LESSON PLANS FOR WEEK OF DECEMBER 9-13

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REMINDERS FOR WEEK OF DECEMBER 9-13
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 students will be taking the  interim exam on Thursday and Friday.

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. Some of the vocabulary are still being used and they are for unit 3.

6.  The unit 2 exams will be the week of December 16-20.

7. The writing exams in the content areas and the social studies exam are on December 16.

8.  Since on December 16 , students have for me two writing exams (one writing for reading and one writing in social studies ) and the social studies unit exam. One of the writing exams may overlap to Tuesday December 17.

9. The writing exams do not require any type of studying.Just come prepared with looseleaf, pencils and ready to read the text being used for the exam and complete all the sections.

10. On December 17, students will take the Religion and Science exam.

11. On December 18, students will take the Reading and ELA Exam.

12. On December 19, students will take the mathematics exam.

13. We will be packing up our classrooms for the Christmas break on Friday December 20th. Children need to start bringing bags for when we pack up. If your child will not be here on the 20th, please make sure they tell me so they pack up on the last day they will be in school. The books they need for the break for me for second grade will be sent home on Thursday December 19th.



HOMEWORK FOR DECEMBER 11, 2013
FOURTH GRADE
- Use the first four chapters of I Survived : The Japanese Tsunami, 2011 and create a timeline. Only one event per chapters, so make sure to pick the most important. It does not need many details, just like the ones read in SS class today. On looseleaf.
- Read pages 86-89 from SS textbook. Be prepared to discuss tomorrow. Understand the different between Latitude and longitude.

THIRD GRADE
- Read Papa Tells Chita a Story pages 22-28 and answer questions # 2 and 3 from page 29.
- Ask 10 people ( any ten: family members or friends) what fruit they like the  best between Strawberries, bananas, oranges, mango and pineapples. They must choose only one and write down how many people picked each fruit. Your numbers must add to 10.

SECOND GRADE
- Go back to chapter Surprise and Christmas Eve and write 3 sentences for each chapter explaining what happened in the chapter. Label the looseleaf with Surprise and summarize that chapter and then skip a line and write Christmas Eve and then the summary.