National Park Pass for 4th Graders. Plan a Trip!:   https://everykidoutdoors.gov/plan.htm

Find a Park!:  https://www.nps.gov/findapark/index.htm  or  https://findyourpark.com/park-finder   or   https://www.nps.gov/index.htm  or

       https://www.nationalparks.org/explore/parks

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Learn about Bandelier National Monument!: https://www.nps.gov/band/learn/index.htm

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Decimal Games!:   https://mrnussbaum.com/decimals-math-games

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Fields of Science:  https://www.kidsworldfun.com/learn-science/different-branches-of-science.php

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branches_of_science

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NM MSSA Practice Test: Choose Gr. 4 MATH

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New Podcasts!

Check these out:   Million Bazillion     Brains On!

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Remote Learning Activities for Friday, January 5, 2024

😁Good Morning 4th Grade 🌄, and Happy New Year 🎆!   I hope your 2024 is off to a great start.  Here are some activities for you to do for our Remote Learning Day on Friday:

-Log in to your @taoscharterschool.org account on Google on your computer or device so you have access to your saved usernames/ and passwords on Chrome. You may need to log someone out first.

-Reading 📚: Spend 45 minutes practicing skills on your level of Lexia Core 5.

-Math: Spend 30 minutes practicing the starred skills in sections I, J, and K of IXL Math.

-Current Events 📰: Read the articles in the online issue of the latest Scholastic News, and answer the questions on the last page.   Here's a link to the online issues: https://sn4.scholastic.com/

If you are logged into Google Chrome on your school account, you should have access to SN.  If you need it, our class password is  dipfun8861

Check out the videos and voice your opinion on this week's debate topic.

-Watch this week's Nightly News Kid's Edition here:  https://www.nbcnews.com/nightlykids

-PE 🏃🏀🏊🏂🏈🎿🎾🎯💪💓: Get outside for some exercise, and keep moving for 30 minutes or more. Get that heart rate up! Go for hike, or go swimming at the Taos Youth and Family Center (open for kids' recreational swimming on Friday from 1:00 to 3:30 pm).  Walk your dog.  Go downhill or cross-country skiing, snowboarding, or sledding. 

-Get ready for Tuesday's Ski Program at TSV by going through the attached checklist.  Parents, if you have any extra/ used ski items on the list you could donate, please send them in on Monday and we'll pass them on to students who need them. 

Please email me if I can help with anything, and I look forward to seeing you all at school Monday!  MB

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SKI CLUB CHECKLIST:

Ski Club begins TUESDAY, JANUARY 9 @ 7:30

Ski Pants (waterproof and warm)

Jacket (waterproof and warm)

Hat

Gloves

Goggles

Neck Gaiter

Warm socks (NOT cotton)

Base layers (NOT cotton)

Lunch and snacks, or a credit card to buy food. Cash is NOT accepted at TSV.

Water bottle

Helmets will be provided if you do not have one.

Please pick students up at 5:00 pm at school on those 5 Tuesdays. Bus fee is $35. Please send a check or cash in on Monday 1/8/24, if you haven't already done so.

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Spelling and Vocabulary List

Fourth Grade

December 4, 2023

1. repeal

2. liberty

3. assembly

4. loyalist

5. mercenary

6. propaganda

7. research

8. biography

9. boycott

10. tyrant

11. intolerable

12. parliament

13. No taxation without representation

**This week's list is up at Vocabulary A-Z for games and practice!

 For each word on the list, your weekly written assignment is to do the following in your Spelling/ Vocabulary Journal (Written work is due on Thursday):  

1. Practice writing each word on the list 3 times. Be sure to spell it correctly each time!

2. Look up the definition of each word in a dictionary or at Vocabulary A-Z. Read the definitions you find there. 

3. Use each word in a creative example sentence that shows you know what the word means. The sentences can be funny or fictional. Please make them interesting to read!

4. Keep your written work neat and organized.

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Saxaphonist Grace Kelly is playing a special concert for families at the TCA on Saturday, Nov. 11 at 3:00 pm.

Here's all the info:  https://tcataos.org/calendar/#event=76977164;instance=20231111150000?popup=1

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Spelling and Vocabulary

November 6, 2023

1. exercise

2. diet

3. health

4. crucial

5. admire

6. delete

7. productive

8. precipitation

9. honest

10. buoyant

11. delicate

12. unique

13. Every cloud has a silver lining.

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 3 times. Be sure to spell it correctly each time!

2. Look up the definition of each word in a dictionary or using your account at Vocabulary A-Z (look in the Vocabulary section, in the Flashcards activity) . Copy 1 definition you find there for each word.  

3. Use each word in a creative example sentence that shows you know what the word means. The sentences can be funny or fictional. Please make them interesting to read.

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PBS American Buffalo Film:  https://www.pbs.org/video/american-buffalo-episode-1-blood-memory/

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Eclipse Map Link! for the Annular Solar Eclipse on Saturday, October 14 (9:13 a.m. to 12:09 p.m.)

NASA Eclipse Site Link!

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Spelling and Vocabulary

October 2, 2023

Fourth Grade

1. compass rose

2. northeast

3. southeast

4. southwest

5. northwest 

6. ancestor

7. folklore

8. heritage

9. indigenous

10. factor

11. product

12. annular eclipse

13. Don’t bite off more than you can chew.

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 3 times. Be sure to spell it correctly each time!

2. Look up the definition of each word in a dictionary or using your account at Vocabulary A-Z (look in the Vocabulary section, in the Flashcards activity) . Copy 1 definition you find there for each word.  

3. Use each word in a creative example sentence that shows you know what the word means. The sentences can be funny or fictional. Please make them interesting to read!

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Spelling and Vocabulary

Fourth Grade

September 18, 2023

 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. Practice each word pair 3 times.  Example: "clothes, clothes, clothes/ close, close, close." Also, let's skip the definitions this week. 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 Vocabulary A-Z.

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Spelling and Vocabulary List

September 11, 2023

4th Grade

1. mammal  

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

For each word on the list, your weekly written assignment is to do the following: (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 3 times. Be sure to spell it correctly each time! 

2. Look up the definition of each word in a dictionary or using your account at Vocabulary A-Z (look in the Vocabulary section, in the Flashcards activity) . Read and copy the definition you find there.

 3. Use each word in a creative example sentence that shows you know what the word means. The sentences can be funny or fictional. Please make them interesting to read!

Written work is due Thursday, and we’ll have a quiz on Friday.

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Check out this IXL video lesson on rounding to find sums.  Then work on 4th grade skills D1 and E1.