Monday 4/20/20

Good Morning 4th Grade 🌞!

-Main Math Group➕➖✖➗:   Spend 30 minutes practicing IXL skills R1, R2, R3, R4, R4*.

-Math Un-Group: Skip Lessons 8 and 9. Watch the video for Module 6, Lesson 10. Complete the problem set p. 57-58. Skip the homework pages if this skill makes sense to you. Then, spend 30 minutes working on IXL skills in Section T.  Parents, please see the video lesson and/or the Eureka Parent Tip Sheet in the links if you need support (this is Module 6, Topics A and B). 
Questions? Send them via email or google hangouts chat to me or Ms. Chrissy at cstreit@taoscharterschool.org

-Reading 📚: Read Chapters 12-14 in Holes today, pages 55-68. Write your own title for each chapter on the yellow Chapter Title sheet. 

Has anyone tried the Holes audio book read-aloud link 🎧 on YouTube?  If so, how is that going? 

-Weekly Spelling and Vocabulary List: 
1. fossil
2. horizon
3. juvenile
4. lullaby
5. physical
6. species
7. biodegradable
8. pollutant
9. sustainable
10. carbon footprint

-Science🔬: Backyard Bird Identification! 🐦🦅🦃🦜🦆🕊🐤🐧🐔🦚🕊  It's springtime 🌱in northern New Mexico, and many birds that we have not seen in a long time are returning to Taos. Some will stay all spring and summer, but others are just "stopping over" on their way to somewhere further north ⬆️🌎. 

This week, go outside, sit still for a few minutes 🌲🧘‍♀️⌚🧘‍♂️🏡, and try to identify one (1) bird species per day. This is kind of like what you did back in September when Santiago noticed the Saw Whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus) 🦉hiding in our apricot tree at school. Remember this little guy?: 

 Use the All About Birds or Merlin site in the links to help you ID✅ your "Bird of the Day." I also posted the New Mexico bird checklist, which is fun to print and use if possible.  If you have any bird guide books or binoculars in your house, you can use those too. Merlin Bird ID is a great free app to use for this if you have a phone or tablet. Parents or siblings are welcome to help in this activity👍.      

To keep track, start a Bird ID Log on a sheet of lined paper, or a Google Doc. Start with with a proper heading (Name, assignment: Bird ID Log), write the dates for this week from Monday to Friday, and simply write the name and species name of the bird you saw and identified that day.  List 2 characteristics that helped you ID the bird.  Sometimes it's tough to get an exact match, but just do the best you can from what you see 👀, hear👂, and find out 🔎.

🌟Optional Extra Credit: if you like to draw, upgrade your log by sketching a picture of the bird with colored pencils 🎨. If you prefer photos, you can add one from All About Birds, or even one you took yourself 📷. I'll share your drawings and photos here.

Just list one different bird species each day this week. Common birds are OK! Don't feel like you've got to wait for a Neotropic Cormorant or a Yellow Crowned Night-Heron to show up.  ID your sparrows, chickadees, doves, crows, ravens, vultures, magpies, hawks, hummingbirds... whatever you see out there. 

Here's an example of Bird ID Log entries for a couple days:

Monday, April 20, 2020: Today I saw an American Robin in my side yard (Species name: Turdus migratorius). Two characteristics that helped me identify it were its reddish-orange chest and its size.  

Tuesday, April 21, 2020: Today I saw a Black-Billed Magpie on my fence (Species name: Pica hudsonia). The characteristics that helped were its black/blue/ white colors, extra long tail feathers, and its loud squawking calls. 

Wednesday, April 22, 2020:  Today I saw a...