Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Fourth grade mid-term guide

Reading

Students are to study the vocabulary words from the following stories:
  A. Because of Winn Dixie
B. Lewis, Clark and Me
C. Grandfather's Journey
D. The Horned Toad Prince
E. Letters Home from Yosemite

F. What Jo Did

The definitions are in your child's reading notebook.  Students should also know
-cause and effect
-main idea
-fact and opinion
-authors purpose
-sequence
-prefixes and sufixes

The students have notes on all the skills above in their reading notebook and they are also in their reading textbook. 

Social Studies 

-Students are to study all their notes located in their notebooks paying close attention to vocabulary words. They should be able to answer the following questions;

- How did the Algonquian and Iroquois people use their environment to live? 
- name the 5 regions of New York
- know what the Dutch dd when they came to New York
- know detailed information about the John Zenger trial
- be able to explain in detail the difference between slaves and indentured servants





Monday, December 20, 2010

Third grade mid-term guide

Reading
- Students are to study the vocabulary words from the following reading stories.


A. Officer Buckle and Gloria
B. Pepita Talks Twice
C. Nate the Great
D. Allie's Basketball Dream
E. The Olympic Games
F. Turtle Bay
G. Balto, the Dog Who Saved Nome


These words are define in you child's reading notebooks. Students should also know what the following words mean: antonyms, synonyms, homonyms and be able to give examples.they have notes in their notebooks. They can also use their phonics book to study this.


-Student should know 
- different types of literacy forms : definition and examples.
-narrative elements
-main idea
-author's purpose. 


Social Studies


- Students should study all the notes that they have in their notebooks.Specially the vocabulary words and their definition as well as the end of section / chapter questions. 


Students should be able to label the component of a map and explain
- what is the use of a  map key? 
-why do maps have symbols? 
-explain the difference between a globe and a map. 
-name the 7 continents
-name the 4 oceans
-How can you live in more than one community at once? 
- explain in details the two ways of mining









Second grade mid-term guide

Reading 

Students are to study the reading vocabulary words  from the reading stories we have covered.

A. The Mixed Up Chameleon
B. Get Up and Go
C. Henry and Mudge
D. Days with Frog and Toad
E. Wilson Sat Alone
F. The Enormous Turnip
G. Helping Out


 The students should have these words defined in their reading notebooks already. If not a great way to study would be to write the word on one side of an index card and the definition on the other. The notes on the skills covered are in your child's notebook.


 Skills
- Main idea
- inflections -ed.
-comparing and contrasting
-alphabetizing by first and second letters
- sequencing of events.
-suffixes: less, ness, ly, er, est.( can use phonics book to reinforce). 

Social Studies  
Students are to study all their notes in their social studies notebooks, including the end of chapter /unit questions. 
Students should know  the following;
-what the 5 senses are for and what body part they use 
-what is a picture glossary and how to use it. 
-the difference between a glossary and a picture glossary
-the story " Through Grandpa's eyes"
-examples of direction words
-what is a map key
-characteristics of a city, town, suburbs, rural 
-the difference between needs and wants
-how do people earn and spend money
-how do people make a plan for spending

Students have notes on the material being covered in the midterm, but in case not, the information covered is the following : 
-unit one , two and four  from living in communities textbook
- Unit one in people together.

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Third grade reminder

Students will be having a pizza party on Thursday to celebrate Christmas. Please bring in $ 2  for pizza, drinks and snacks. This is due by Wednesday.

Also send your child with a large plastic garbage bag. They will use this to store their books over the Christmas break.

Dismissal on Friday is 12:00 noon and there is no after school.

Enjoy your Holidays !!!

Fourth grade social studies project

Some students have a project on European explorers due on Tuesday. This was a group project given to the students about two weeks ago. They have had one class period to meet in their group and discuss what part each student was going to have. Students were asked to bring all the information and materials that they decided to contribute last Monday and then they had a class period to meet in groups and put their presentation together. Most groups finished their project as they came prepared with the materials that they were going to contribute.

The project is due Tuesday December 14 and it's worth 100 points.
Everyday the project is late there will be  a10 point deduction. If not received by Friday December 17 the group will receive a grade of 0.

Second grade social studies project

For the last couple of weeks the students have been learning about communities and the people in them. They have focus on community workers ( any person that works by helping others, example doctors, police officers, firefighter etc. ) Last week the students looked at the scholastics site and got some information on community workers.

The second graders have project in which they will pick one community workers based on what ever reason they like. The presentation of the project is to be on a small poster board on construction paper. It will need to have the following:



- Community workers name
- Why you choose that worker ( example; you would like to be that worker when you grow up, a parent or family member is that kind of workers, or you simply like their job).
- Some information about the community worker in the students words. ( three  or four  sentences) Information can be obtained from online or any library book. Do not copy the information out of the text.
- A picture of the community worker ( created by the student or printed from online).

This is due on Thursday December 16, 2010 and it's worth 100 points.

Fourth grade lesson plans for week of December 14-17.

Reading 

Social Studies  

Third grade lesson plans for week of December 14-17

Reading

Social Studies


Second grade lesson plans for the week of December 14-17

Reading

Monday, December 6, 2010

Homework for Monday December 6, 2010

Second grade
-Go to page 186 in the reading textbook and answer questions 1-4. Must write the question and then the answer in sentence form. This is to be done in your reading notebook.

Third
- Complete think and respond questions 1-4 ( it was started as classwork), page 31 from work book. Questions and answers for both assignments in reading notebook.
-Study for quiz on Antonyms, Synonyms and Homonyms. The quiz is tomorrow.

Fourth Grade
- Workbook page 53, Draw the graphic organizer as shown in the book. In reading notebook and in script. Not having it in notebook and in script will result in a zero.

Vocabulary words for week of December 6-10.

Apprentice:  One bound by legal agreement to work for another for a specific amount of time in return for instruction in a trade, art, or business.

Argument: A discussion in which disagreement is expressed. 

Strict:: Kept within narrowly specific limits:a strict application of a law.

Previously: Going before in time or order.

Invented: To produce or contrive (something previously unknown) by the use of imagination.

Fourth grade lesson plan for week of December 6-10

Social Studies 

Reading

Third grade lesson plans for December 6-10.

Social Studies

Reading

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Wednesday's Homework

Second grade
-Write sentences with the reading vocabulary words in the reading notebook.

Third grade
-Phonics book pages 201-202 on looseleaf. Words and answer.

Fourth grade
-Social Studies text book page 95 #1-5 in sentence form in script in notebook.