Taos Charter School 4th Grade Class

-Career Project: Work on Steps 3 and 4 on the project checklist. Find information, read, and take notes on the career you're studying. -PARCC Testing in math will continue on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. We should be finished with all the sessions by lunch on Wednesday. Bring a snack to have in between tests on Wednesday. At home, get ready by taking the PARCC Practice Math Tests (in the links), and practice IXL skills. -Bowling!: On Tuesday afternoon from 1-2, the class will walking down to Gutters to go bowling. The TCS Student Council is paying for our bowling as a reward to 4th grade for bringing in the most food to share during the Taos Feeds Taos food drive in December. Student may bring their own money to buy a snack if they want one.

-Math: Gear up for PARCC Math sessions by taking a practice test and practicing skills at IXL. -Career Project: Step 2 - Narrow down your 6 ideas to your top 2 choices, and use the "Career Project Info" link to start doing research.

TCS is closed on Friday, April 20 due to the Town of Taos water emergency.

-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 Friday, May 4 (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

-Career Project: Complete Step #1 on the orange project checklist. Brainstorm a list of 6 or more careers that you think are interesting and would like to learn more about.

1. perimeter 2. area 3. right angle 4. acute angle 5. obtuse angle 6. protractor 7. intersecting 8. parallel 9. perpendicular 10. symmetry 11. right triangle 12. trapezoid 13. quadrilateral 14. rhombus 15. pentagon 16. hexagon

-Reading: Finish up the book reviews and chapter summaries if you didn't hand them in today. Try out a recipe from the one of the chapters!

-On Monday morning, 4th grade will be taking the first section of the PARCC English Language Arts test. On the days before testing, 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. Practice tests in ELA and math are posted in the links. PARCC testing will run each morning from Monday, April 16 until Wednesday, April 25. We'll take one session each day. There are 8 sessions in all: 4 in ELA and 4 in Math.

-Spelling and Vocabulary: Study for the quiz. -Reading: Complete the Book Review form for Everything on a Waffle . Complete any missing chapter summaries, and edit your summaries for errors in spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and grammar.

-Spelling and Vocabulary: Written work is due via Google Drive or in your Spelling Journal. -Reading: Today we finished the novel Everything on a Waffle by Polly Horvath. If you enjoyed it, the sequel is called One Year in Coal Harbor , and it's available on Amazon or Scholastic.com or wherever you buy books. Here's the link to Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Year-Coal-Harbor-Polly-Horvath/dp/0385386532/ref=la_B001IU4S6S_1_10?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1523479438&sr=1-10

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. cielo (sky) 14. over the moon

-On Saturday, April 7 from 10-4 there will be a bake sale at Cid's to support our K-8 art and music programs. Please help out with donations of food and/ or time if you can. Sign up online at: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/805044dabac2e5-bake1

-Math: Complete p. 719-720 in My Math. Practice the starred skills in IXL Math, Section N. -Spelling and Vocabulary: Written work is due via Google Drive or in your SJ.

-Tuesday Field Trip: We're leaving at 8:20, and we'll be back by 3:00. Don't forget to bring in your permission slip and $8 for bus transportation if you didn't already bring them in today. -Reading: Read the next 2 chapters "I lose a Toe," and "Uncle Jack's Idea," and write a summary for each. -Math: Complete p. 707-708 in My Math, and practice IXL skills N1, N2, N3, N4.

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.