 11. pero (but), y (and), o (or) 12. para (for) 13. One picture is worth a thousand words.

2 of 6 Jobs of Final silent E 1. No English word ends in the letter v. You must add a silent e to protect “chicken letter” v. starve solve swerve serve move prove 2. Final /s/ = se after most consonants or a double vowel in the last syllable of a base word. else pulse sense rinse glimpse goose geese e/lapse re/morse