Taos Charter School 4th Grade Class

-Spelling: Written work is due. Study for the practice quiz. Use your account at Spelling City to help you practice both spelling and definitions! -Science: Start Step #1 on the orange checklist. Use your notes and the outline handout sheet to begin planning your 5 paragraphs in outline form. Remember, outlines are not written in full-sentences. That would take way too long. It's a shortened plan for your rough draft, not the actual rough draft.

-Science: Read and take notes on your 3-pronged science report topic. -Math: Practice IXL skills E7, E8, E9, O6, O7, I1, P15, P16

-Parents, Our schedule for taking the first round of the new PARCC Assessments in 4th grade is now finalized. We’ll be taking the ELA (English Language Arts) sections on March 5th, March 6th, and March 9th . Math testing will be March 17 and 19 . NMSBA Science testing will be March 24 and 25 . Please mark your calendars, and do not schedule appointments or out-of-town trips on those 7 days.

1. perimeter 2. area 3. length 4. width 5. poem 6. stanza 7. rhyme 8. evidence 9. antonym 10. setting 11. idiom 12. azul (blue) 13. verde (green) 14. Still waters run deep. **This week's list is up at SpellingCity.com. Use your account on that site to practice spelling and definitions.

-Science: Find information, read, and take notes on your topic. You'll need to have at least 2 books and 2 reliable websites. See Academic Kids Encyclopedia or Science News for Kids in the Links. You may count a Bill Nye, PBS Nature, or Nova Science Now video as a website source if you find one that pertains to your topic. Be sure to take notes! -Our BIG TCS Basketball Tournament is coming up next week from Monday to Sunday, and we need parent volunteers and donations of food to sell. Funds raised at this event go toward providing many important services at TCS, such as reading and math tutoring at all grade levels, classroom educational materials, and library books. Please sign up here if you can help: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f084eafa62ea6f94-basketball or here: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f084eafa62ea6f94-basketball1 GO HAWKS!

-Spelling: Study for the quiz. -Science: Continue Step #5 on the handout. Find materials, read, and take notes on your report topic.

-Math: Study Links 6-8 -Spelling: Written work is due. Study for the practice quiz. -Science: Step #5 on the science report handout. Start research and reading on your topic. Use library books, encyclopedias, the internet, magazines… Take notes on what you’ve read, and where you found the information. Keep all your notes and research materials in a research folder.