REMINDERS, LESSON PLANS, HOMEWORK AND VOCABULARY WORDS FOR WEEK OF MAY 22-26

REMINDERS

1.HOMEWORK SCHEDULE is as follow;

          Monday and Wednesday : Mrs. Bagley and Mr. Badia
          Tuesday and Thursday : Ms. Saville

2. VOCABULARY WORDS - Words are given in class with definition, but they could be found in the links at the end of this post, in case any student has missed the words.


3.MATERIALS: ALL students need at least 3 sharpened pencils. If they have mechanical pencils, then they need to bring their own lead. 


4.Map of the Month: There are 3 more maps left for the school year. The first of three was given on Friday April 28 and it was due May 12. The next one was given Friday May 12 and it  will be due May 26 and the final one June 15th. 

5.UPCOMING EVENTS:
-Half day on May 22 and May 26
-No school on May 29
-Scholastic book orders are due May 31


6.Scholastic books: Flyers will be sent home periodically for students/parents to order books that they want. If any of the books we will need during the year are listed there I would ask for that book specifically. Otherwise it is a personal choice if you want to order. If you want to order books outside of the time I place  orders you can CLICK HERE TO BE DIRECTED TO SCHOLASTIC WEBSITE and then click on yellow section to connect with teacher and enter class code: LJ8KK. Due to May 31

7.QUIZZES: 
2nd grade reading quiz from Friday is rescheduled for Monday May 22. Look at the post from last week to see the words that need to be reviewed. Also the words with definition are listed in the vocabulary link below. 

4th grade reading quiz on Thursday May 25 on the following reading words; rights, restrict, qualification, resign, repealed, first-generation. The words with definition are in the notebook and also on the vocabulary link below.

3rd grade social studies quiz on Thursday May 25 on vocabulary words and notes from 4/24, 5/1 and 5/8.

3rd grade reading quiz on Friday May 26 on vocabulary words and comprehension. The vocabulary words with definition are in the vocabulary link below.


8. Students in third and fourth grade have been using Google Classroom very often, please help them remember their username and password. Login information should also be written at home in a safe places along with the login information for Achieve, IXL and I-ready. Although second grade is only using this sometimes, they also have usernames and passwords.

Username:first initial last name @olqmnyc.org. Example; John Smith would be jsmith@olqmnyc.org

Passwords: everyone's password was set to olqmnyc1, but it might be different if your child changed it.

Click here for Google Classroom site

9.ACTION PLAN: Students with action plans need to continue working on the lessons, There are 4 lessons to be completed each week. The lessons are being checked on Monday morning for completion. By May 15, students should have had 20 lessons completed.


LESSON PLANS
Fourth grade lesson plans
Third grade lesson plans
Second grade lesson plans


*These are subject to change to due testing in all grades

HOMEWORK FOR MAY 22  ,2017

Second grade:
Science:Students received a science quiz back today. Make corrections on looseleaf and get the quiz signed. This will be collected tomorrow.

Reading: Some students are missing Achieve 3000 articles from quarter 4, this week will be the last chance to make those up. If you are unsure if you have done it or not, check cornerstone and it will be marked with 0 if not done. Another way to check is to go to Achieve 3000 and click on the articles which are on the home page. Once you click on activity , it will either show the score , which means it has been done or it will start with a question, which means you are not done. This will be available until Wednesday May 24th.


Third grade:
Reading: Achieve 3000: "Making Cape Town Beaches Shark-Safe" Activity only.



Fourth grade:
Reading: Achieve 3000: "Civil War: Freedom for All" Activity only.

HOMEWORK FOR MAY 24 ,2017

Second grade:
-Reading: Reread "Homes Around the World" from page 178 from the Ready NY book and answer the following questions on looseleaf.
1.What makes homes alike?
2.How do the subheadings in this article make the facts easier to find?
-Click here for article, if you left the book at school.

Third grade:
Social Studies:Review notes from notebook from 4/24, 5/1 and 5/8.
Science:  Answer the following question on loose leaf.
1.Why do electromagnets have iron centers?  

Fourth grade:
Social Studies : 4 students from the class have no homework, since they are all caught up on work. Everyone else has to finish work that was marked in their social studies notebook with an orange marker. The text pages to use and the questions are in the link below.

Click here for the textbook pages

The work varies by student, but its either:

A. Questions #10, 11, 12

10.How did the transportation revolution change New York?
11.What were some of the major changes in how New Yorkers lived in the 1800's?
12.Many Irish immigrants came to the United States to escape a potato famine. Why might other immigrants have come here?

or

B. 2 questions from class today, which can be answered by clicking here.
1. What was the Fugitive Slave Law?
2. When it was it passed?

VOCABULARY WORDS FOR MODULE 4
Second Grade Vocabulary Words for Module 4
Third Grade Vocabulary Words for Module 4

Fourth Grade Vocabulary Words for Module 4
Fourth Grade Notes (first set of notes for quarter 4/module )
Click here for Fourth grade social studies notes for module 4/quarter 4