Taos Charter School 4th Grade Class

-Math: Complete Lesson 9 Homework p. 52, 53, 54. Finish the 5-Minute Frenzy on the back of your spelling list if you didn't complete it in class. -Spelling and Vocabulary: Written work is due. Study for the quiz. -Halloween: Students are welcome to wear a costume and bring in a healthy morning snack to share. No candy or soda, please. Parents are invited to join us outside in the playground for the costume parade at 10:30. Dismissal is at 12:00.

Halloween eerie red blood cells white blood cells plasma platelets atrium / atria ventricle valve alveoli exchange brujo/bruja (witch) Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) It makes my blood boil.

-Progress Reports for the first marking period went home with students today. Please take time to discuss the grades and comments with your son or daughter. Parents should sign the yellow slip and return that to school on Monday to verify you received the report. More information about Lexile reading scores can be found at www.lexile.com -There's no school on Friday, November 1st for parent-teacher conferences. I’ve already scheduled meetings with some of you, and I meet with some parents fairly regularly, so conferences are not mandatory for all students at this time. If I haven’t contacted you and you’d like to meet, please email me at mbonner@taoscharterschool.org to make an appointment. I’m also available to talk after school from 3-4 pm in the coming weeks in person or on the phone, if that works better for you. -Our first TCS Harvest Festival will take place on Wednesday afternoon, October 30, and we need several parent volunteers from each class to help with activities.

-Math: Complete Lesson 6 homework p. 34, 35, 36. -Spelling and Vocabulary: Written work is due.

1. factor 2. pedestrian 3. circulatory system 4. arteries 5. veins 6. capillaries 7. oxygen 8. carbon dioxide 9. heart 10. lungs 11. corazon (heart) 12. sangre (blood) 13. Blood is thicker than water.

-We had a really great field trip today to Mesa Prieta. What an amazing place to explore! Many thanks to Ms. Daffron for planning and organizing the trip, the Mesa Prieta docents who gave us all a great tour of the petroglyphs, and to the Taos Archaeological Society for generously funding our bus transportation. -Reading: Read 20 minutes or more each day of break, and keep track of what you've covered on the Fall Break Reading Log. -Math: Practice the multiplication facts up to 12x12 using websites, printable practice sheets (in the links), and good old-fashioned flash cards. -Have a safe, fun break! I'll see you all October 21.

-Reading: Finish up the Superfudge book review and comprehension questions to hand in on Tuesday. Proofread your work for mistakes in spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and grammar. -Field Trip: Permission slips went home today for our Friday trip to Mesa Prieta, an archaeological preserve near Velarde. The class will have the opportunity to tour the preserve and study the many petroglyphs of Mesa Prieta that date back over 7,000 years of New Mexico history. The Taos Archaeological Society has been kind enough to fund the trip so there is no cost to students. We will leave school around 8:30 and return by 1:00. Please make sure your child dresses for the weather, and has the following: comfortable hiking shoes or sneakers, hat, sunscreen, sack lunch, snack, a backpack, and a water bottle or 2. I also suggest wearing jeans on Friday because there is some low cactus on the trails. **We may miss the afternoon buses, so students will need to be picked up at 1:00, or plan to carpoo

1. Ancestral Pueblo 2. petroglyph 3. ancestor 4. folklore 5. heritage 6. indigenous 7. traits 8. motivation 9. opponent 10. beautiful 11. Tengo hambre. (I’m hungry.) 12. Tengo sed. (I’m thirsty.) 13. Don’t bite off more than you can chew.

-Next Friday,  October 11, Fourth grade will be taking a field trip to tour the Mesa Prieta Archeological Preserve near Velarde. I'll send home more information and permission slips on Monday.

-Math: Complete Lesson 5 homework p. 21-22 (Problems 1, 3, and 5). -Spelling and Vocabulary: Study for the quiz.

-Math: Complete Lesson 5 homework p. 21-22 (evens). -Spelling and Vocabulary: Written work is due.

-School picture day for 4th grade is Thursday, October 3. However, sibling pictures with brothers and sisters in other grades at TCS will start Wednesday 10/2.

1. homophone 2. clothes/ close 3. break/ brake 4. buy/ by 5. hear/ here 6. choose/ chews 7. right/ write 8. sum/ some 9. whole/ hole 10. would/ wood 11. peek/ peak 12. mail/ male 13. fair/ fare 14. (your own pair of homophones) _________ / ________