LESSON PLAN FOR WEEK OF NOVEMBER 18-22

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STUDENT REMINDERS

- Second grade: Map project will be worked on Tuesday in class. It is due on Wednesday.

- Third grade: Suffix book is due Wednesday.


PARENT REMINDERS

1. Thursday November 21 is report card day. Report cards will be given in class by Father Antonio.
Parent-teacher conferences will be from 2- 7 pm in the lunchroom. Conference is limited to about 5 minutes so all parents can get a chance.

2.  Work from quarter 1 will be given to students before Thursday. If you need to discuss a specific work you can make an appointment for another day. Remember meetings on Thursday are limited to about 5 minutes.

3. Although report card meetings are until 7 pm, I WILL BE LEAVING AT 6:45 PM ON THE DOT for personal reasons. Mr.Woods is aware of this.

4.  The school is collecting cans to donate those less fortunate for Thanksgiving. Send then with your child and they must be given to the homeroom teacher.

5. Second grade parents please send 50 cents with your child. We will be writing cards for the troops. The reason I am purchasing the cards is because they have very specific criteria.

6. Students must have pencils, looseleaf and other materials. The failure to be ready for classwork will result in a zero for classwork.

SECOND GRADE VOCABULARY WORDS
READING

- Main idea: IN NOTEBOOK.

- Supporting details: IN NOTEBOOK.

- spine: a backbone, a stiff sharp growth on a plant or animal. 

- poison: anything dangerous to your life if you swallow or breathe it in. 

- bombardier: crew member in a bomber plane. 

- boil: to bubble up and give off steam. 

- coil: wind up in a circular place. 

- boa: large, tropical snakes. 

- tramped: to walk steadily over something over and over again. 

- crow: a black bird

- pollywog: tadpole

SOCIAL STUDIES- WILL BE SENT HOME TOMORROW TO COPY IN NOTEBOOK

1.map- already defined

2. map key- already defined

3. symbols- already define

4. directions- already defined

5. city: large community with many cars, people and buildings. 

6. transportation: a method of moving from one place to another. 

7. rural: a farming community with lots of green areas. Homes are far apart and it's quiet. 

8. pasture: green area. 

9. cattle: cows raised as livestock to use for meat ( beef and veal) and milk. 

THIRD GRADE VOCABULARY WORDS
READING- WILL BE DEFINE IN CLASS

1.  - er, or, ist: suffixes used to create a word that means someone who does something ( root word)

2. immigrants: people who come from one country to another. 

3. diverse: made up of people who are very different. 

4. simple machines: machine with one movement that helps in doing something. 

5. Inclined Plane: 

6. Wedge

7.Screw

8. Lever

9. Wheel and Axle

10.Pulley

SOCIAL STUDIES- SOME WILL BE DEFINE IN CLASS TOMORROW. THE REST THEY WILL FINISH FOR HOMEWORK TOMORROW.

1. Jamestown

2. Powhatan

3. colony

4. colonist

5. slavery

6. John Smith

7. John Rolfe

8. Pocahontas

9. Living History Museum

FOURTH GRADE
READING
1. New Orleans: the largest city in the state of Louisiana.
2. evacuation: the act of leaving one place to another for a specific reason.
3.Superdome: a large place where sports and other types of events occur. It was used during Hurrican Katrina to offer shelter to thousands of people.
4. levees: structure used for the prevention of a flood.
SOCIAL STUDIES- USE TEXTBOOK TO DEFINE

1.Christopher Columbus

2. Giovanni da Verrazano

3. Jacques cartier

4. Samuel de Champlain

5. Henry Hudson

Reminders

Second and Third grade received reading textbooks that need to be kept at home for homework purposes. If they are in after school they should keep the books here, so they could their homework. Once  we use up the book, the book will be returned to school. Failure to do so will result in paying for the book.

Fourth grade : The book the Ninth Ward price has gone up , so instead of asking for more money I only ordered the I survived book. Those of you who gave me $2.50 for the ninth ward will get the money back tomorrow.

HOMEWORK FOR NOVEMBER 13, 2013

SECOND GRADE
- Click on the following link. Read the story and select the main idea from the choices give and then write three supporting details. Do this on looseleaf.
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THIRD GRADE
- Read " Papa Tells Chita a Story: from your reading textbook. Only pages 17-21 and answer the following questions on looselaf.
1. Papa says he " wanted to be brave' so he volunteered to go. What does this tell you about him?
2. Why do you think the horse refuses to enter the swamp?
3. Why does the colonel need someone to carry a message across the island?


FOURTH GRADE
- SS- Read pages 82-85 and answer Think about question # 1-3 on looseleaf Q/A.

REMINDERS FOR NEXT WEEK

- No school on Monday ( Veteran's Day)
- Social Studies Quiz on Tuesday

Second grade study Living in communities pages 37-45 ( maps, map key, symbols and , directions)
Third grade study notes and textbook info on Anasazi people ( geography and culture)
Fourth grade study chapter 3 lesson 3 on the formation of the  Confederacy and the roles people took based on this union.

Fourth grade map is DUE TUESDAY! NO EXCUSES. This was explained in class.

HOMEWORK FOR NOVEMBER 6, 2013

THIRD GRADE
- Answer the following question in your notebook in paragraph form
   How did the Anasazi live?
- Page 81 think about it section # 1-2 questions and answers in notebook.
- Page 87 think about it section # 3 - 4
* Study for suffixes for tomorrow reading quiz. Use reading notebook and phonics book.

FOURTH GRADE
- SS- page 78 Thinking about facts section # 2,5,6,8,9,10.  On looseleaf in sentence form
* Quiz tomorrow is reading comprehension and finding details in text and labeling where they got it from in the text.

SECOND GRADE
- Living in communities page 45: Skills check on looseleaf
* Quiz tomorrow will be on reading comprehension: reading and answering questions using text details ( going back into the story to find the answer, not making an assumption) and identifying the main idea and supporting details.

REMINDERS

Students must be prepared with their school supplies.

- All students must have at least two sharpened pencils. They are allowed to have a sharpener in my class as long as the trash stays inside of it.

- Only fourth grade is allowed to use pens.

- Also please make sure your child knows how to tie their shoes. It's imperative they do, so we can avoid accidents.

LESSON PLAN AND REMINDERS FOR WEEK OF NOVEMBER 4-8

SECOND GRADE
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* VOCABULARY WORDS ARE STILL THE SAME AS LAST WEEK.




THIRD GRADE
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*VOCABULARY WORDS ARE STILL THE SAME AS LAST WEEK.
CLICK HERE FOR READING LESSON PLAN
* VOCABULARY WORDS ARE;
1. suffix
2.-er
3. -est
4.- en
5. - able
6. - ible
7.  - ment
8.  - er, os, ist
#2-8 are suffixes 

FOURTH GRADE
CLICK HERE FOR SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON PLAN
*VOCABULARY WORDS ARE THE SAME FROM LAST WEEK PLUS ALL OF THE PEOPLE AND PLACES NAMED ON PAGE 82.
CLICK HERE FOR READING LESSON PLAN
*VOCABULARY WORDS ARE THE SAME FROM LAST WEEK. 
REMINDER
- Students need the following two books: Ninth Ward ($2.50) and I survived : The Japanese Tsunami ( $5.00). The prices above are from scholastic. Some students purchased these already at the book fair. Ms.Fundora will be ordering more of these books, please bring in the money for the books by Tuesday so we can secure our order.