Taos Charter School 4th Grade Class

-There's no school Friday, May 1 for teacher in-service. - Math : Study Links 8-8 (p. 189) - Career Project : Keep working on steps #3, 4, 5, and 6. - Class Field Trip to Bandelier National Monument is on Wed., May 6. More details/ permission slips will go home with students on Monday.

- Pizza Party : The 4th grade sold more flower bulbs and seeds in our fundraiser than any other class, and by doing so won a pizza party from the Friends of TCS! We'll have it on Thurs. at our normal lunch time, so there's no need to bring or buy a lunch that day. - Career Project : 1.) Research and take notes on the career you're studying (green sheet steps #3 and #4). See the new links on the right to help you find information. 2.) Arrange the interview with your parents' help (steps #5 and #6). Remember that there's no school on Friday for a teacher in-service day, so that may be a good day for you to set up a visit. - Class Field Trip to Bandelier National Monument is on Wed., May 6. More details/ permission slips will go home with students on Monday.

-Math: Study Links 8-6 and 8-7 (p. 185 and 187, skip p. 186 for now). Useful formulas: Area of a square or rectangle = Length x Width, Area of a parallelogram = Base x Height, Area of a triangle = (B x H) / 2 -Career Project: Narrow your six possible choices down to two. I'll meet with each student on Wednesday to help you finalize your decision.

The fourth grade class is beginning a career education project which will require some parent involvement. Each student will be 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 an associate who would work), and supervise the visit. The culminating activity of the project will be a posterboard presentation by each student teaching the class about the career that they have studied. The presentations will begin Wednesday, May 13 (or sooner if students finish early). The students have more information about the specifics of the project. Please contact me at school if you have any additional questions.

-To celebrate spring and the class finishing the NMSBA, we'll be taking a hike on Thursday on the Divisadero Trail in Taos Canyon. We will be leaving campus at about 10:00 , and we’ll return by 2:30 p.m. We’ll take about a 4 mile round trip hike. Students should be prepared for the elements and wear sturdy sneakers or hiking boots, shorts, a hat, and a light-colored t-shirt . They should also bring a small backpack with their own lunch and a water bottle . Wear sunblock, and sunglasses if you have them. There is a transportation charge of $3 per student . Students can bring the fee into school on the day of the trip or before. Parents are invited to come along if you'd like to join us and help chaperone the hike. - NMSBA schedule this week : Science 1 & 2 on Tuesday morning, Science 3 on Wednesday, and then that's it for state testing this year! -Due Thursday: written spelling work.

1. career 2. local 3. national 4. global 5. interview 6. inexpensive 7. mislead 8. foreign 9. caminar (to walk) 10. Yo camino. (I walk.) 11. Tu caminas. (You walk. –friendly) 12. Usted camina. (You walk. – formal) 13. Utsedes caminan (You all walk.) 14. El/ ella camina. (He or she walks.) 15. Ellos caminan. (They walk.) 16. Nosotros caminamos. (We walk.) 17. You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink.

-We decided that two tests on Thursday morning is too much for some of the kids. So, the NMSBA Science Session 1 will be given on Friday morning instead of today. -This week, all TCS students in grades 3-8 will be taking the three math sections of the New Mexico Standards-Based Assessment on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday mornings. Please make sure that your child is present, on-time, and well-rested for the tests, and encourage them to give their best effort in every session. -Homework assignments on nights before NMSBA testing: 1. Get some exercise after school. 2. Eat a healthy dinner. 3. Get a good night's sleep. 4. Eat a healthy breakfast. 5. Be at school on-time (8:15 a.m.)

1. range 2. mean 3. median 4. mode 5. pedestrian 6. urban 7. suburban 8. rural 9. refuge 10. comer (to eat) 11. Yo como . (I eat.) Tu comes. (You eat. - friendly) Usted come. (You eat. - formal) Ustedes comen. (You all eat.) El/ ella come. (He/ she eats.) Ellos comen. (They eat.) Nosotros comemos. (We eat.) 18. It’s always darkest just before the dawn

-Math: Study Links 8-1 and 8-3 (p. 175 and 179) Happy Easter! Have a great weekend.

-Get yourself ready to take the NMSBA Writing Assessment: 1. Get some exercise. 2. Eat a healthy dinner. 3. Get a good night's sleep. 4. Eat a healthy breakfast. 5. Be at school on-time (8:15 a.m.) -Spelling: Written work due Thursday, study for the quiz.

-There's no school on Friday as it's the monthly teacher in-service day for April.

-This week, all TCS students in grades 3-8 will be taking the two writing sections of the New Mexico Standards-Based Asssessment on Wednesday and Thursday mornings. Please make sure that your child is present, on-time, and well-rested for the tests. Encourage them to give their best effort on every session so that we can get an accurate, genuine assessment for each student.

-Spelling: Get rolling on your spelling written work so you can avoid having any homework on Wednesday Night, which is the night before the second part of your NMSBA Writing test. -Math: Practice your fraction/decimal equivalents (unless you got a 100% on today's quiz) 1/2=0.5, 1/4=0.25, 3/4= 0.75, 1/5=0.2, 1/3=0.333, 2/3=0.666, 1/10=0.1, 1/100=0.01 and so on.

-Parents, individual student portraits were sent home today with students. If you'd like to purchase some or all of the photos, please follow the directions inside the packet and send payment into school with your child. If you don't wish to purchase the photos, please return them to school. The deadline is next Tuesday, April 14th.

1. probability 2. likely 3. unlikely 4. certain 5. equivalent 6. data 7. prediction 8. cantar (to sing) 9. Yo canto. (I sing.) Tu cantas. (You sing.) Usted canta. (You sing.) Ustedes cantan. (You all sing) Ella canta. (She sings.) Ellos cantan. (They sing.) Nosotros cantamos. (We sing.) 10. A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.