Taos Charter School 4th Grade Class

-Ski Program: The first ski day will be Tuesday January 8, 2019, our first day back to school. Skiers and snowboarders will meet at Taos Charter School at 7:40 a.m. and return at 5:00 p.m. Please be on time when picking up your children at the end of the day. In the event of a two hour delay or a snow day, ski club will be canceled and made up at the end of the five weeks. Participants who live on the north end of town can catch the bus at the Arroyo Seco community center at 8:10 and pick up at 4:20. Don’t be late for pick-up in Seco because we can't drop off students unless a parent is present, and they'll need to ride all the way back to TCS. Please make sure that you come with appropriate clothing: hat, gloves, snow pants, goggles, a warm jacket, and sunscreen. All riders should bring a lunch or money to buy lunch at TSV. -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 Nue

-History: Complete your final draft on Google Docs or in your best handwriting. Revise and edit, then add 2-3 images after the paragraphs. Work on your bibliography if you still have time. Use the format on the back of the purple checklist. -GeoBee: Rounds 1-2 are at 10:00 Wednesday in the cafeteria. Rounds 3-8 will begin at 12:45. Parents and family are welcome to attend both sessions, but the second one is longer and even more interesting, if you can just make it to one or the other.

-History: Step #4 on the purple checklist. Continue typing the Final Draft in Google Docs, or in your best handwriting. Students started this in class today. At home, you'll need to log into your Google account and find your report in Docs.

-History: Complete step #3 on the purple checklist - revise and edit your 5 paragraph rough draft. Say more. Expand your thoughts and discussion. Add more detail and information. Grow your paragraphs. Then have a parent or older sibling read the paper and help you edit it for mistakes in spelling, capitalization, grammar, and punctuation. Bring all your work in on Monday, and we'll start typing final drafts in class on Chromebooks via Google Docs. -GeoBee: Congratulations to our winners in today's class-level National Geographic Bee - Jaeda, Ava, Michael, Lili, Tessie, Kameko, and Levi (alternate)! They'll move on to compete against the winners of each grade in the School-Level Preliminary Bee which will be held on Wednesday, December 19 at 12:45 in the cafeteria. Parents are invited! -Top Secret Santa: Students drew names today for our holiday gift exchange that will take place next Thursday, December 20. Please limit presents to around $10, and wrap/ bag the gift wit

-History: Complete Step #2 on the purple checklist - use your outline and your notes to finish up rough draft paragraphs 3, 4, and 5. Bring your RD into school on Friday to check. -Secret Santa: Ask mom or dad for permission to participate in our optional Secret Santa gift exchange next Thursday, Dec. 20. Around $10 limit for gifts. We'll draw names Friday.

-History: Use your outline and your notes to write the first 2 "hamburger-style" paragraphs of the rough draft . The first paragraph is the introduction. The second paragraph discusses their early life. Don't leave out the interesting, meaty, juicy details that will make your report fun to share with other people! See the purple checklist Step #1, and the outline format page for more info.

-Math and Spelling: We'll do all that work in class this week. Focus on the History Report at home. -History: Complete the outline that you started today in class. Plan out your 5 paragraphs by filling in ideas in the A, B, C sections for each main part. Use the outline format sheet to help. Remember, you don't need to write in full-sentence form on the outline, or include all of the information you have. Just briefly plan out what you're going to write about in each of the 5 parts. This shouldn't take more than 20-25 minutes. Bring in the finished outline to class on Wednesday.

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.

-History: Continue to find information, read, and take notes for your biography report. Use books, websites, and videos.

-Spelling and Vocabulary: Written work is due. -History: Find information, read, and take notes on the person you're studying for the Revolutionary Biography Report.

-Math: Complete Lesson 11 homework p. 62, 63, 64. -History: Come up with your Top 3 choices for your Revolutionary Biography Report. See the tan sheet for a list of possible choices, and use the top 2 links to explore additional ideas.

-Math: Module 3, Lesson 10 homework p. 57-58.

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