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For Friday and over Winter Break:

  - Math ➕➖⨉➗ : Spend 20 minutes practicing division skills on IXL Math in Section E (E1, E2, E22, E23).  I f you have trouble logging in, 1. Try to log in without the 475 at the end of your username.   2. If that doesn't work, try adding 282 to the end of your username (instead of 475).  3. If that works, allow Chrome to change your username & password so you don't have to enter those new usernames every time. Your password should be the same as it's been all year.  4. If this still doesn't work, let me know in Hangouts or in an email, and I'll ask IXL for help. - Reading  📚   :  Spend 20 minutes practicing skills on your level of Lexia Core 5.  Please also use Lexia over break when you have a chance to keep honing your readings skills! - Spelling and Vocabulary : Take a spelling quiz at home on the new quiz packet. - History  🇬🇧 🇺🇸 : I was SO impressed by all the history presentations today! We've seen some seriously great work so far. If you didn&#

For Thursday:

- Reading/ History 📚 :  1. Complete steps #4, #5, and #6 on your Revolutionary Biography Trading Card Project Checklist  (Finish the final draft of your paragraph, print or draw an image of the person you are studying, and attach the Final Draft to the back of the image, so it's like a trading card). You'll get to present your "Trading Card" to the class on Friday. Practice reading your Final Draft a couple times out loud so you'll be ready. - 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.  - Reminder : Our 4th grade materials exchange is today anytime from 2:00 to 5:00 at school. Please remind your parents. I have the bags all packed for you to come pick up!  Here are the 5 things I need you to drop off:  1. Bellwork Journal 2. Spelling/ Vocab. Journal  3. Reading

For Wednesday:

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 Good Morning 4th Grade! 🌞 - Reading/ History 📚 :  1. Complete step #3 on your Revolutionary Biography Trading Card Project Checklist  (revise and edit the Rough Draft of your paragraph). 2. Go on to Step #4 on the checklist (write the final draft of the paragraph in your best handwriting, or on Google Docs). - Spelling and Vocabulary :  Finish up the weekly written work, which is due Thursday. This week's list is up on Spelling City for games and practice. - 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 and activities. Questions? Email Coach at bvannevel@taoscharterschool.org - Art! 🖌🎨 ( From Ms. Katie):  1. If you first “draw” a picture with glue lines squeezed from your glue bottle, you can let them dry overnight. Make several “drawings” from the glue. 2. then paint watercolor inside the lines you made-

For Tuesday:

  - Math ➕➖⨉➗   :  Complete p. 171-172 in your math book, about division of numbers that end in zeroes.  -Spelling and Vocabulary : Spend 20 minutes continuing on this week's written work. Use the  dictionary link  to find definitions. -Reading/ History 🇺🇸: 1. Complete steps 1 and 2 on your Revolutionary Biography Trading Card Project Checklist that I emailed out to you (Finish up the Rough Draft of your paragraph (7 to 10 sentences total). 2. Move on to Step #3 on the checklist: Revise and edit your rough draft paragraph (add in more facts/ information, and then find and fix all the mistakes in spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and grammar) - Digital Lunch Table is Tuesday at 11:30 with Greta: Zaria, Sophie, Justin, Daniel B., James, Matthew, Colin, and Vivian. - Quick Check- in/ Support Huddle today at 1:30 for: Colin, Gianna, Daniel V., Sophia, Loveah, Natalia, and Dalton. - Math Review Group meets at 2:10 today for James, Avran, Loveah, Natalia, Gianna, and Daniel

For Monday:

  - Math ➕➖⨉➗   :  Spend 15 minutes practicing division fact skills E1 and E2 in IXL Math. -Spelling and Vocabulary : Spend 20 minutes getting started on this week's written work. -Reading/ History 🇺🇸: Get started on steps 1 and 2 on your Revolutionary Biography Trading Card Project Checklist that I emailed out to you. See the email for more specific directions. - Digital Lunch Table for Monday is with Michelle at 11:30 🍎🥑🌶️🍍🍌🧀🥚🥪🌭🥙🌮🥐🥡🥗🥣🍪. Invited today are Sophia, Olivia, Teya, Daniel V., Quin, Eric, and Lucas. -Tuesday's Class Meeting  will start at  8:30 a.m .  See you then!  - Materials Exchange for our class will be at school on Thursday, December 17 from 3:00 to 5:00 pm. Please plan to drop off your Bellwork Journal, Spelling/ Vocab. Journal, Reading Journal (with all your answers to the history question sets), Spelling quiz packet, and the Topic 4 Math Test (p. 161-164).

Spelling and Vocabulary 12/14/20

1. revise 2. edit 3. final draft 4. image 5. surrender 6. victory 7. tyrant 8. traitor 9. quotient 10. Winter Solstice 11. invierno (winter) 12. nieve (snow) 13. It's better to give than it is to receive. **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 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! For the weekly saying, just practice writing it twice. 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. The Spanish words are already defined for you. 3. Use each word in a creative example sentence that shows you know what the word means. The sentences can be fu

For Friday:

  - Math ➕➖⨉➗ : Finish the Topic 4 Test by completing p. 163-164. (Part D on p. 164 is optional extra credit.) - Reading/ History  📚 : 1. Find information, read, and take notes about the person you chose today for your Revolutionary Biography Trading Card project. Use the top links in the class bog. I'll give you more info about the specifics of the project on Monday. For now, just learn all you can about him or her, and keep track of what you find.  2. Are you all caught up with completing question Sets A, B, C, and D in your Reading Journal? If not, finish those up. - Send a Chromebook selfie!   Help me update our bitmoji classroom on our class blog by sending me a picture of yourself on Hangouts to add to the room.  I'll try to post those this weekend.  (Thanks to everyone who's sent those in already.) -Current Events: Watch this week's Nightly News Kids' Edition . -Have a great weekend 😃. I'll see you Monday at 8:30.  

For Thursday:

  - Math ➕➖⨉➗   :  Complete p. 161-162 in your math book (skip #10).  -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.  -Reading/ History: 1. Read pages 236-237 about the retreat from New York, Washington crossing the Delaware, and the Battles of Princeton and Trenton, NJ. Also watch the linked YouTube videos on Google Classroom. 2. In your email, read the list of names for our "Revolutionary Trading Cards" project. Choose 3 who you would be interested in learning more about. Print the form if you can, or just write down those 3 names and a sheet of paper for Friday. Use the links here at the class blog to find out more, but you don't need to start taking any notes yet. Just make your top 3 choices. - Digital Lunch Table for Tuesday at 11:30 with Tara. Invited today are Na

For Wednesday:

 Good Morning 4th Grade! 🌞 - Math ➕➖⨉➗ :  Spend 15 minutes practicing starred skills in Section D of IXL Math. Use scrap paper or a whiteboard to solve the problems (D37, 38, 39). If you've already mastered those 3, you are all set! - Reading 📚 : Spend 20 minutes practicing skills in your level of Lexia Core 5.  Let me know when you Level-Up, and I'll email the certificates! - 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 and activities. Questions? Email Coach at bvannevel@taoscharterschool.org - Spanish: The class will meet with Senora Molina at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday on the Google Classroom Meet link found at HER Google Classroom. If you have any questions, please email her at: rmolina@taoscharterschool.org  - Art!🎨 :

For Tuesday:

  - Math ➕➖⨉➗   :  Complete the Topic 4 Review Sets E and F in your math book, p. 160.  -Spelling and Vocabulary : Spend 20 minutes continuing on this week's written work. Use the dictionary link to find definitions. -Reading/ History: 1. Read pages 233-235 about the beginning of the American Revolution and support from women and black Americans, and watch the linked YouTube videos on Google Classroom. 2. Then answer questions 3, 4, 5, 6 from Set D in your History slip packet. Write your responses in full-sentence form in your Reading Journal composition book. Be specific. Give examples from the reading or the videos to back up your answers. - Digital Lunch Table for Tuesday at 11:30 with Greta. Invited today are Loveah, Vivian, Avran, Olivia, Dalton, James, and Colin. -Math Review Group meets at 2:10 today for James, Matthew, Loveah, Natalia, Gianna, and Daniel V. - -There's no live online class on Wednesday, but I will be assigning some work for the day, just like every week

For Monday:

  - Math ➕➖⨉➗   :  Complete the Topic 4 Review Sets A, B, C, D in your math book p. 159-160.  -Spelling and Vocabulary : Spend 20 minutes getting started on this week's written work. -Reading/ History: 1. Read pages 230-232 about Common Sense and the Declaration of Independence, and watch the linked YouTube videos on Google Classroom. 2. Then answer questions 1, 2, 3 from Set D in your History slip packet. Write your responses in full-sentence form in your Reading Journal composition book. Be specific. Give examples from the reading or the videos to back up your answers. - Art 🎨 : See the water color activity from Ms. Katie posted on our Google Classroom. - Digital Lunch Table for Monday is with Michelle at 11:30. Invited today are Rio, Quin, Lyla, Daniel B., Gianna, Eva, Viv, Lucas, and Matthew. -Tuesday's Class Meeting  will start at  8:30 a.m .  See you then! 

Spelling and Vocabulary 12/7/20

 1.  outline 2. rough draft 3. paragraph 4. topic sentence 5. supporting details 6. conclusion 7. evidence 8. plagiarism 9. advantage 10. declaration 11. bibliography 12. biblioteca (library) 13. tarea (homework) 14. Don’t count your chickens before they hatch. **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 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! For the weekly saying, just practice writing it twice. 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. The Spanish words are already defined for you. 3. Use each word in a creative example sentence that shows

For Friday:

  - Math ➕➖⨉➗ : Solve the multi-step word problems on p. 156 of your math book. Take your time, read each problem 2-3 times, and work carefully.  If you need help, come back to our Meet link at 12:00 today, and we'll work together on it. - Reading/ History  📚 : 1. Read p. 227-229 in the History Book about the Battles of Breeds and Bunker Hill, and the early part of the Revolution.  2. Double check that you've completed all the history questions from Sets A, B, and C in your Reading Journal. I'll be collecting those next week to grade. - Send a Chromebook selfie!  Help me update our bitmoji classroom on our class blog by sending me a picture of yourself to add to the room.  I'll try to post those this weekend.  (Thanks to Eva, Teya, and Natalia for sending those in already. If you're not sure how to do that, just ask one of those 3 students on Hangouts.) -Current Events: Watch this week's Nightly News Kids' Edition . -Have a great weekend 😃. I'll see y

For Thursday:

   - Math ➕➖⨉➗ : Spend 20 minutes practicing skills D37. D38, D39 in IXL Math.  Use a whiteboard or scrap paper to solve the problems. - Math Review Group : Meets today at 2:10 with  Zaria, Dalton, Matthew, Loveah, Natalia, and Clover.  See you then!  - Reading/ History  📚 : 1. Read p. 223-226 in the History Book about the Battles of Lexington and Concord. Watch the videos posted at Google Classroom. 2. Answer questions 5 and 6 from the Set C question slip. Write your answers in full-sentence form in your Reading Journal.  - 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.  - Friday's Class Meeting  will start at 8:30 a.m. See you then 😃. 

For Wednesday:

 Good Morning 4th Grade! 🌞 -Math➕➖⨉➗ :  Spend 20 minutes practicing starred skills in Section D of IXL Math. Use scrap paper or a whiteboard to solve the problems (D32, 33, 37, 38, 39). -Reading📚 : Spend 20 minutes practicing skills in your level of Lexia Core 5.  -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. Questions? Email Coach at bvannevel@taoscharterschool.org -Spanish: The class will meet with Senora Molina at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Google Classroom Meet link at her Google Classroom (not on Zoom). If you have any questions, please email her at: rmolina@taoscharterschool.org  -Let me know on Google Hangouts if you need help with any of this work.  -Our Thursday class meeting will start at 8:30 a.m. See you then 😊.

For Tuesday:

  - Math ➕➖⨉➗   :  Complete p. 151-152 in your math book using the standard algorithm (Old-School Multiplication). If you need extra help, I can work with you at 1:00 at our GC meet link. - Spelling and Vocabulary : 1. Spend 20 minutes continuing this week's written work. Use the  dictionary link  to help find definitions. 2. Spend 15 minutes using the games and activities at  Spelling City  to help you practice this week's list. - History/ Reading: Review p. 221-222 about how the colonies resisted the Intolerable Acts. Then answer questions 3 and 4 from Set C about that chapter. Write the answers in your Reading Journal in full sentence form. On Google Classroom, I'll post links to the YouTube videos we watched in class today if you'd like to review those. -Digital Lunch Table for Tuesday with Greta: Justin, Colin, Gianna, Sophie, Vivian, Eva, Olivia. -Math Review Group meets at 2:10 today for James, Matthew, Loveah, Natalia, Gianna, and Clover. -There's no l