Taos Charter School 4th Grade Class

Good Morning 4th Grade 🌞! -Reading: Spend 30 minutes on Lexia Core 5. Students who have completed all 18 levels of Lexia can make an independent reading choice 📖for 30 minutes. I'm not assigning a chapter in Everything on a Waffle today. We'll get back to that later this week. -Math Main Group: Watch the Module 5, Lesson 13 YouTube video📺 in the links, comparing fractions on a number line  > < = .Then, complete the Lesson 13 Problem Set p. 65-66, and homework pages p. 67-68. Use the Number Line template on p. 69 to help. Don't get stuck or frustrated. It may help to watch the video a second or third time if you're having trouble. The teacher on the YouTube video is using a different edition, so the page numbers are different for you. However, the lesson itself should be the same as in your book. If there's something you just don't get, it's ok 👌to skip it and go on to the next thing. Parents, please see the video lesson and/or the Eureka Pare...

Good Morning 4th Grade Students and Parents 🌞, After discussions with Mr. Jones, fellow teachers, and class parents I've decided to reduce 📉the daily assignment workload 🚚for students, and try to find a balance ⚖ between online learning 👩‍💻 and book-based activities 📖.  We're asking that students put in about 2 hours per day total in home-learning activities, including Spanish work. They do not have to go beyond that. So if your son or daughter has put in those 2 hours, it's OK with me that they stop 🛑 for the day and then pick up the unfinished material the following day. I welcome your feedback as we work together to foster student learning and growth in an entirely new way. As always, please email me 📧 with any questions or concerns. MB -Reading: Read chapter 13, "Fire!" 🔥🔥🔥in Everything on a Waffle, p. 118-124. Write a summary in your packet, and keep track of new vocabulary.  -Recipes: I recently tried the "Cherry Pie🍒 Pork Chops" re...

Ricky made these excellent-looking Waffles, from the recipe in the final chapter:  Mariah made Perfectly Boiled Potatoes, from chapter 5:  Bernice made Chocolate Covered Nuts from chapter 8. They look really good!   Alex prepared blanched Asparagus from Chapter 2, delicious! Michelle made the Cinnamon Rolls from chapter 6. They look so good I can almost smell them from here!:

-Spelling and Vocabulary: Written work is due Thursday via Google Docs, if you haven't already shared it. Study for the quiz👩‍🎓👨‍🎓. On Friday, have a parent give you a paper 📝quiz, or take one at Spelling City 🗽🏙 -Reading 📚: Read a chapter per day in of Everything on a Waffle. That's Chapter 11 "Dinner at the Girl on the Red Swing," 🍝 for Thursday, and then chapter 12 "I Lose Another Digit," ☝️on Friday. Write ✍ a summary for each. As before, look up 🔎new words on dictionary.com and keep track 🛤of definitions after the summaries. 🎁Extra Credit : If you can, try making one of the recipes from the book at home 👩‍🍳👨‍🍳🍽(with your parents' permission and assistance, of course). Then, share a pic 📸of the finished dish with me 🥔🥦🥓🥑🍖, and I'll post it here for the class to see 👀. Be sure to review the recipe and let us know how it came out, and most importantly - how it tasted! 🤤 (Since no one has sent one yet😔, I'll get i...

-Reading 📚: Read a chapter per day in of Everything on a Waffle . That's Chapter 9 "Uncle Jack's Idea," 🏒 for Tuesday, and then chapter 10 "I Set Fire to a Guinea Pig," 🔥🚒 on Wednesday. Write ✍ a summary for each. As before, look up 🔎new words on dictionary.com and keep track of definitions after the summaries. Extra Credit : If you can, try making one of the recipes from the book at home 👩‍🍳👨‍🍳🍽(with your parents' permission and assistance, of course). Then, share a pic of the finished dish with me🥕🥕🥕, and I'll post it here for the class to see. Be sure to review the recipe and let us know how it came out, and most importantly - how it tasted! 🍝🍳🥧🧀 -Each day, spend 30 minutes on Lexia Core 5 Reading 📖. -Main Math Group: Complete one lesson per day. Watch the Module 5, Lessons 9 and 10 YouTube videos📺 in the links. Then, complete the Lesson 9 Problem Set and homework pages (p. 41-46). On Wednesday, do the same for Lesson 10 (p...

Dear students and parents, Online and distance-learning is a new way of working for all of us, and it will take some time ⌚ getting used to it. Don't get worried 😬or stressed 😨if it all doesn't go so well at the start. Relax 🧘‍♀️🧘‍♂️, we'll figure it out and solve problems as we go😎. Please let me know via email if you're having trouble logging in to sites, or if there's anything at all I can do to help.🙂👍 -Reading: Read Chapter 8, "I Lose a Toe," 🚑in Everything on a Waffle . This is a fairly long chapter, and you may need some parent help getting through it. Write a chapter summary when you're done. Use the dictionary.com site in the links to look up any new words you find. Keep track of those words on your vocabulary list 📃after the summaries. -Also, spend 20 minutes on Lexia. -Main Math Group: Watch the Module 5, Lesson 8 YouTube video📺 in the links. Then, complete the Lesson 8 Problem Set p. 37-38 if you didn't complete that i...

-Public schools in NM will be closed until Monday, April 6. During the 2 weeks of the closure after spring break, students will be expected to work at home and participate in online learning activities to keep up their academic progress. 4th graders should have their math books, a writing skills book, a novel we're reading together (Everything on a Waffle), and other reading materials such as library books, Scholastic News and National Geographic Explorer. We'll also be using the following websites and online accounts: IXL Math, Khan Academy, Lexia Reading, ReadWorks, Spelling City, and PBS Learning Media. All of your log-ins and passwords should be available for these websites if you’re signed in on your school Google account: firstnamelastinitial@taoscharterschool.org You know the password. Starting on Monday, March 23 I'll be posting assignments here on the class blog. I'm asking students to put in about 2 hours of work per school day. If you need help I'll...

-Science: If you didn't present today, take some time to put the finishing touches on your report. Go more in-depth about your topic, add more even relevant information, proofread and edit your slides... Make this your BEST work possible. Even if you've already shared it with me on Google Drive, you can still work on improving it in some way.

-Science: There's no homework in math, or a spelling/ vocabulary list this week so that you'll have more time at home to complete and practice your science report, which is due Thursday, March 12.

-Math: Complete the Lesson 2 homework p. 9-10. Use the items from the problem set as examples. -Science: Finish up your research, reading, and note-taking about your report topic. -Spelling and Vocabulary: Study and practice the Feb. 24 list for the Friday quiz. The list is also up at Spelling City to practice.