LESSON PLANS FOR WEEK OF DECEMBER 2-6

CLICK HERE FOR SECOND GRADE READING LESSON PLAN

CLICK HERE FOR FOURTH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON PLAN

CLICK HERE FOR THIRD GRADE READING LESSON PLAN

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CLICK HERE FOR FOURTH GRADE READING LESSON PLAN

CLICK HERE FOR FOURTH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON PLAN

REMINDERS FOR WEEK OF DECEMBER 2-6
1. Students must have their own sharpened pencils,. looseleaf , erasers, etc. Stopping class to find supplies for someone is distracting for everyone.

2. This week we will be reviewing  for the interim exam.

3. Second grade will be working on a reading response to Frog and Toad All Year.

4. Fourth grade will be working on a response to I survived: The Japanese Tsunami.

5. Friday will be a half a day- DISMISSAL IS 11AM.

6. The vocabulary words from this week are for unit 3.

7. The interim exam will be the week of December 9-13.

8. The unit 2 exams will be the week of December 16-20. Updates of specific dates will be posted soon.

9. Make sure your child has all the vocabulary words covered in unit 2 in their notebook, they will be tested on unit exam. Interim only includes reading comprehension using the skills learned in class, NO Vocabulary that we have done ( unless skill specific , ex. Main idea) will be on the interim exam.


SECOND GRADE VOCABULARY WORDS
READING
1. statue: a figure made from stone, wood or metal to look like a person or animal.
2. lava: the hot, melted rock flowing from a volcano.
3. nocturnal: active at night
4. wildfire: a large forest or brush fire that spreads quickly.
5. predict: to tell about something before it happens.
6. traffic: people or vehicles coming and going along a way of travel.
7. tower: a tall building or part of a building.
8. cargo: things to be moved from one place to another.
9. tide: the rise and fall of the ocean.
10.frenzy: a state of wild behavior .

SOCIAL STUDIES- define using the textbook glossary

1. rules

2.laws

3. leaders

4. mayor

5.vote


THIRD GRADE VOCABULARY WORDS
READING - WORDS WILL BE DEFINED IN READING PASSAGES

1. Poisonous

2. Capuchin monkeys

3. millipede

4. plesiosaur

5. fossils

SOCIAL STUDIES- SOME WORDS ARE FROM LAST WEEK AND DO NOT NEED TO BE DEFINED AGAIN.

1. Mission

2. Missionary

3. Independence

4. Gold Rush

5. cable car

6.  Chinatown

7. bar graph

8. line graph


FOURTH GRADE VOCABULARY WORDS
READING - WILL BE DEFINE IN PASSAGES

1.feverish

2. mummified

3.chisel

4. falcon

5. brooch

6. oarsmen

7. plunders

8. paleontologist

SOCIAL STUDIES- DEFINE USING TEXTBOOK. SOME WORDS ARE FROM LAST WEEK , NO NEED TO DEFINE AGAIN.

1. Tax

2.. Freedom of the press

3. Richard Nicolls

4. John Peter Zenger

5. Martha Turnstall Smith

6. samuel Townsend

7. indentured servant

8. slavery

9. manor

10. tenant farmer

11. merchant

12. government

13. French and Indian War

14. Stamp Act

15. Patriot

16. LOyalist

17. American revolution

18. Continental Congress

19. Declaration of Independence

20. George Washington

21. Thomas Jefferson

22. John Jay



HOMEWORK FOR DECEMBER 2, 2013
SECOND GRADE: Copy Vocabulary words into notebooks.

THIRD GRADE: Copy social studies vocabulary words into notebook.
CLICK HERE FOR SOCIAL STUDIES NOTES ON SAN FRANCISCO LONG AGO

FOURTH GRADE: Copy social studies vocabulary words into notebook.





HOMEWORK FOR DECEMBER 4, 2013
SECOND GRADE: Superkids page 37 section 2.

THIRD GRADE: Read or re-read pages 134-135 from communities textbook and answer Reviewing the skill section #1-4 on looseleaf. Questions and answers.

FOURTH GRADE: Read page 99 from social studies textbook and answer Think about it section #1-4 on looseleaf. Questions and answers.