SECOND GRADE LESSON PLANS FOR WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 30- OCTOBER 4

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MONDAY SEPTEMBER 30
- Social Studies assessment
- HW: Copy the vocabulary word into their subject notebook. Make sure to label the notebook with Unit 1- Week 4.
HW: Create a list of transportation methods on looseleaf. Bring construction paper and art supplies tomorrow (glue, color pencils or crayons, scissors)


WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 2
- HW: Reading: Superkids page 22-23



FRIDAY  OCTOBER 4
- Reading weekly assessment.- will include reading comprehension and identifying words in writing that will be read aloud. ( This is the Unit 1 assessment from Superkids. Superkids Units are not the same as the regular units , but Ms.Saviile and I incorporate both in our teaching. This assessment is purely based on Superkids.)

READING VOCABULARY WORDS

1. antonyms: words that mean the opposite

2.  inspect: look at closely.

3. rinse: wash lightly.

4. crust: hard edges of the bread and other baked goods.

5. printed: wrote.

6. admit: confess or let someone know.

7. carton: box for holding something.

8. difficult: hard.

9. barely: almost not.

SOCIAL STUDIES VOCABULARY WORDS

1.  transportation: word from last week.

2. suburb: word from last week .

3. personal : belonging to only you.

THIRD GRADE LESSON PLANS FOR WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 30- OCTOBER 4

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MONDAY SEPTEMBER 30
- Social Studies assessment
HW: Copy vocabulary words into the correct notebook. Make sure to label it with Unit 1 - Week 4.
Social studies words will be defined using the glossary in the back of the Communities textbook. * words are in the lesson plan.
HW: Reading: The Stories Julian Tells- Book report - Due next week Tuesday.

TUESDAY OCTOBER 1
- HW: write reading words in reading notebook.


WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 2
- HW: Social Studies : read pages 36-43 from Communities book and answer Think about it section # 1-3 on page 43. In sentence form on looseleaf. Make sure to label the page and question numbers, if not points will be detected.- This was modeled in class.



FRIDAY OCTOBER 4
- Reading assessment.

FOURTH GRADE LESSON PLAN FOR THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 30- OCTOBER 4

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MONDAY SEPTEMBER 30
- Social Studies assessment
- HW: Copy the social studies  vocabulary words  into your notebook Label them with Unit 1 , week 4. Use the social studies textbook to get definition. They are due on Wednesday. * words are in the lesson plan.
- HW: finish social studies essay. Due tomorrow.

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WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 2
- HW: Social Studies textbook page 63 Think and Write section # 1-5. Answer in sentence form on looseleaf. Label the looseleaf with the page number from the book , the section and the question numbers.

Friday October 4, 2013
-Reading assessment

* Not following directions on homework will get you points off.

SECOND GRADE LESSON PLANS FOR WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 23-27

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Monday September 23
- HW: copy vocabulary words into the subject notebook.

Wednesday September 24
- HW: Superkids workbook page 14
- HW: Social studies: Using a white piece of paper given in class create two images. They must be of the same type of things, but have differences. They will use these images to compare and contrast in class tomorrow. Look at their People together book pages 12-13 for examples we have used. For example: two buildings (one is 5 stories tall, one is 10 stories tall, both blue, etc. )

Reading vocabulary words
1. gadget- have in notebook from last week
2. robot- have in notebook from last week
3. synonyms- in notebook from class today
4. homonyms: words that sound the same , but mean different things. Ex. one, won
5. inventor: someone who makes or thinks of something new.
6. motor: an engine that makes a machine work
7. cause: the reason why something happens
8. effect: what happened.
9. recipe: a set of written instructions that show how to make something to eat.

Social Studies vocabulary words

1. alike: how things are the same.

2. different: how things are not the same.

3. neighborhood: a place where people live, work and play.

4. community: also a place where people live , work and play, but it has neighborhoods.

5. suburb: a type of community that just outside of the city.

6. transportation: a way of moving goods or people from one place to another.

THIRD GRADE LESSON PLANS FOR WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 23-27

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Monday September 23
HW: copy the vocabulary words below into the correct notebook.

Wednesday September 25
HW: Read pages 16-19 from communities textbook and pick two of the communities mentioned. Compare and contrast them on looseleaf.

Reading vocabulary words

1. figs: a type of fruit that grows on a tree.

2. measures: a system of seeing the size, weigh or dimensions of an object.

3. fertilizer: a substance added to the plants for their nutrition leading to growth.

4. relaxed: being free or relieved from anxiety or stress.

5. pliers: tool for bending wire or holding small things.

6. method: process or technique to do something.

7. prehistoric: part of the period of time before people had written records.

8. mastodon: an extinct elephant-like animal.

9. cinquain poem created in five lines.

10. Sequence: the order in which things happen. Ex. First, next, then and last.

Social Studies vocabulary words
1. community: a place where people work, live and play.
2. citizens: a member of a community.
3. pollution: anything that spoils the land.
4. Urban community: a community in the city and the surrounding areas.
5. suburbs: a community near the city, but there is less buildings and more houses.
6. Rural community: a community of farms or open spaces.

FOURTH GRADE LESSON PLANS FOR THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 23-27

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Monday September 23
- Copy vocabulary words into the subject notebook. 

Wednesday September 25
- HW: Social studies textbook page 36- Think about it # 2-5 on looseleaf. ( #2-4 sentence form). 

Social studies vocabulary words for week- Use textbook to define into your notebook.

1. ENVIRONMENT

2. natural resources

3. nonrenewable resources

4. conservation

5. region

6. history

7. Finger Lakes

8. population

Reading vocabulary words

1.Navajo:the second largest Native American group in the United States.

2. environment: the surrounding things, condition or influences.

3. adaptation : the act of adjusting or getting use to certain conditions.

4. outline : a breakdown of a writing piece used as an organizational guide.

SECOND GRADE LESSON PLAN FOR WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 16-20

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Monday, September 16
- HW: SS- Students will have to discuss a tradition they have in their family or one that they would like to get started. Please speak to them about this, so they can contribute in class discussion. Also choose a group from the list we made in class and explain why you like to be part of that group or like being part of the group. On looseleaf in more than 2 sentences, no more than 4.

Tuesday, September 17


Wednesday, September 18- GYM
HW: Explain your tradition , which you shared in class yesterday in writing. Use details.
         Phonics book page: 221- the whole page and in the book.

Thursday, September 19- Art( send smock or big shirt to cover their uniform)


Friday, September 20
Quiz: Reading quiz covering  covers vocabulary words (check your child's notebook, list of words is in the lesson plan) reading comprehension, vowels, understanding initial , medial and final consonants.

Vocabulary words
1. perseverance: the ability to get through hard times. Ex. Falling of bike and still trying to learn and finally learning.
2. pretended: to act as if something else is happening or of you are someone else.
3. non-fiction: text that tells about a real person, place or thing.
4. fiction: text that tells about something not real.
5. authors purpose: reason for why author wrote the text. Ex. information, entertainment and persuasion.
6. critter: an animal.
7. gadget: small tool or device use to do a task.
8.  robot : a machine with moving parts controlled by a computer.
9. synonyms: words that mean the same thing. Ex. odd, weird and awkward.

THIRD GRADE LESSON PLANS FOR WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 16-20

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Monday, September 16
- HW: SS- Transfer map of a place using the steps from class onto white paper 8  1/2 x11. Must be neat and use the whole paper.

Tuesday, September 17


Wednesday, September 18
HW: Reading- create 4 discussion questions based on chapter 3: The Garden from  the story The Stories Julian Tells. On looseleaf and do not answer the questions.

Thursday, September 19


Friday, September 20
Quiz: Reading quiz  covers vocabulary words (check your child's notebook, list of words is in the lesson plan) reading comprehension and creating story map and discussion questions.

Words to copy in  READING notebook
- plot: the events in a story, includes problem and solution.
- problem: an event that  must be fixed. Usually makes the story.
- Solution: fixes the problem and lead to a happy ending.
- story map: a way to organize the important details of the story. Characters, setting and plot.
- discussion director: a person who creates questions and leads the  discussion in class.

Words to copy for SOCIAL STUDIES notebook
-Government: a group of people who make decisions about a city, state, or country and it's people.
-Economy: the study of how money, goods, and services are made and used.
-Religion: the organized believe system in a God or many Gods practiced by a group of people.
-Shelter: the home people live in. They vary by culture and location.
-dress: The way people dress . Varies by culture and location.
-language: the words or symbols used to express ones thoughts to others. Varies by culture.

FOURTH GRADE LESSON PLANS FOR WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 16-20

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Monday, September 16
- HW: Print Native American Myth story from website provided in class and begin research on a constellation. Constellation printout will be use Friday. If your child doesn't have it, classwork will result in zero. * More information will be given about constellations tomorrow.
- SS- the vocabulary words are in the lesson plan and need to be defined using textbook. I will not check as homework, but they need to get to their notebook, so they can study them. There are a lot , so please have your child do some each day. Today we got up to number 9.
WEBSITE LINK: CLICK HERE and then click the tab that says Native American

Tuesday, September 17


Wednesday, September 18- Art
HW: Social Studies Textbook page 28- Thinking about facts #1-6 in sentence form on looseleaf
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Thursday, September 19


Friday, September 20
Quiz: Reading - covers vocabulary words (check your child's notebook, list of words is in the lesson plan) reading comprehension and use of diagrams for information.

2nd, 3rd and 4th grade parents

There are no quizzes this week. All material from this week will be cover on next weeks quiz along with the work from next week. The schedule for quizzes will be as follow;

Fridays- Reading ,ELA, and Math
Mondays- Social Studies, Religion, and Science.

SECOND GRADE
Wear uniform tomorrow. There is no dress down- Nut Card for tomorrow Friday September 13. We will start dress down next Friday.

THIRD GRADE LESSON PLANS FOR THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 9-13

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September 9, 2013- Homework

Second grade
- Using Living in Communities textbook answer question 2 and 3 from page 7. Also do skill check question. All in social studies notebook and it's questions and answers.


Third grade
- Write the following words with definition in your social studies notebook. Finish where you started in class.

North Pole: the farthest place north on the earth.

South Pole: the farthest place south on the earth.

Equator: an imaginary line circling half the earth, halfway between the North pole and the South pole.


Fourth grade
- Write the following words with definition in your social studies notebook. Finish where you started in class.
Ocean:  one of earth  5 largest bodies of water- Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, pacific, and Southern.
* Textbook says 4, but there is 5 since a few years back.

Continent: One of earth's seven great bodies of land- Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America.

Hemisphere: Half a sphere; one of the four hemispheres of Earth- Northern, Southern, Eastern, Western.

Equator: An imaginary line that lies half way between the North pole and the South pole, at 0 zero.

2nd, 3rd and 4th grade parents

3rd and 4th grade

 As posted previously you will need; 

-  2 marble notebooks ( no spiral). One is for social studies and one for reading. 

- You will need 3 folders for me, ( 1 for reading, 1 for social studies and 1 for writing, the writing folder was a change implemented after staff meeting). 

There will be writing implemented in the content areas, mine being social studies and you will need a separate folder to keep you work. All three of these folders will be kept in class. 

- You will need a homework folder to carry between home and school and that could be one folder used for all three teachers. 

- General supplies remain the same and are listed below. 

              -supplies that will be used in class as well as their other classes, DON'T NEED TO BUY TWICE
- pencils- 2 will be collected from each student and stored , in case they find themselves without a pencil in class. These two can be labeled with their name with a piece of tape.
- erasers
- looseleaf- students use a lot of looseleaf as it's used for daily assessments and homework
- sharpeners ( ONLY THE ONES THAT COLLECT THE TRASH INSIDE)
- color pencils or crayons ( no markers)
- glue stick
- bag to keep pencils, erasers and sharpener in
- bag for color pencil or crayons and glue stick
- construction paper- this can be kept at home until told to bring in.


2nd grade

 As posted previously you will need; 

-  2 marble notebooks ( no spiral). One is for social studies and one for reading. 

- You will need 3 folders for me, ( 1 for reading, 1 for social studies and 1 for writing,  the writing folder was a change implemented after staff meeting). There will be writing implemented in the content areas, mine being social studies and you will need a separate folder to keep you work. All three of these folders will be kept in class. 

- You will need a homework folder to carry between home and school and that could be one folder used for all three teachers. 

- General supplies remain the same and are listed below. 

              -supplies that will be used in class as well as their other classes, DON'T NEED TO BUY TWICE
- pencils- 2 will be collected from each student and stored , in case they find themselves without a pencil in class. These two can be labeled with their name with a piece of tape.
- erasers
- looseleaf- students use a lot of looseleaf as it's used for daily assessments and homework
- sharpeners ( ONLY THE ONES THAT COLLECT THE TRASH INSIDE)
- color pencils or crayons ( no markers)
- glue stick
- bag to keep pencils, erasers and sharpener in
- bag for color pencil or crayons and glue stick
- construction paper- this can be kept at home until told to bring in.

2^nd grade homeroom;- Only need to be bought by second graders and given to me only. 

• 2-Family size tissue box 
• 2-A roll of paper towel
• 2-One container of bleach wipes
• A hand sanitizer container
• A ream of xerox paper ( VERY IMPORTANT)
• $5 for Superkids white board