Taos Charter School 4th Grade Class

  -Math➕➖⨉➗ : Spend 20 minutes working on starred skills in Section D of IXL Math. -Reading📚 : Spend 20 minutes working on your level of Lexia Core 5 reading. -Science 💓: Complete pages 16-17 in the anatomy coloring packet on arteries and veins. -Today's Digital Lunch 🍉🍇🍜🍲🍤🍕🍓🍗 with Coach is at 11:30. Invited today are Vivian, Loveah, Daniel V., Teya, Lyla, Colin, and Eric. -I'm available to help, or answer questions today on Google Hangouts. If you need video help, I can meet you after 12:30, so let me know. -Have a fun, safe Halloween! 🦇🦇🕷🕷🌙 -Monday's class will start at 8:30 as usual, see you then!

- Math ➕➖⨉➗ : Complete p. 95-96 in the Math book on area models and partial products multiplication.  - Math Review Group : Meets today at 2:00. This is required for Jackson, Gianna, Dalton, Daniel V., Zaria, Sophia, Clover, and Natalia (and anyone who needs some extra review). See you then!  - Reading 📚 : Spend 20 minutes practicing skills in your level of Lexia Core 5.  - Spelling and Vocabulary : Finish up this week's written work if you haven't already. Spend 15 minutes on the games and activities at Spelling City to practice the words and definitions. Take a practice quiz to get ready for our Friday quiz.   - Science 💓:Review the video of the red blood cell 's journey through the heart and lungs, and complete the anatomy coloring page 14 in your science packet.  - Friday's Class Meeting will start at 8:30 a.m. See you then 😃. Halloween costumes are encouraged!

    Good Morning 4th Grade! 🌞 - Math ➕➖⨉➗ :  Spend 20 minutes working on IXL Math skills D12 and D13. - Spelling and Vocabulary :  Finish up the weekly written work, which is due Thursday.  - PE 🏃🏀🏊🏂🏈🎿🎾🎯💪💓 : Get outside for some exercise, and keep moving for 20 minutes or more. Get that heart rate up! Keep track of your activity using Coach's Activity Log. See his Google Classroom for more info. (Check your school Gmail for the invitation if you haven't already).  - Spanish : Meet with Senora Molina at 10:30  this morning using this Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89523253027?pwd=OW1lWjB6cmxvaUZsNXRMeVFiWGlmdz09#success . Spend 15 minutes working on skills in Duolingo. (If you are not logged in yet, see the instructions from Tuesday's post on our Google Classroom, or the handout sheet in the manila folder. If you have any questions, please email Mrs. Molina at: rmolina@taoscharterschool.org  You can also ask her a question on Google Hangouts.) - Art!:  🎨 

  -Math ➕➖⨉➗   :  Complete p. 91-92 in the Math book on partial products multiplication.  -Math Review Group : Meets today at 2:00. This is required for Jackson, James, Gianna, Dalton, Daniel V., Zaria, Sophia, Clover, and Natalia (and anyone who needs some extra review). See you then! - Reading 📚   : Spend 20 minutes practicing skills in your level of Lexia Core 5. -Spelling and Vocabulary :  1. Spend 20 minutes on the written work, which will be due Thursday.   2. Spend 20 minutes using the games and activities at  Spelling City  to help you practice this week's list. - Science 💓: Review the video of how the Lungs work , and complete the anatomy coloring page 13 in your science packet. -There's no live online class on Wednesday,  but I will be assigning work for the day, just like every week. Check back here or on Google Classroom Wednesday morning for those assignments. -Thursday's Class Meeting  will start at  8:30 a.m .  See you then 😃.

  - Math ➕➖⨉➗   :  Complete p. 87-88 in your math book. - Spelling and Vocabulary : Spend 20 minutes getting started with this week's written work. Use the  dictionary link  to help find definitions. - Reading 📚   : Spend 20 minutes working on your level of Lexia Core 5 . - Science 💓: Watch the YouTube Videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vZ0lefPg_0&t=77s and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s5iCoCaofc Read through the 8 steps of the "Go With the Flow" poster about the Circulatory System. Then, complete the Crossword Puzzle. -Tuesday's Class Meeting  will start at  8:30 a.m .  See you then! 

 1.  Halloween 2. eerie 3. red blood cells 4. white blood cells 5. plasma 6. platelets 7. atrium / atria 8. ventricle 9. valve 10. alveoli 11. exchange 12. brujo/bruja (witch) 13. Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) 14. It makes my blood boil. **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 - 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

  -I'm having some stubborn technical problems today with my laptop, so we had to cut the live lesson short. I'll work on fixing the problems so we can meet on Monday as usual. For today, complete the following: -Math➕➖⨉➗ : Complete p. 83-84 in your math book. Spend 20 minutes working on skills in Section D of IXL Math. -Reading📚 : Spend 20 minutes working on your level of Lexia Core 5 reading. -Spelling and Vocabulary: Take a quiz at Spelling City. Use the "Spelling Test Me" game. -Science: Watch the YouTube video linked below about the Circulatory System. -Today's Digital Lunch 🍉🍇🍜🍲🍤🍕🍓🍗will go on as usual with Coach at 11:30. Invited today are Justin, Loveah, Zaria, Sophia, Daniel V., Lucas, Jackson, and the other students who requested to join him. -I am available to help, or answer questions today on Google Hangouts. If you need video help, I will be in the class after 12:30 on a different computer, so let me know. - Parents, first quarter

  - Spelling and Vocabulary : Finish up this week's written work if you haven't already. Spend  15  minutes on the games and activities at  Spelling City  to practice the words and definitions. Take a practice quiz. - Reading 📚   :  1. Write a story summary for "Dona Sebastiana" in My Land Sings. Add Spanish words and definitions from the story into the list at the end. Use the glossary at the end oth e book to help with that. 2. Spend 20 minutes working on your level of Lexia Core 5 reading . -Math ➕➖⨉➗   :  Spend 20 minutes on IXL Math, practicing skills D1, D2, D4, D5. -Reminder: Today, we will have a materials pick-up/ drop off at school from 3:00 to 5:00 pm for our class. Just like in September, I'll have named brown paper grocery bags with books and materials set out on the sidewalk outside the gym/ cafeteria double doors at the parking lot. Parents can just drive up anytime 3-5, find the bag for their child and pick it up. I will also be collecting w

  Good Morning 4th Grade! 🌞  - Math ➕➖⨉➗ :  Complete p. 75-76 in the Math book. This is a test that I'll be grading, so work carefully.  When you finish, check it, make sure your name is on pages 73 and 75, then carefully tear out those 4 pages (73 to 76) , staple or paper clip them together if you can, and put them in a paper grocery bag. You will use this bag to collect the books and materials that you will put together on Thursday. - Reading 📚 : 1. Read p. 71-78 in the story Dona Sebastiana from the My Land Sings book. (You can finish the story if you want - it's a good one, a little scary 😯, and it's set in Arroyo Seco, NM!). 2. Spend 20 minutes practicing skills on your level of Lexia Core 5 Reading. - Spelling and Vocabulary :  Finish up the weekly written work, which is due Thursday.  - Spanish : Spend 15 minutes working on skills in Duolingo. (If you are not logged in yet, see the instructions from Tuesday's post on our Google Classroom. If you have any quest

  -Math ➕➖⨉➗   :  Complete p. 73-74 in the Math book. This is a test that I'll be grading, so work carefully. -Math Review Group : Meets today at 2:00. This is required for Jackson, James, Gianna, Dalton, Daniel V., Zaria, Sophia, and Natalia (and anyone who needs some extra review). See you then! - Reading 📚   : Spend 20 minutes practicing skills in your level of Lexia Core 5. -Spelling and Vocabulary :  1. Spend 20 minutes on the written work, which will be due Thursday.  2. Spend 20 minutes using the games and activities at  Spelling City  to help you practice this week's list. - Spanish : Log in to Duolingo, and take the short placement test, if you haven't done this already. -There's no live online class on Wednesday,  but I will be assigning work for the day, just like every week. Check back here or on Google Classroom Wednesday morning for those assignments. -Thursday's Class Meeting  will start at  8:30 a.m .  See you then 😃.

 - Math ➕➖⨉➗   :  Complete p. 71-72 in your math book (Sets B, C, D, E). - Spelling and Vocabulary : Spend 20 minutes getting started with this week's written work. Use the  dictionary link  to help find definitions. - Reading 📚   : 1. Write a story summary for "The Shepard Who Understood the Language of Animals" from My Land Sings on the white summary sheets. 2. Spend 20 minutes working on your level of Lexia Core 5 . -Tuesday's Class Meeting  will start at  8:30 a.m .  See you then! 

  1. specific 2. vague 3. pedestrian 4. circulatory system 5. arteries 6. veins 7. capillaries 8. oxygen 9. carbon dioxide 10. heart 11. lungs 12. corazon (heart) 13. sangre (blood) 14. Blood is thicker than water. **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 - 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

  - Math ➕➖⨉➗   :  Complete p. 67-68  in your math book. - Reading 📚   :  1. Finish reading the story "The Shepard Who Knew the Language of Animals," p. 88-101 in My Land Sings, and write a story summary. Add Spanish words and definitions from the story into the list at the end. Use the glossary at the end the book to help with that. 2. Spend 20 minutes working on your level of Lexia Core 5 reading . -Fall Break 🍂  is next week, October 12-16. I'm not making any new assignments for the break 😁. However, students should take some time to get caught up on any missing or unfinished work from the previous weeks.  How do you know what work is unfinished? All previous assignments are still posted on Google Classroom and here on the class website. So go back, scroll down, and check to see what you may still need to do.  This includes assigned minutes on Lexia Reading and IXL Math, which I can see that some students have not been keeping up with. -After Fall Break, on Thur

  - Math ➕➖⨉➗   :  Complete p. 63-64, ODDS in your math book. - Spelling and Vocabulary : Finish up this week's written work if you haven't already. Spend 15 minutes on the games and activities at Spelling City to practice the words and definitions. Take a practice quiz. - Reading 📚   :  1. Write a story summary for "Dulcinea" in My Land Sings. Add Spanish words and definitions from the story into the list at the end. Use the glossary at the end oth e book to help with that. 2. Spend 20 minutes working on your level of Lexia Core 5 reading . - Fun T-Shirt Friday: Wear a funny or favorite t-shirt to our Friday class to talk about during the Icebreaker. -Friday's Class Meeting  will start at  8:30 a.m .  See you then!

  Good Morning 4th Grade! 🌞  - Math ➕➖⨉➗ :  Spend 20 minutes practicing the starred skills in Section C at IXL Math. - Reading 📚 : Go to ReadWorks , log-in with your Google account, read the 2 assigned passages (Mayan Astronomy and Cesar Chavez), and answer the questions. - 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 example 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. - Art!:  🎨Ms. Katie shared an art activity for you to do at home.  Get creative and give it a shot - it looks really fun, and you can make it with materials that you have around the house.  If you can, take a picture of your completed work, and email it to me or Ms. Katie at

  -Math ➕➖⨉➗   :  Complete p. 59-60 in the Math book, subtracting larger numbers. - Reading 📚   : Spend 20 minutes practicing skills in your level of Lexia Core 5. -Spelling and Vocabulary :  1. Spend 20 minutes on the written work, which will be due Thursday.  2. Spend 20 minutes using 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 every week. Check back here or on Google Classroom Wednesday morning for those assignments. -Thursday's Class Meeting  will start at  8:30 a.m .  See you then 😃.

 - Math ➕➖⨉➗   :  Complete p. 55-56 in your math book. - Spelling and Vocabulary : Spend 20 minutes getting started with this week's written work. Use the  dictionary link  to help find definitions. - Reading 📚   : 1. Write a story summary for "Lupe and la Llorona" from My Land Sings on the white summary sheets. 2. Spend 20 minutes working on your level of Lexia Core 5 . -Tuesday's Class Meeting  will start at  8:30 a.m .  See you then! 

1. compass 2. northeast 3. southeast 4. southwest 5. northwest 6. ancestor 7. folklore 8. heritage 9. indigenous 10. motivate 11. opponent 12. beautiful 13. Don’t bite off more than you can chew. **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. 51-52 in your math book. - Spelling and Vocabulary : Spend 20 minutes using the games and activities at Spelling City to practice the words and definitions from this week's list. Then, take a quiz on the "Test Me" activity. - Reading 📚   :  Spend 20 minutes working on your level of Lexia Core 5 reading. -Have a great weekend! -Monday's Class Meeting  will start at  8:30 a.m .  See you then!

   - Math ➕➖⨉➗   :  Complete p. 47-48 in your math book. - Spelling and Vocabulary : Finish up 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. Take a practice quiz. - Reading 📚   :  Spend 20 minutes working on your level of Lexia Core 5 reading. - Fun T-Shirt Friday: Wear a funny or favorite t-shirt to our Friday class to talk about during the Icebreaker. -Friday's Class Meeting  will start at  8:30 a.m .  See you then!