What a great year we had!  Now you are moving on to 4th grade…..

Mr. Bonner says to keep your reading skills sharp over the summer by reading for at least 20 minutes every day. Also, practice those addition, subtraction, and multiplication facts by using flash cards, games, and math websites. The 4th grade class blog is at:

http://www.tcs4th.blogspot.com/

Add it to your bookmarks, and check it out over the summer months for updates and fun educational links!

How did we get to May so quickly?!  It has been a busy and productive year.   Thanks, kids, for working so hard and doing so well.   Now that we are in the final two weeks of school, there are a lot of special activities and events.  For those of you keeping track at home, here’s how it looks:

Thursday, May 20th:  Field Trip to The Wildlife Center and to Big Rocks Bowling in Espanola.  Leave at 8:15.  Return to TCS at 3:15 pm.

Friday, May 21st:  We will walk to TYFC to go swimming with 4th and 5th grade.  Please bring your suit, a towel, and $1.

Monday, May 24th:  Talent Show for the entire school in the afternoon (12:30 or 1pm).  Check with me for time, as this may change.

Tuesday, May 25th: Third Grade Awards and Program at 1:45 pm in the third grade classroom.

Wednesday, May 26th:  Field Day for K-4 at Kit Carson Park.  Students will ride the bus to the park for this event.  You may meet us there after 10:00 am and you are welcome to take your child home from the park at 2:00.  Otherwise, we will bus them back to school for regular pick-up or bus service.

Thursday, May 27th:  Our last day technically.  I will be cleaning up the classroom and organizing supplies.  Please let me know if you would like to help.

Wow!  It will go quickly, so let’s enjoy our time together before summer vacation.  Thanks for making this such a successful year.

This week is Wacky Week at Taos Charter School.   If our class has the most participation, we will win a prize!

Monday:  Nerd Day

Tuesday:  Inside Out Day

Wednesday: Cross Dress Day

Thursday:  Hippie Day

Other announcements:  Book orders were sent home last Friday and are due on Monday, May 10th.

Please return all TCS library books by Thursday.  If you have a book out and haven’t paid to replace it by the end of the year, we will hold your report card.  Try to find all those books and get them back, please.

Homework:  Monday – Do Math HomeLink 8-8 if you haven’t handed it in already.

Tuesday – Math handout.  Bring in an example of “voice” or personality in the form of a poster, postcard,       piece of clothing, or sentence from a book or magazine.  Look at ads in newspapers or magazines.

Wednesday – Math HomeLink 9-1

I found this game that helps us practice animal classification.  Check it out here.

photo credit: Flesh for Blood

Congratulations third graders on completing your SBA testing!  We are all done with no make-up tests to do.  Yeah!  Everyone did a nice job concentrating and trying hard.

This week we will focus on our large Biography projects (due Friday).  Please complete these at home and bring them in on Friday.  Costumes (voluntary) and sharing will take place on the following Monday (April 26th) at 1:30.  Parents are welcome to stop by for this presentation.

Keep reading nightly.   Fill out a reading log and hand in on Friday.  Also, complete the Second Step homework “Student Self-Report” and Parent Report by Thursday.

Thanks and have a great week!

NOTE:  Earth Day celebration will be Thursday starting at 12:30 for volunteers, with a second shift available at 2:30.  All parents are invited to join us at any time in the afternoon to visit educational stations outside and to enjoy music and food (bring money!) after school.  If you are here by 2:50 your child may stay after school and be supervised by you.  Otherwise we will have bus dismissal and pick-up as usual.  Please let me know if you can come volunteer! 
photo credit: nano.maus

A few announcements:

CEMENT TRUCK DAYS are Wednesday and Thursday of this week.  That means that the campus is closed to vehicles and students must be dropped and picked up at the Youth and Family Center.   We will run shuttles to school and there will also be a “walking school bus” that leaves YFC at 8:00 am.  Please be sure your child is on time.

We have another field trip planned.  On Tuesday, April 27th we will visit the Harwood Museum for an educational tour and activity starting at 10:00 am.  Afterwards we will go to the park for a picnic lunch.  Please let me know if you are available to chaperone.   I will be collecting $5 along with the permission slip for this trip.

Don’t forget our May trips!  On May 11 we visit Ranchos de Las Golondrinas in Santa Fe and on May 20th we head to the Wildlife Center in Espanola.   I will need four extra adults for each trip or we will not be able to go.  Please let me know if you plan to come.   Thanks!   These trips will be paid for by the activity fee you paid at the beginning of the year.  If you did not pre-pay,  I will remind you on your permission slip.

Homework has been minimal due to testing.  However we will be working on a biography project that is due on April 23 (next Friday).  Please see the directions and rubric coming home Wednesday.

Have a great week!

This is our second week of standardized testing.  We will give the Language Arts/Writing test on Tuesday (am and pm), and Math tests on Wednesday and Thursday morning.  Please eat a healthy breakfast and come to school on time.  Remember to get a good night’s sleep, too.

Homework this week:

Please complete a pink reading response log with 3 entries  and hand it
in by Friday. If you did not hand in last week's reading log, please do so.

Due by Friday:  Subtraction Fact sheet done nightly if you are not in
                the subtraction club.

                Finish the Math Boxes pages in Unit 7 in your Math Journal.

                Write at least one entry in your Journal by Friday.  We

                will also be doing this in class so make sure you have
                your Journal with you each day in class.

                Start reading your biography book for the project due

                April 23.  Directions for this will come home this week.
                Study 100 words to know if you haven"t passed the test!

photo credit: Lars Plougmann

We are planning a trip to El Ranchos de Las Golondrinas on Tuesday, May 11th.  I need 4 chaperones for this.  Please let me know if you would like to come to Santa Fe with us for these Spanish Colonial Day activities.  Lots of fresh air and walking, plus responsibility for a group of 5-6 students.  Cost is $3.50 for adults.  We will leave at 8:15 and return at 3:45 pm.

Our second trip is to The Wildlife Center in Espanola on Thursday, May 20th.  We will have a picnic in the park and then go bowling in the afternoon.   I will need at least three chaperones for this trip.  Again, please let me know in advance.

Hope you can join us for these end-of-the-year trips!

photo credit: wildphotons

Hello all!  We have a short week because there is no school for Good Friday.  Also, we will begin our SBA testing on Tuesday.  Students will take one reading test each morning Tuesday through Thursday.

Homework will be limited.  Please read nightly and fill out a reading log.

Monday:  Finish your prefix packet.

Tuesday:  Find ten 3 syllable words to share with the class.  Practice your subtraction skills if needed.

Check out our photos from our Colonial crafts morning.  Thanks to Angie Henderson for these and to everyone who helped out (Leandro’s mom, Fallon’s mom, Mrs. Henderson, and or course our amazing art teacher: Anne).