Taos Charter School 4th Grade Class

  - Math ➕➖⨉➗   :  Complete p. 43-44 in your math book. - Spelling and Vocabulary : Spend 30 minutes working on this week's written work. Written definitions are not required this week. But you should use the  dictionary link  to help find the difference in meaning between the homophone pairs when you are writing example sentences. Written work is due Friday. Use the games and activities at Spelling City to practice the words and definitions. - Reading 📚   : Spend 20 minutes working on your level of Lexia Core 5 reading. -Art 🎨 : Here is this week's art activity from Ms. Woodall. Looks like a lot of fun - give it a shot! -There is no school or assignments on Wednesday, as it's a holiday to celebrate Taos Pueblo Day. -Thursday's Class Meeting  will start at  8:30 a.m .  Set your watches ⌚ so you won't be late! 

- Math ➕➖⨉➗   :  Complete p. 39-40 in your math book. - Spelling and Vocabulary : Spend 20 minutes getting started with this week's written work. Written definitions are not required this week. But you should use the dictionary link to help find the difference in meaning between the homophone pairs when you are writing example sentences. - Reading 📚   : 1. Review all your orange chapter summaries , checking that they are complete, legible, and free of spelling/capitalization errors. 2. Double check that your yellow Superfudge Book Review is complete and error-free. 3. Answer the four Comprehension Questions from the back side of the Book Review on your own sheet of lined paper. Remember to write in full-sentence form, and say as much as you can, giving specific examples where you need to. You can use your novel and the summaries to help. I will be collecting and grading these soon, so give your best effort on these important Reading assignments. Keep them all together in a f

  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) _________ / ________ This is a different kind of list this week. Just practice each word pair 3 times, rather than 5.  Example: "clothes, clothes, clothes/ close, close, close." Also, let's skip the definitions this week. However, I do want you to write good, clear example sentences that show you know the difference between each pair.  Use the Dictionary to help. Each pair can be combined into 1 sentence if you can. Example: "She came around the bend, and got her first peek at Wheeler Peak." Or they can be split into 2 sentences. Example: "Please close the door when you leave. He loved his new school clothes."  The list is up, and ready to practice at Spelling City.

 -MAP Testing:  The class did a great job the past 2 mornings taking the MAP tests in Math and Reading.  😁👍 Thanks for your patience in getting started, and your focus in taking both tests.  Also thanks to parents and grandparents out there who provided the tech support!  If you didn't finish the testing, we'll do make-ups on Monday. - Math ➕➖⨉➗   :  Do the odd numbered items on p. 34 in your math book. Practice starred skills in IXL Math for 15 minutes. - Reading 📚   : W rite a summary for chapter 12 of Superfudge in the orange sheets. Review all your summaries, checking that they are complete, legible, and for spelling/capitalization errors. Write a Book Review (yellow form in your last materials bags) for Superfudge. Be complete, and say as much as you can, giving specific examples where you need to. You can use your novel and the summaries to help. I will be collecting and grading these reviews soon, as well as your Summaries, give your best effort on these important

-Math ➕➖⨉➗   :  Practice starred skills in IXL Math for 20 minutes - Reading 📚   : Read Chapter 12 of Superfudge, and write a chapter summary in the orange sheets. -Spelling and Vocabulary :  Written work is due Thursday. I'll check it Friday in class. Use the games and activities at Spelling City for 20 minutes to help you practice this week's list. Take a practice quiz on paper or at SC. -Friday's Class Meeting  will start at  8:30 a.m .  Set your watches ⌚ so you won't be late! We will be taking the Reading section of the Fall MAP test. 

Good Morning 4th Grade! 🌞  - Math ➕➖⨉➗ :  Spend 20 minutes practicing the starred skills at IXL Math. (⭐Math Review Group meets at 2:00 pm Wednesday : Daniel V., Gianna, Sophia, Natalia, Colin, James, and Jackson are invited. Check your school Gmail for more info.) - Reading 📚 : Spend 30 minutes practicing reading skills on your level of Lexia Core 5. - Spelling and Vocabulary :  Finish up the weekly written work, which is due Thursday.  Several students have said they are breaking up their weekly written spelling work in this way: Monday: 5x each practice, Tuesday: Definitions, Wednesday: Creative sentences. This is a really good way to get it all done in the 3 days! Also, spend 15-20 minutes using the games and activities at Spelling City to help you practice this week's list. - Science 🌞🌎🍂 :  Watch these 3 short videos about the Autumn Equinox and the change of seasons on Earth. Guiding question to think about: What causes the change of seasons on our planet? https://www.y

  -Math ➕➖⨉➗   :  Complete p. 27-28 in the Math book - Reading 📚   : Finish reading Chapter 10 of Superfudge, and write a chapter summary in the orange sheets. -Spelling and Vocabulary :  Spend 20 minutes on the written work, which will be due Thursday.  Use the games and activities at Spelling City to help you practice this week's list. -There's no live online class on Wednesday,  but I will be assigning work for the day, just like last week. Check back here or on Google Classroom Wednesday morning for those assignments. -Thursday's Class Meeting  will start at  8:30 a.m .  Set those watches ⌚ so you won't be late!  

  1. Autumn Equinox 2. unanimous 3. capital 4. synonym 5. antonym 6. budget 7. catastrophe 8. elevation 9. there 10. their 11. they’re 12. spill the beans **This week's list is up at Spelling City for games and practice! For each word on the list, your weekly written assignment is to do the following: (For now, you can do all this with pencil and paper in your Spelling and Vocabulary Journal. Keep your written work as neat and organized as possible.) 1. Practice writing each word on the list 5 times. Be sure to spell it correctly each time! 2. Look up the definition of each word in a dictionary or at Spelling City. Copy the definition you find there. Words often have more than one definition in the dictionary - please just write one simple, clear definition for each word. 3. Use each word in a creative sentence that shows you know what the word means. The sentences can be funny or fictional. Please make them interesting to read!

  -Math ➕➖⨉➗   : Complete p. 19-20 in the Math book, on rounding and estimating. Watch the Khan Academy video if you need some review of this skill.  - Reading 📚   : Read Chapter 8  of Superfudge and write a summary in the orange sheets. This is a pretty long chapter, so you may want to split it up into 2 sections to read over the weekend. - Science 🐦🦅🦃   : Bird Identification Logs were due Monday. Most of you turned those in, but I still have not received this assignment from the following students:  Jackson, Gianna,  Sophia, Natalia, Olivia, Daniel V.  Those students should finish up today and share them with me in some form, either via Google Docs or have a parent take pics of your pages and email them to me.  Include 5 different species, and you can use the live cams on the All About Birds website to see birds from all over North America for one or two of the entries. Ask for help if you need it!  -If you need help with any of this, just send me a message on Google Hangouts a

  -Math ➕➖⨉➗   : Complete p. 15-16 in the Math book, comparing larger numbers >, <, or = . - Reading 📚   : Finish reading Chapter 7  of Superfudge and write a summary. Then spend 20 minutes practicing on your level of Lexia. -Spelling and Vocabulary :  Written work is due today (5x each, definitions, and sentences).   Spend 20 minutes on the games and activities at Spelling City to help you practice this week's list. Take a practice quiz at SC. - Science 🐦🦅🦃   : Bird Identification Logs were due Monday. Most of you turned those in, but I still have not received this assignment from the following students:  Jackson, Gianna,  Sophia, Natalia, Olivia, Daniel V., and Colin.  Those students should finish up today and share them with me in some form, either via Google Docs or have a parent take pics of your pages and email them to me.  Include 5 different species, and you can use the live cams on the All About Birds website to see birds from all over North America for one or tw

 Good morning 4th grade! 🌞 -Math ➕➖⨉➗   : Spend 20 minutes practicing the starred skills on IXL Math. - Reading 📚   : Did you write a summary for  Chapter 6 of Superfudge? Finish that, and then spend 20 minutes practicing on your level of Lexia. -Spelling and Vocabulary :  Written work is due Thursday (5x each, definitions, and sentences).  This week's list is mostly made up of contractions. For the definitions of the contractions, just write the words that make up the contraction. For example, #3. wouldn't: would not.  #4. we're: we are,  and so on.  Use the games and activities at Spelling City to help you practice this week's list. - Science 🐦🦅🦃   : Bird Identification Logs were due Monday. Most of you turned those in, and I'm working on how to share those here on the class blog. I still have not received this assignment from the following students: Jackson, Gianna, Eva, Loveah, Sophia, Natalia, Olivia, Daniel V., and Colin. Those students should finish up

  -Math ➕➖⨉➗   :  Complete all the items (both evens and odds) from pages 11-12 in your new enVision Math book. Also, spend 20 minutes practicing the starred skills on IXL Math. - Reading 📚   : Write a summary for  Chapter 6 of Superfudge, and then spend 10 minutes reading into Chapter 7, which starts on p. 78. Finish that chapter if you're enjoying it. -Spelling and Vocabulary :  Spend 20 minutes on the written work, which will be due Thursday.  This week's list is mostly made up of contractions. For the definitions of the contractions, just write the words that make up the contraction. For example, #3. wouldn't: would not.  #4. we're: we are,  and so on.  Use the games and activities at Spelling City to help you practice this week's list. - Science 🐦🦅🦃   : Bird Identification Logs were due Monday. Most of you turned those in, and I'll be working on sharing all that work here on the class blog. Check back on Wednesday to see those. If you haven't alread

  -Math ➕➖⨉➗   :  Complete all the items (both evens and odds) from pages 7-8 in your new enVision Math book. - Reading 📚   : Finish r eading Chapter 5 of Superfudge, and write a chapter summary on the orange sheets.   -Spelling and Vocabulary : This week's list is shown below. Spend 20 minutes getting started on the written work, which will be due Thursday.  This week's list is mostly made up of contractions. For the definitions of the contractions, just write the words that make up the contraction. For example, #3. wouldn't: would not.  #4. we're: we are,  and so on. - Science 🐦🦅🦃   : Bird Identification Logs are due today, if you haven't already turned yours in. So finish those up and share them with me in some form, either via Google Docs or have a parent take pics of your pages and email them to me.  Include 5 different species, and you can use the live cams on the All About Birds website to see birds from all over North America for one or two of the entrie

  1. apostrophe 2. contraction 3. wouldn’t 4. we’re 5. weren’t 6. aren’t 7. doesn’t 8. she’ll 9. we’ll 10. your 11. you’re 12. Don't judge a book by its cover. **This week's list is also posted at the Spelling City website. Follow the link to log-in to your account and use games and activities to practice spelling, definitions, and take a practice quiz.

  -Math ➕➖⨉➗   :  Spend 20 minutes using your new Khan Academy account. Practice rounding, addition, and subtraction skills in the 4th Grade Math section.  - Reading 📚   :R ead Chapter 4 of Superfudge, and write a chapter summary on the orange sheets.   -Spelling and Vocabulary : Written work is due today, so finish that up. - Science 🐦🦅🦃   : Get outside and try to identify one bird species per day. See the directions below. This will be due Monday.  Try to ID 5 birds and include photos and/or drawings. -Monday's Class Meeting  will start at  8:30 a.m .  Set those watches ⌚ so you won't be late!   - Materials Exchange : Our new math books have arrived at last! On  Friday, September 11  we will have a materials pick-up/ drop off at school from  3:00 to 5:00 pm .  I'll have named bags set out on the sidewalk outside the gym/ cafeteria double doors. Parents can just drive up, find the bag for their child and pick it up.  I will also be collecting students' Bellwork and

 Invited today are Luciano, Avran, Jackson, Loveah, Eva, Gianna, and Kiana.  Hope to see you all there at 11:30. Just use the same Meet link from GC as you do for our daily classes,

  -Math ➕➖⨉➗   :  Spend 20 minutes using IXL Math practicing those starred skills in section B.  Also follow the link that emailed you to get set up in Khan Academy in our class.  - Reading 📚   : Finish reading Chapter 3 of Superfudge, and write a chapter summary on the orange sheets.  Spend 20 minutes working on skills in your level of Lexia Core 5. -Spelling and Vocabulary : Written work is due Friday, so finish that up. - Science 🐦🦅🦃   : Get outside and try to identify one bird species per day. See the directions below.  -Friday's Class Meeting  will start at  8:30 a.m .  Set those watches ⌚ so you won't be late!   - Materials Exchange : Our new math books have arrived at last! On Friday, September 11 we will have a materials pick-up/ drop off at school from 3:00 to 5:00 pm .  I'll have named bags set out on the sidewalk outside the gym/ cafeteria double doors. Parents can just drive up, find the bag for their child and pick it up.  I will also be collecting student

  -Math ➕➖⨉➗   :  Spend 20 minutes each day using IXL Math practicing those starred skills in section A. - Reading 📚   : Spend 20 minutes each day working on skills in your level of Lexia Core 5. -Spelling and Vocabulary : Spend about 20 minutes each day starting your weekly written spelling work. See the instructions below. This work is not due until Friday, so you don't have to finish it all today. Just get started and do some part of it each day.  - Science 🐦🦅🦃   : Get outside and try to identify one bird species per day. See the directions below.  -Thursday's Class Meeting  will start at 8:30 a.m .  Set those watches ⌚ so you won't be late!   Here are some bird-drawing tips from Ms. Katie:

 Backyard Bird Identification! 🐦🦅🦃🦜🦆🕊🐤🐧🐔🦚🕊  It's late summer 🌱in northern New Mexico, and many birds that we have not seen in a long time are returning to Taos. Some will stay for a while, but others are just "stopping over" on their way to somewhere further south 🌎.  This week, go outside, sit still for a few minutes 🌲🧘‍♀️⌚🧘‍♂️🏡, and try to identify one (1) bird species per day. Last year, Santiago noticed the Saw Whet Owl  ( Aegolius  acadicus)  🦉hiding in our apricot tree at school.  Maybe you saw this little guy too:   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 t

 1. minuend 2. subtrahend 3. humorous 4. sarcastic 5. estimate 6. species 7. nation 8. embellish 9. plot 10. setting 11. Albuquerque, New Mexico 12. When it rains, it pours. For each word on the list, your weekly written assignment is to do the following:  (For now, you can do all this with pencil and paper in your Spelling and Vocabulary Journal. Keep your written work as neat and organized as possible.) 1. Practice writing each word on the list 5 times. Be sure to spell it correctly each time! 2. Look up the definition of each word in a dictionary or at Spelling City.  Copy the definition you find there. 3. Use each word in a creative sentence that shows you know what the word means. The sentences can be funny or fictional. Please make them interesting to read!

  -Math ➕➖⨉➗: Practice rounding numbers for 20 minutes in IXL Math, skills A20-A23. -Spelling and Vocabulary: Spend 20 minutes at Spelling City using the games and activities there to practice the words and definitions from this week's list. When you're ready, take a quiz (If you've already gotten a 100% on the quiz, you can skip this!) -Reading 📚: Use Lexia Core 5 for 20 minutes to practice skills on your level. Read Chapter 2 in your  Superfudge novel (optional, but encouraged). - Digital Lunch Table is at 11:30. Invited today are Sophie, Clover, Lucas, Zaria, Luciano, Kiana, Sophia . Use the same link in GC that we use for our daily classes. 🍅🍓🍔🍜🍤🍪🍇🍍🍲🍴 -Monday is Labor Day, so enjoy your 3 day weekend! Have fun, but be safe. Keep wearing those masks, keep at least 6 feet away from others, and wash your hands a lot. See you Tuesday! 😀

-Math ➕➖⨉➗: Practice rounding numbers for 20 minutes in IXL Math, skills A20-A23. -Spelling and Vocabulary: Spend 20 minutes at Spelling City using the games and activities there to practice the words and definitions from this week's list. When you're ready, take a practice quiz! -Reading 📚: Use Lexia Core 5 for 20 minutes to practice skills on your level. Read Chapter 1 in your  Superfudge novel. - Digital Lunch Table is at 11:30. Invited today are Loveah, Matthew, Teya, Dalton, James, Eric, Lyla. Use the same link in GC that we use for our daily classes. 🍅🍓🍔🍜🍤🍪🍇🍍🍲🍴

Dear 4th graders, This may seem like a lot of work at first look 😒, but remember, this is for 2 days: Tuesday and Wednesday 😊. Also, I don't expect for anyone to do it all in one sitting. Instead take it in 20 minutes chunks, and then take a Brain Break 🧠, and come back later for another 20 minutes, and so on. - Written Spelling/ Vocabulary   work is due Thursday 🖉.  See the list and instructions below in the previous post. Be sure to get a dictionary definition for each, even if you already are familiar with the word. -Spelling City : Each day, spend 20 minutes using the games and activities to practice this week's spelling list on Spelling City with your new account. If you're logged in to Google, then you should be logged in to Spelling City. You should not need to log in again.  - Reading 📚 : Each day, spend 20 minutes practicing reading skills on Lexia Core 5. So that's 20 minutes on Tuesday, and then 20 minutes on Wednesday.  Also, If you want to read ahead