Monday, October 28, 2013

WEEK OF OCTOBER 28- NOVEMBER 1

FOURTH GRADE
CLICK HERE FOR READING LESSON PLAN
CLICK HERE FOR SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON PLAN

READING VOCABULARY WORDS
1. Hurricane
2. intensified
3. intensity
4. relatively
5. shingles
6. planks
7. destitution
8. wreckage
9. desirous
10. debris

SOCIAL STUDIES VOCABULARY WORDS
1. Iroquois Confederacy
2. confederacy
3. clan
4. clan mother
5. council
6. sachem
7. wampum
8. ally
9. explorer



THIRD GRADE
CLICK HERE FOR SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON PLAN

SOCIAL STUDIES VOCABULARY WORDS
1. History
2. Canyon
3. Drift
4. Mesa
5. desert
6. cliff
7. technology

SECOND  GRADE
CLICK HERE FOR SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON PLAN
CLICK HERE FOR READING LESSON PLAN

SOCIAL STUDIES VOCABULARY WORDS
 
1.map
2. map key
3. symbols
4. directions

READING VOCABULARY WORDS
1. Main idea
2.Supporting details
3. whopping crane
4. Endangered
5. scientist
6. migration

BOOKS FOR UNIT 2

SECOND GRADE
- No need to get the Frog and Toad book- I have found copies for all students.

THIRD GRADE
- TBD

FOURTH GRADE
- Ninth Ward $2.50
- I survived: The Japanese Tsunami $5.00
* Books are available in school's book fair.

OCTOBER 28,2013- HOMEWORK

SECOND GRADE
- Answer the questions you have in the in the notebook using the Living in communities textbook. Questions are in the notebook from class.

FOURTH GRADE
- Define vocabulary and people  words from page 70 in your notebook.
- Read pages 70-72 be prepared to answer questions about it in class.

Saturday, October 26, 2013

REMINDERS FOR NEXT WEEK

On Thursday the children can wear their costumes, There will also be a Halloween party. Please bring $5 by Wednesday for Pizza, juice, etc. 

* The children will also give out candy to the younger grades in the schools Halloween parade. Please bring Candy. 







Sunday, October 20, 2013

FOURTH GRADE LESSON PLANS FOR WEEK OF OCTOBER 21-25

CLICK HERE FOR READING LESSON PLAN

CLICK HERE FOR SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON PLAN

MONDAY OCTOBER 21
- NO SCHOOL

TUESDAY OCTOBER 22
- writing exams in all areas

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 23
- Reading and Social studies exam

THURSDAY OCTOBER 24
- Science and Math exam

FRIDAY OCTOBER 25
- Religion and ELA exam

THIRD GRADE LESSON PLANS FOR WEEK OF OCTOBER 21-25

CLICK HERE FOR READING LESSON PLAN

CLICK HERE FOR SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON PLAN


MONDAY OCTOBER 21
- NO SCHOOL

TUESDAY OCTOBER 22
- writing exams in all areas

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 23
- Reading and Social studies exam

THURSDAY OCTOBER 24
- Science and Math exam

FRIDAY OCTOBER 25
- Religion and ELA exam

SECOND GRADE LESSON PLANS FOR WEEK OF OCTOBER 21-25

CLICK HERE FOR READING LESSON PLAN

CLICK HERE FOR SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON PLAN

MONDAY OCTOBER 21
- NO SCHOOL

TUESDAY OCTOBER 22
- writing exams in all areas

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 23
- Reading and Social studies exam

THURSDAY OCTOBER 24
- Science and Math exam

FRIDAY OCTOBER 25
- Religion and ELA exam

Friday, October 18, 2013

UNIT 1 EXAM GUIDE

SECOND GRADE
 Reading Guide
- Study old quizzes ( not the reading comprehension part, same stories won't be on test).
- All vocabulary words from unit 1
- Notes in notebook
- Superkids pages 2, 3,13,14,17,29,30,31.

Social Studies
- Study old quizzes
- All vocabulary from unit 1
- notes in notebook
- People Together book pages 4-21
- Skill of compare and contrast
- Living in communities pages 4-11, 18-20.

THIRD GRADE
Reading Guide
 - Study old quizzes ( not the reading comprehension part, same stories won't be on test).
- All vocabulary words from unit 1
- notes in notebook
- Reading comprehension will be based on going back into the text and looking for answer/clues to the answer.

Social Studies Guide
 - Study old quizzes
- All vocabulary words from unit 1
- notes in notebook
- Communities book page G4-G8, pages 8-21, 36-39, 50-51
- Review using a map to find places using directions and using directions to find places.

FOURTH GRADE
Reading Guide
- Study old quizzes
- All vocabulary words from unit 1
- Reading comprehension will be based on going back into the text and looking for the answers or clues.

Social Studies
- Study old quizzes
- All vocabulary words from unit 1
- Notes and classwork  in notebook
- Covering textbook chapter 1-Chapter 3 lesson 2.



Tuesday, October 15, 2013

FOURTH GRADE LESSON PLANS FOR WEEK OF OCTOBER 15-18

CLICK HERE FOR READING LESSON PLAN 

CLICK HERE FOR SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON PLAN
Tuesday September 15
- Make sure your child gets a god night sleep and eats a good breakfast tomorrow. 
- PLEASE make sure children have at least 2 sharpened pencils for interim exam tomorrow. 

Wednesday September 16- 
Math Interim Exam 
HW: 


Thursday September 17


Friday September 18
No weekly quiz 

READING VOCABULARY WORDS 
1. territory
2. subdue
3. surrendered
4. epidemic
5. exhaustion

NO NEW SOCIAL STUDIES WORDS THIS WEEK

Monday, October 14, 2013

THIRD GRADE LESSON PLANS FOR WEEK OF OCTOBER 15-18

CLICK HERE FOR READING LESSON PLAN
CLICK HERE FOR SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON PLAN

Tuesday September 15
- Make sure your child gets a god night sleep and eats a good breakfast tomorrow. 

Wednesday September 16 
Math Interim Exam 
HW: 

Thursday September 17


Friday September 18
No weekly quiz 

READING VOCABULARY WORDS 
1. JERKED
2.SUFFERING
3. REFLECTORS
4. DEMANDED
5.PENNANT

NO NEW SOCIAL STUDIES WORDS THIS WEEK 

SECOND GRADE LESSON PLANS FOR WEEK OF OCTOBER 14-18

CLICK HERE FOR READING LESSON PLAN

CLICK HERE FOR SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON PLAN

Tuesday September 15
- Make sure your child gets a god night sleep and eats a good breakfast tomorrow. 
- PLEASE make sure children have at least 2 sharpened pencils for interim exam tomorrow. 

Wednesday September 16- GYM 
Math Interim Exam 
HW: Click below to see venn diagram and use it to create a compare and contrast paragraph in your reading notebook. Use the paragraph from today for help. 

CLICK HERE FOR VENN DIAGRAM

* Please work with child to learn how to tie their shoes. It's becoming a safety issue.

Thursday September 17


Friday September 18
No weekly quiz 


READING VOCABULARY WORDS 
#1-8 ARE FROM LAST WEEK 

9.HANDSOME: a good locking man
10. AVALANCHE: a lot of rocks or snow that fall down a mountain.
11. HAWK: a big bird with a strong beak and sharp claws.
12. THEATER : a place where plays are performed.

SOCIAL STUDIES VOCABULARY WORDS
1.map
2. map key
3. symbols

Monday, October 7, 2013

Third and fourth grade parents

Parents, 

5 quizzes were sent home today. Three reading and 2 social studies. Have your child review what they got wrong or don't understand. Please send back with signature by tomorrow. 


Sunday, October 6, 2013

FOURTH GRADE LESSON PLANS FOR WEEK OF OCTOBER 7-11

CLICK HERE FOR SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON PLAN

CLICK HERE FOR READING LESSON PLAN

MONDAY, OCTOBER 7
:HW: define social studies vocabulary words using textbook. Words are in the lesson plan.
 HW: Read the fourth world story of the Navajo and answer the following on looseleaf.
- how were the people greeted in the  fourth world?
- Explain how the people got rivers and fire.
* Also underline or highlight words that you don't understand the meaning to. 


TUESDAY , OCTOBER 8
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WEDNESDAY , OCTOBER 9- GYM
HW: SS- page 69 # 1-2 and 5 on looseleaf. Label the homework.

THURSDAY , OCTOBER 10
ELA Interim exam


FRIDAY , OCTOBER 11
- HALF A DAY

SOCIAL STUDIES VOCABULARY WORDS - ARE IN THE LESSON PLAN- LOOK UP IN TEXTBOOK.

READING VOCABULARY WORDS
1. Locust: any of several grasshoppers that have short antennae and migrate in groups.
2. Conquered: to acquire by force. To gain or win.
3. Ceremony: the formal activity conducted on important occasions (president inauguration), religious purpose (marriage).
4. Cyclone: a large scale of circular motion wind.
5. Petrified: to convert into stone or a stony substance.
6. Whirlwinds: several small masses of air rotating rapidly around over land or sea.

7. sweathouse: a special building among Native Americans used for purifying the body by sweating in which water is poured over heated stones, which produces steam. 

THIRD GRADE LESSON PLANS FOR WEEK OF OCTOBER 7-11

CLICK HERE FOR SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON

CLICK HERE FOR READING LESSON PLAN

MONDAY, OCTOBER 7
:HW: Communities textbook page 32 - Thinking about facts # 1-3 in sentence form on looseleaf. Label the homework. - Not following the format will get points deducted.


TUESDAY , OCTOBER 8
- Book report on The Stories Julian Tells is DUE TODAY.



WEDNESDAY , OCTOBER 9- GYM
HW:

THURSDAY , OCTOBER 10
ELA Interim exam


FRIDAY , OCTOBER 11
- HALF A DAY

SOCIAL STUDIES VOCABULARY WORDS WILL BE SAME FROM LAST WEEK.

READING VOCABULARY WORDS
1. asteroids: small, irregular shaped bodies the orbit the sun.        
 2. opinion: what your thought are on a certain topic. Cannot be right or wrong, but can be worse that someone else's.
3.  boomerang: a bent or curved piece of wood used by Australians to through and meant to return to the thrower.    
 4. permanent: forever.
5. glorious : delighful, joyful and enjoyable.          
 6.reverse: to go backwards or the opposite.
7.  Infer : a guess made on what happened using clues and details.             
 8. sequence: the order in which things happened. Uses the words first, next, then and last.

SECOND GRADE LESSON PLANS FOR WEEK OF OCTOBER 7-11

CLICK HERE FOR READING LESSON PLAN

CLICK HERE FOR SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON PLAN

MONDAY, OCTOBER 7
:HW: People together book page 19 # 1-2. Questions and answers  on looseleaf. Looseleaf must have full heading and label of the homework.
Example: People Together page 19 # 1-2


TUESDAY , OCTOBER 8
HW: Superkids book page 30 and black line master page 1.


WEDNESDAY , OCTOBER 9- GYM
HW: Complete family history book- this will be started in class.

THURSDAY , OCTOBER 10
ELA Interim exam


FRIDAY , OCTOBER 11
- HALF A DAY

READING VOCABULARY WORDS
1.       Wail: to cry out because of sadness or plain.
2.       Gasp: to try to catch your breath.
3.       Swamp: shallow wetlands where lots of trees, shrubs, and plants grow.
4.       Loyal: faithful and caring, even during hard times.
5.       Plural: more than one in amount.
6.       Patient: to remain calm and quiet.
7.       Willpower: the ability to control your actions even when it is hard to do.
   Singular: one object  only. 


SOCIAL STUDIES VOCABULARY WORDS 
-Suburb: a place outside the city. There are lots of houses and not many buildings.
-Urban: a city. A place where there is a lot tall buildings, cars, people and, public transportation.

-Rural: an area of open spaces. There is a lot of land, but homes are very far apart and one must travel to the town or main street to shop. 
- voyage: a trip or journey from one land to another. 
- ship: a large vessel that moves on water either by sail or engine .
- discovery: the act of finding something new, that no one else knew about.