Wednesday, May 27, 2015

REMINDERS, HOMEWORK , VOCABULARY WORDS AND LESSON PLANS FOR WEEK OF MAY 25-29

REMINDERS

1. May Procession on May 29- Check school's blog for information.



HOMEWORK FOR MAY  27 , 2015

SECOND GRADE:
- Pick two of the following taxes; sale, income, property, tolls, or tariffs. Draw two images , one for each of the taxes you choose. Make sure your image matches the tax you picked. Do this on white paper- which was provided in class. 

THIRD GRADE:
-Exercise sheet 3- Complete questions #6 also recount the story using key details in 4-5 sentences. 

FOURTH GRADE:
-Exercise sheet 36

VOCABULARY WORDS 
-SECOND GRADE- .

READING- No new words due to short week.


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- No new words due to short week.

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- No new words due to short week.
             

SOCIAL STUDIES 

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



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