Tuesday, May 19, 2015

REMINDERS, VOCABULARY WORDS, HOMEWORK AND LESSON PLANS FOR WEEK OF MAY 18-22

REMINDERS

1. Half day on Friday May 22

2. On May 26, second grade will be going on  a trip, More information will be given in the upcoming days.- GYM SHIRT IS A MUST FOR THE TRIP. SNEAKERS ARE ALSO A MUST FOR THE TRIP. IF ARE NOT WEARING A GYM ON THAT MORNING, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GO. 

3. No school on Monday May 25

4.Fourth grade map is due Wednesday May 20

5. Progress reports on Friday May 22






HOMEWORK FOR MAY  18 , 2015

SECOND GRADE:
- Questions posted on separate post

THIRD GRADE:
-Exercise sheet 

FOURTH GRADE:
-Exercise sheet 


HOMEWORK FOR MAY  19 , 2015


FOURTH GRADE:
-Page 204- THINKING ABOUT FACTS #1-5 SENTENCE FORM ON LOOSELEAF.


HOMEWORK FOR MAY 20, 2015

SECOND GRADE:
-Review Social Studies notes from notebook dated May 5- If they are not legible, there is a link in the post before this one. 
- On white paper- create a three event sequence chart with images for the beginning, middle and end for the story The Blue Coyote. Story is found in the green book on page 68-69 

THIRD GRADE:
- Finish reading chapter 7 and answer the following questions on looseleaf
1. Why did the British tax items?
2. Franklin was for the British, but then changed his mind. Explain what made him make this decision. 
- Review social studies vocabulary words for tomorrow. 

FOURTH GRADE:
-Read chapter 9-10 in two sentences per chapter explain the most important events on looseleaf. Be prepare to answer other questions in class. 
-Review reading words below for quiz tomorrow. 

VOCABULARY WORDS 
-SECOND GRADE- .

READING- Same vocabulary words as last week.
1. central message: lessons about life found in stories.
2. cloth:  fabric formed by weaving, felting, etc., from wool, hair, silk, flax, cotton, or other fiber, used for garments, upholstery, and many other items.
3. gobbled:eat (something) hurriedly and noisily
4. theme: the central topic of a text.


SOCIAL STUDIES- Same vocabulary words as last week.
1. tax: money paid to the government for a service.
2.federal: of or referring to the national government.
3.toll: a charge or tax paid for using a highway, bridge, or tunnel
4.luxury: of or referring to something expensive that is nice to have but not really needed.
5.imported: brought into a place or country from another pace or country.
6.exported: sent products to another country to sell them there.
7.deductions:amounts that are taken away.
8.poverty line: a stated level of income below which a person is considered to not afford basic necessities.
9.investments: things in which people have put their money, hoping to get more money back.
10. 16th amendment : a change to the law to be able to tax citizens income.
11. income: money someone makes from working.

-THIRD GRADE

READING- Same vocabulary words as last week.
1. jolt: push or shake someone or something abruptly
2. bifocals: eyeglasses with two different optic powers
3. Latin: language dating back to 6th century
4. minister: a person authorized though the church to perform functions such as teaching beliefs.
5.publish:to issue (printed or otherwise reproduce textual , graphic or computer software.
6.cobblestone: stones used in the making of early streets.
7.private: belonging to or use of one particular person.
8.Stamp Act: tax places on every printed paper colonist used.
9.parliament: responsible for making laws.
10.Continental Congress: convention of delegates that came together to form the government of the 13 colonies.

SOCIAL STUDIES
- Same vocabulary words as last week.
1. paddies: a flooded field where rice is grown.
2. porridge: a soft food made by boiling oats, rice, or other grains in milk or water until the mixture is thick.
3.wok:a metal cooking  pan with a rounded bottom.
4. hemp: a rough fabric woven from plant fibers.
5.characters:symbols used in a writing system.
6.dam:a wall built across a stream or river to hold back the water.
7. cocoons: the silky case a caterpillar spins to live in before it turns into a moth or butterfly
8. calligraphy: the art of fine handwriting. 
9. bronze:a yellowish-brown metal made of copper and tin
10. terracotta: a hard, waterproof clay used in making pottery. 


-FOURTH GRADE

READING- Same vocabulary words as last week.
1. beckoned:make gesture with hand arm, or head to encourage someone to come nearer or follow.
2. aisle: a pace for walking with rows of seats on both sides or with rows of seat on one side and the wall on the other.
3. concoction:a mixture of various ingredients.
4. dreary:dull, lifeless; depressing
5. beamed: transmit ( a radio signal or broadcast) in a specified location.
6.whisked:to take or move in a particular direction suddenly and quickly.
             

SOCIAL STUDIES 

  1. RURAL
  2. URBAN
  3. LABOR UNION
  4. STRIKE
  5. TENEMENT
  6. SWEATSHOP
  7. ELLIS ISLAND



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