Saturday, February 28, 2015

HISTORY FAIR PROJECTS

This past Thursday students in the third grade class presented projects they worked on in class on the topic of leaders and legacy. During the presentation, students demonstrated their boards and explained the importance of their chosen person during their actual time period and how they are considered leaders in our time.

All the students did a wonderful  job and should be commended on doing the work on their own. In choosing the winners the judges based their decision on the presentation of the board, organization, and their verbal explanation on the topic , relevancy to today and the topic of leaders and legacy.

Congratulations to  Jared Aquino for individual project  and Roselaine Jimenez, Alysse Cabrera and Ashley Smith for group project!!!!

Thursday, February 26, 2015

STUDY GUIDE FOR READING QUIZ ON FEBRUARY 27


SECOND GRADE- Study the following vocabulary words
- immigration, bewildered, homeland, longed, marveled, vitriol, warehouse, beckoned, pry, quilt
-Skill: using text details

THIRD GRADE - Study the following vocabulary words
- endurance, reservation, boarding school, dormitory, manual,
- Skill: sequencing  and using key details

FOURTH GRADE - Study the following vocabulary words
- pronounce, summarize, shifted, William Shakespeare, elaborate, complex, rebellion, accelerated, missile, manufacture, lyric poem, annual, self-effacing, extinction, poaching, exported
- Skill: Using key details and main idea


*ALL OF THESE WORDS AND THEIR DEFINITION SHOULD BE IN THE NOTEBOOK, IF DONE FOR HOMEWORK AS IT WAS ASSIGNED OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS. IF NOT, THEY ARE ON OLDER BLOG POST.

Sunday, February 22, 2015

REMINDERS, HOMEWORK, VOCABULARY WORDS AND LESSON PLANS FOR WEEK OF FEBRUARY 23-27

REMINDERS

1. When homework is assigned on IXL- it is checked and graded. Not logging on or logging on and doing anything counts as a zero. 

2. Make sure students have pencils, erasers and all necessary daily materials. Please check their backpack every night for these supplies.

3. Fourth grade parents read below the homework section for information about a book needed for class. 





HOMEWORK FOR FEBRUARY 23, 2015

-SECOND GRADE: Copy the vocabulary words if you have not done so from last week and then review them.


-THIRD GRADE: Search for information on the person  you are working on. Bring the information either printed out or save on a tablet  (if you can, if not write the information you will use down) and we will work on it in class.
FOR THE PROJECT YOU NEED
-Information on early life
-what they did that is important
-Why they are important now/celebrated ( think about what would not be possible without them)
-pictures with captions on a poster board.
*Some students are working in groups and others choose to work alone. This is due Thursday.
CLICK HERE FOR THIRD GRADE PROJECT LIST


-FOURTH GRADE: Review pages 148-149 from social studies textbook and answer the Reviewing the Skill questions #1-4. In sentence form on looseleaf.

*FOURTH GRADE STUDENTS WILL BE READING BECAUSE OF WINN DIXIE , DUE TO THE PAGE SET UP FOR E-BOOKS AND THE FACT THAT NOT ALL STUDENTS WOULD HAVE THE SAME DEVICE, I WOULD LIKE THE STUDENTS TO GET THE ACTUAL BOOK.  I WILL ORDER THE BOOK TO BE HERE WITHIN A COUPLE OF DAYS AFTER ORDERING. I AM ASKING FOR $6 AND HAVE EXTENDED THE DATE FOR TUESDAY FEBRUARY 24. 


HOMEWORK FOR FEBRUARY 24, 2015

-SECOND GRADE: Answer the 3 questions on Rosa Parks.
1. Who is Rosa Parks?
2. What did she do that was important? 
3. Why do we remember her?
* Use the notes from class as well as any information you find online at home. Also draw a picture or print one and place it on the top portion of the ice cream paper.

-THIRD GRADE: Continue working on the project- Bring materials to class tomorrow , to finish.
FOR THE PROJECT YOU NEED
-Information on early life
-what they did that is important
-Why they are important now/celebrated ( think about what would not be possible without them)
-pictures with captions on a poster board.
*Some students are working in groups and others choose to work alone. This is due Thursday.
CLICK HERE FOR THIRD GRADE PROJECT LIST


-FOURTH GRADE: Copy vocabulary words from the blog in reading and social studies notebook. Define the vocabulary words in the social studies textbook on page 150.

*FOURTH GRADE STUDENTS WILL BE READING BECAUSE OF WINN DIXIE , DUE TO THE PAGE SET UP FOR E-BOOKS AND THE FACT THAT NOT ALL STUDENTS WOULD HAVE THE SAME DEVICE, I WOULD LIKE THE STUDENTS TO GET THE ACTUAL BOOK.  I WILL ORDER THE BOOK TO BE HERE WITHIN A COUPLE OF DAYS AFTER ORDERING. I AM ASKING FOR $6 AND HAVE EXTENDED THE DATE FOR TUESDAY FEBRUARY 24. 






VOCABULARY WORDS 
-SECOND GRADE- These were last weeks words and we are still using them. Students need to copy them in their notebooks and review them at home.

READING

  1. vitriol: oil that can cause burns.
  2. warehouse: place to store products for later use or sales.
  3. beckoned: to signal someone with arm or hand to come closer.
  4. pry: to look closely at something
  5. quilt: a bed cover with stitched designs.

SOCIAL STUDIES
     1. homeland: native land
     2.  nomads: people who move around from place to place.
     3.  contributions: things that were given up for something else.
     4. ordeal: an experience or event that was difficult or did not go well.
     5. melting pot: mixing of different people from different places.
     6. ancestors:people who came before you in your family.
     7. Constitution:the system of laws and beliefs by which this country is made from.
     8.  Bill of Rights: a document that has the rights that people have by law in the Unites States.


-THIRD GRADE

READING
1.

SOCIAL STUDIES
1. Greece:country in southern Europe.
2. Athens: the capital of Greece
3. Abolish: to get rid of; to end
4. prime minister: the most important minister in the executive branch (presidential) of government.

-FOURTH GRADE

READING
1. extinction: the act of disappearing forever.
2. poaching: illegal hunting, killing or capturing of wild animals.
3. exported: shipping goods out of the port of a country.
4. lyric poem: a type of poetry that can express thoughts and feelings, often have stanzas and sometimes has rhyme.
5.annual: once a year.
6.self-effacing: someone who does not like to call attention to him or herself.; modest, humble of shy.

SOCIAL STUDIES 
1. fact: a statement that can be proven true.
2. opinion: a statement that is someone thoughts or believes.


LESSON PLANS 
CLICK HERE FOR FOURTH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON PLAN
CLICK HERE FOR FOURTH GRADE READING LESSON PLAN
CLICK HERE FOR THIRD GRADE READING LESSON PLAN
CLICK HERE FOR THIRD GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON PLAN
CLICK HERE FOR SECOND GRADE READING LESSON PLAN
CLICK HERE FOR SECOND GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON PLAN

Monday, February 16, 2015

REMINDERS, HOMEWORK, VOCABULARY AND LESSON PLANS FOR WEEK OF FEBRUARY 17-20


REMINDERS

1. On Tuesday students in grade 2 can dress up as a Superkid from the reading program. Above is a picture of them. 

2. Grades 3 and up can dress up as a hippie. 

3. CLICK HERE FOR THIRD GRADE NOTES ON AZTECS 



HOMEWORK FOR FEBRUARY 18, 2015

-SECOND GRADE
Log onto IXL: CLICK HERE FOR LINK TO IXL and enter username and password. You are to complete section D D. 1- Identify homophones
-Log on for 20 minutes and weather you have master the lesson or not log on after the twenty minutes. I will be able to check how long you were logged on and what you did. I will check for this Friday night.

-THIRD GRADE
Log onto IXL: CLICK HERE FOR LINK TO IXL and enter username and password. You are to complete section M M.1- Which definition matches the sentence?
-Log on for 20 minutes and weather you have master the lesson or not log on after the twenty minutes.I will be able to check how long you were logged on and what you did. I will check for this Friday night.



-FOURTH GRADE
Make sure that you read pages 142-147 and answer questions #1-4 on page 147. Sentence form , do not write the questions.
-Finish the 2 paragraph essay on the American Revolution use text details. Complete this on notebook.
ALL of this will be checked on Friday.
*FOURTH GRADE STUDENTS WILL BE READING BECAUSE OF WINN DIXIE , DUE TO THE PAGE SET UP FOR EBOOKS AND THE FACT THAT NOT ALL STUDENTS WOULD HAVE THE SAME DEVICE, I WOULD LIKE THE STUDENTS TO GET THE ACTUAL BOOK.  I WILL ORDER THE BOOK TO BE HERE WITHIN A COUPLE OF DAYS AFTER ORDERING. I AM ASKING FOR $6 AND HAVE EXTENDED THE DAT FOR MONDAY FEBRUARY 24. 



VOCABULARY WORDS 
-SECOND GRADE

READING

  1. vitriol: oil that can cause burns.
  2. warehouse: place to store products for later use or sales.
  3. beckoned: to signal someone with arm or hand to come closer.
  4. pry: to look closely at something
  5. quilt: a bed cover with stitched designs.

SOCIAL STUDIES
     1. homeland: native land
     2.  nomads: people who move around from place to place.
     3.  contributions: things that were given up for something else.
     4. ordeal: an experience or event that was difficult or did not go well.
     5. melting pot: mixing of different people from different places.
     6. ancestors:people who came before you in your family.
     7. Constitution:the system of laws and beliefs by which this country is made from.
     8.  Bill of Rights: a document that has the rights that people have by law in the Unites States.


-THIRD GRADE

READING
1. endurance:strenght
2. reservation: public land that has been set aside for a specific purpose.
3. boarding school: a school where children live away from home.
4. dormitory: a students house
5. manual: done by hands

SOCIAL STUDIES
1. Greece:country in southern Europe.
2. Athens: the capital of Greece
3. Abolish: to get rid of; to end
4. prime minister: the most important minister in the executive branch (presidential) of government.

-FOURTH GRADE

READING
1. lyric poem: a type of poetry that can express thoughts and feelings, often have stanzas and sometimes has rhyme.
2.annual: once a year.
3.self-effacing: someone who does not liek to call attention to him or herself.; modest, humble of shy.

SOCIAL STUDIES 
- ALREADY IN NOTEBOOK


LESSON PLANS 
CLICK HERE FOR SECOND GRADE READING LESSON PLAN
CLICK HERE FOR SECOND GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON PLAN
CLICK HERE FOR THIRD GRADE READING LESSON PLAN
CLICK HERE FOR THIRD GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON PLAN
CLICK HERE FOR FOURTH GRADE READING LESSON PLAN
CLICK HERE FOR FOURTH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON PLAN

Sunday, February 8, 2015

REMINDERS, HOMEOWRK, VOCABULARY AND LESSON PLANS FOR WEEK OF FEBRUARY 9-13

REMINDERS

1.On Friday, there is a 12 O' Clock dismissal. It is also red day in celebration of Valentines day, please have your child wear a red item. The eight grade will also have a bake sale- please send some money with them. 

2. Vocabulary is below. Make sure your child copies them into their respective notebook when assigned.

3. There is a new gym schedule, SECOND GRADE will have gym on Fridays from now on. For third and fourth grade look at their homeroom teacher's blog. 

4. On Tuesday February 17, students in SECOND GRADE can dress up as a "super kid" to participate in Superkids Day ! - Look at their workbook, for ideas as to how to dress them for this day. 


HOMEWORK FOR FEBRUARY 9 2015

SECOND GRADE: copy the reading and vocabulary words into their notebooks. Superkids workbook page 31. 


THIRD GRADE: 
copy the reading and vocabulary words into their notebooks. Search and read information on Cesar Chavez- make some notes that can be useful along with the notes you have in your notebook for your writing piece. 

FOURTH GRADE: CLICK HERE FOR HOMEWORK- This can be printed and completed or the writing section can be copied and completed on looseleaf. 

* ALL STUDENTS SHOULD READ BETWEEN 15-30 MINUTES EACH NIGHT. 



HOMEWORK FOR FEBRUARY 11 2015

SECOND GRADE: Watch the following video on Saint Valentine and answer the following questions on looseleaf. CLICK HERE FOR VALENTINE VIDEO

1. What did Claudius II not allow? 
2. Why was Valentine put to death? 
3. Why do we celebrate Valentine's Day? 

THIRD GRADE: Read the following information about the Aztecs and answer the questions that follow on looseleaf. CLICK HERE FOR AZTEC INFORMATION

1. How did the Mexican Flag get its symbol? 
2. How did life differ for boys and girls? 


FOURTH GRADE: Read pages 12-19 from History Happened Here 

* ALL STUDENTS SHOULD READ BETWEEN 15-30 MINUTES EACH NIGHT.
*FOURTH GRADE STUDENTS WILL BE READING BECAUSE OF WINN DIXIE , DUE TO THE PAGE SET UP FOR EBOOKS AND THE FACT THAT NOT ALL STUDENTS WOULD HAVE THE SAME DEVICE, I WOULD LIKE THE STUDENTS TO GET THE ACTUAL BOOK.  I WILL ORDER THE BOOK TO BE HERE WITHIN A COUPLE OF DAYS AFTER ORDERING. I AM ASKING FOR $6 AND BY TUESDAY FEBRUARY 17. 


VOCABULARY WORDS

SECOND GRADE:

-READING 
1. immigration:moving of non-native people into a country.
2. bewildered: confused
3.homeland:country that is your home; native place
4. longed:wished very much; desired greatly
5. marveled: to look at something with admiration (great likeness)

SOCIAL STUDIES 
1. Saint Valentine: a Roman Saint known for going against the Roman rule Claudius II. 
2. Claudius II: Roman rule who ordered Saint Valentine to be jailed and then put to death.
3. Marriage: a union between two people who profess love, respect and companionship. 
4. executed: be put to death. 

THIRD GRADE:
-READING
1. creative: having the ability to create; resulting from originality of thought, expression
2. inventive: having the ability of creating through imagination 
3. heroes: someone with heroic abilities; such as courageous.
4. suffix: word part added to the end of a word , to change its meaning.
5. notable:important or distinguished.
6. 20th century: a time period between January 1, 1901 and December 31, 2000. 
7. expansion: the act of making something larger.

-SOCIAL STUDIES

1. archaeologist: people who study past human life by examining artifacts left by ancient people. 
2. vision: something that is imagine of dreamed about
3. empire: a large group pf states under the rule of one person. 
4. noble: from high-ranking family
5. tribute: a gift to a king or God
6. glyph: picture symbols
7. allies: group of people who join together for a common cause
8. mesoamerica: a word used by archaeologist that describes the region and cultures in Mexico and part of Central America before the Spanish conquest 


FOURTH GRADE:
-READING
1. Pronounce: saying a word aloud. 
2. Summarize: a short retelling of a text using only the key details. 
3. Shifted: to move from one place to another. 
4. William Shakespeare: English dramatist and poet from the 1500's. 
5. Elaborate: to add details ; to expand 
6. Complex: made up of many parts that connect 
7. Rebellion: to go against tradition; defiance of authority
8. Accelerated: to cause faster
9. Missile: an object or weapon for throwing or shooting such as a stone, bullet or arrow.
10. Manufacture: the making of good or wares by manual labor. 

-SOCIAL STUDIES 

1.Declaration of Indepedence: document where the rights of the people was outlined.
2. Thomas Jefferson: write of the Declaration of Independence
*Since the last time students copied vocabulary words , they had 16 words , there are no new words this week. We are still working with those words.


LESSON PLANS
CLICK HERE FOR FOURTH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON PLAN
CLICK HERE FOR FOURTH GRADE READING LESSON PLAN
CLICK HERE FOR THIRD GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON PLAN
CLICK HERE FOR THIRD GRADE READING LESSON PLAN
CLICK HERE FOR SECOND GRADE READING LESSON PLAN
CLICK HERE FOR SECOND GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON PLAN-

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

REMINDERS AND LESSON PLANS FOR WEEK OF FEBRUARY 2-6

REMINDERS

1.Report card meetings on Wednesday February 4 from 1-7 pm. There will be a limit of 5 minutes per parent. Questions regarding specific work need to be discuss at a separate meeting by appointment.

2. Vocabulary is below. Make sure your child copies them into their respective notebook when assigned.


HOMEWORK FOR FEBRUARY 5 2015

SECOND GRADE:Click here for Ms.Saville's video on Henry Freedom Box


THIRD GRADE:


FOURTH GRADE: Tomorrow we will be working on an activity on the Declaration of Independence using a website- If possible ( and if your child has a tablet/ipad) allow them to bring to school.

CLICK HERE DURING SOCIAL STUDIES CLASS



VOCABULARY WORDS

SECOND GRADE:

-READING 
1.  settled:  to stay in a place to live, build communities and raise families.
2.   historical : a text about events that have happened in the past.
3.  timeline: an organized way of placing information in sequence order.
4.  biography: a piece of non-fiction writing about the events in the life of a real person.
5.  uncertain: not sure
6. voyage: a trip.

- SOCIAL STUDIES 
1. vote : to choose from a group.
2. U.S Citizen: people born in the United States of America
3.  Slavery : the act of owning people as property
4.  freedom: being free; independence

THIRD GRADE:
-READING

-SOCIAL STUDIES

1.non-violence: actions taken , without force, chaos, or harm to anyone or destruction to property.


FOURTH GRADE:
-READING

-SOCIAL STUDIES 

1.Declaration of Indepedence: document where the rights of the people was outlined.
2. Thomas Jefferson: write of the Declaration of Independence
*Other words are from last week ans are already in notebook.

LESSON PLANS
CLICK HERE FOR SECOND GRADE READING LESSON PLAN
CLICK HERE FOR SECOND GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON PLAN
CLICK HERE FOR THIRD GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON PLAN
CLICK HERE FOR FOURTH GRADE SOCIAL STUSIES LESSON PLAN