FOR DECEMBER 23, 2013

The last day of school before Christmas Break is Monday December 23.

- The school will have Lessons and Carols at 8:30am.

- Students may dress up.

- Our second grade class will have a small party with snacks( no pizza because they are leaving at 1pm.)

- Students know which one is bringing cookies, chips, drinks and cups.

- Whatever is left over, they will take home.

- Dismissal is at 1pm.

- THERE IS NO AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM !!

LESSON PLANS FOR WEEK OF DECEMBER 16-20

REMINDERS
1. Unit exams are this week. The schedule is in the post below.

2. Make sure your child has pencils, erasers, sharpeners and looseleaf. Looking for these delays the start of class.

3. Second grade needs to bring plastic bags to pack up their books this Friday. If you want your child to bring specific books home for the break let them know so Friday they take them home. Once the bags are in the lockers, they will not come back out.

CLICK HERE FOR SECOND GRADE READING LESSON

CLICK HERE FOR SECOND GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON

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

HOMEWORK FOR MONDAY DECEMBER 16
- Study for unit exams.

HOMEWORK FOR WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 18
2ND GRADE: CLICK HERE TO PRACTICE SONG FOR MONDAY

3RD GRADE: Copy social studies vocabulary words into notebook.

4TH GRADE: Study social studies. Due to the lenght of writing exams, they never got to it.

UNIT 2 EXAMS

SOCIAL STUDIES

SECOND GRADE
- Study notes and vocabulary words  starting with maps and ending with community types.
- Textbook Living in Communities unit 2

THIRD GRADE
- Study notes and quiz.
- Textbook unit 2. Test will cover the Anasaasi, Jamestown and San Francisco.

FOURTH GRADE
- Study notes and quiz
- Textbook chapter 3 lesson 3( Iroquois confederacy) to chapter 4 lesson 3 ( British Colony).

WRITING

- The writing exam will include students reading a text provided during the test and creating a written response to it on looseleaf.
- Students NEED LOOSELEAF AND PENCILS.

LESSON PLANS FOR WEEK OF DECEMBER 9-13

CLICK HERE FOR SECOND GRADE READING LESSON PLAN






REMINDERS FOR WEEK OF DECEMBER 9-13
1. Students must have their own sharpened pencils,. looseleaf , erasers, etc. Stopping class to find supplies for someone is distracting for everyone.

2. This week students will be taking the  interim exam on Thursday and Friday.

3. Second grade will be working on a reading response to Frog and Toad All Year.

4. Fourth grade will be working on a response to I survived: The Japanese Tsunami.

5. Some of the vocabulary are still being used and they are for unit 3.

6.  The unit 2 exams will be the week of December 16-20.

7. The writing exams in the content areas and the social studies exam are on December 16.

8.  Since on December 16 , students have for me two writing exams (one writing for reading and one writing in social studies ) and the social studies unit exam. One of the writing exams may overlap to Tuesday December 17.

9. The writing exams do not require any type of studying.Just come prepared with looseleaf, pencils and ready to read the text being used for the exam and complete all the sections.

10. On December 17, students will take the Religion and Science exam.

11. On December 18, students will take the Reading and ELA Exam.

12. On December 19, students will take the mathematics exam.

13. We will be packing up our classrooms for the Christmas break on Friday December 20th. Children need to start bringing bags for when we pack up. If your child will not be here on the 20th, please make sure they tell me so they pack up on the last day they will be in school. The books they need for the break for me for second grade will be sent home on Thursday December 19th.



HOMEWORK FOR DECEMBER 11, 2013
FOURTH GRADE
- Use the first four chapters of I Survived : The Japanese Tsunami, 2011 and create a timeline. Only one event per chapters, so make sure to pick the most important. It does not need many details, just like the ones read in SS class today. On looseleaf.
- Read pages 86-89 from SS textbook. Be prepared to discuss tomorrow. Understand the different between Latitude and longitude.

THIRD GRADE
- Read Papa Tells Chita a Story pages 22-28 and answer questions # 2 and 3 from page 29.
- Ask 10 people ( any ten: family members or friends) what fruit they like the  best between Strawberries, bananas, oranges, mango and pineapples. They must choose only one and write down how many people picked each fruit. Your numbers must add to 10.

SECOND GRADE
- Go back to chapter Surprise and Christmas Eve and write 3 sentences for each chapter explaining what happened in the chapter. Label the looseleaf with Surprise and summarize that chapter and then skip a line and write Christmas Eve and then the summary.

LESSON PLANS FOR WEEK OF DECEMBER 2-6

CLICK HERE FOR SECOND GRADE READING LESSON PLAN

CLICK HERE FOR FOURTH 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

REMINDERS FOR WEEK OF DECEMBER 2-6
1. Students must have their own sharpened pencils,. looseleaf , erasers, etc. Stopping class to find supplies for someone is distracting for everyone.

2. This week we will be reviewing  for the interim exam.

3. Second grade will be working on a reading response to Frog and Toad All Year.

4. Fourth grade will be working on a response to I survived: The Japanese Tsunami.

5. Friday will be a half a day- DISMISSAL IS 11AM.

6. The vocabulary words from this week are for unit 3.

7. The interim exam will be the week of December 9-13.

8. The unit 2 exams will be the week of December 16-20. Updates of specific dates will be posted soon.

9. Make sure your child has all the vocabulary words covered in unit 2 in their notebook, they will be tested on unit exam. Interim only includes reading comprehension using the skills learned in class, NO Vocabulary that we have done ( unless skill specific , ex. Main idea) will be on the interim exam.


SECOND GRADE VOCABULARY WORDS
READING
1. statue: a figure made from stone, wood or metal to look like a person or animal.
2. lava: the hot, melted rock flowing from a volcano.
3. nocturnal: active at night
4. wildfire: a large forest or brush fire that spreads quickly.
5. predict: to tell about something before it happens.
6. traffic: people or vehicles coming and going along a way of travel.
7. tower: a tall building or part of a building.
8. cargo: things to be moved from one place to another.
9. tide: the rise and fall of the ocean.
10.frenzy: a state of wild behavior .

SOCIAL STUDIES- define using the textbook glossary

1. rules

2.laws

3. leaders

4. mayor

5.vote


THIRD GRADE VOCABULARY WORDS
READING - WORDS WILL BE DEFINED IN READING PASSAGES

1. Poisonous

2. Capuchin monkeys

3. millipede

4. plesiosaur

5. fossils

SOCIAL STUDIES- SOME WORDS ARE FROM LAST WEEK AND DO NOT NEED TO BE DEFINED AGAIN.

1. Mission

2. Missionary

3. Independence

4. Gold Rush

5. cable car

6.  Chinatown

7. bar graph

8. line graph


FOURTH GRADE VOCABULARY WORDS
READING - WILL BE DEFINE IN PASSAGES

1.feverish

2. mummified

3.chisel

4. falcon

5. brooch

6. oarsmen

7. plunders

8. paleontologist

SOCIAL STUDIES- DEFINE USING TEXTBOOK. SOME WORDS ARE FROM LAST WEEK , NO NEED TO DEFINE AGAIN.

1. Tax

2.. Freedom of the press

3. Richard Nicolls

4. John Peter Zenger

5. Martha Turnstall Smith

6. samuel Townsend

7. indentured servant

8. slavery

9. manor

10. tenant farmer

11. merchant

12. government

13. French and Indian War

14. Stamp Act

15. Patriot

16. LOyalist

17. American revolution

18. Continental Congress

19. Declaration of Independence

20. George Washington

21. Thomas Jefferson

22. John Jay



HOMEWORK FOR DECEMBER 2, 2013
SECOND GRADE: Copy Vocabulary words into notebooks.

THIRD GRADE: Copy social studies vocabulary words into notebook.
CLICK HERE FOR SOCIAL STUDIES NOTES ON SAN FRANCISCO LONG AGO

FOURTH GRADE: Copy social studies vocabulary words into notebook.





HOMEWORK FOR DECEMBER 4, 2013
SECOND GRADE: Superkids page 37 section 2.

THIRD GRADE: Read or re-read pages 134-135 from communities textbook and answer Reviewing the skill section #1-4 on looseleaf. Questions and answers.

FOURTH GRADE: Read page 99 from social studies textbook and answer Think about it section #1-4 on looseleaf. Questions and answers.

LESSON PLANS FOR WEEK OF NOVEMBER 25-29

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


REMINDERS
1. Students must have their own sharpened pencils,. looseleaf , erasers, etc. Stopping class to find supplies for someone is distracting for everyone.

2. Cans are still being collected until Tuesday.

3. Wednesday there will be mass at 9 am  followed by honors assembly.

4. There is no school on Thursday and Friday.

VOCABULARY WORDS FOR WEEK OF NOVEMBER 25-29
SECOND GRADE-
READING: words are the same because we will still working on Frog and Toad.
SOCIAL STUDIES: words will still be the same.

THIRD GRADE-
READING:
SOCIAL STUDIES:
1.Dam
2. San Francisco, California
3. San Francisco Bay
4. Mission
5. Missionary
6. Independence
7. Gold Rush
8. Cable Car

FOURTH GRADE-
READING:

1.domestic: relating to or involving someone's home or family

2. surged: to move very quickly and suddenly in a particular direction

3. gallery:an outdoor balcony

4. debris:the pieces that are left after something has been destroyed

5. uprooted:to pull (a plant and its root) completely out of the ground

6. velocity: quickness of motion

7.looting: goods usually of considerable value taken in war or during a disaster. 

8. lawlessness: having no laws or obeying the laws. 

9. interstate:of, connecting, or existing between two or more states especially of the United States. 

10. sanitation: the promotion of hygiene and prevention of disease by maintenance of sanitary conditions (as by removal of sewage and trash). 

11. colleagues: an associate in a profession or in a civil office. 

12.desirous:  governed by desire. 

13. corpses:a dead body especially of a human being. 

14. destitution : lack of the means of subsistence; utter poverty. 

15 pilfering : to steal stealthily in small amounts and often again and again
SOCIAL STUDIES:

1. Dutch West India Company

2. colony

3. colonist

4. governor

5. patroon

6. Peter Minuit

7. Peter Stuyvesant

8. Tax

9. Freedom of the press

10. Richard Nicolls

11. John Peter Zenger

12. Martha Turnstall Smith

13. Samuel Townsend


HOMEWORK FOR NOVEMBER 25, 2013
SECOND GRADE
- Read chapter 2 from Frog and Toad All Year and answer the following questions in your notebook

1. What does Frog’s father tell him to make him feel better?

2. How is Frog trying to make the best of a bad situation?

THIRD GRADE
- Reading/ Social Studies: Copy vocabulary words into your notebook. Reading words are posted on the post above and Social Studies will be defined using textbook.
-Reading:
CLICK HERE FOR NOTES ON GEOGRAPHY OF SAN FRANCISCO

FOURTH GRADE
- Reading/ Social Studies: Copy vocabulary words into notebook. Reading are in this post above and social studies will be defined using textbook.
- Reading:  Read and complete worksheet with Jonathan Hare personal account.
- Read the first chapter of I survived: The Japanese Tsunami and be prepared to discuss in class tomorrow.
CLICK HERE FOR NOTES ON NEW NETHERLANDS




HOMEWORK FOR NOVEMBER 27, 2013

HOMEWORK FOR NOVEMBER 20, 2013

THIRD GRADE

READING
  -Copy vocabulary words (#1-4) into notebook. 5-10 is already in their notebook from class.
  - Complete the following worksheet. Click  HERE TO OPEN SIMPLE MACHINE WORKSHEET
              *If printout is given then use  that instead.

SOCIAL STUDIES
 - Read communities textbook page 102-107. Define the vocabulary words which are listed in the lesson      plan post on this blog using the textbook.
   - Answer Think About It section # 1 in notebook. Question and Answer.


SECOND GRADE

READING
- Use the red textbook and read "The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash" and answer the following questions on looseleaf:
1. How can you tell the girl's mother is surprised to hear that a cow was crying?
2. What caused the haystack to fall over?
3. Where do you think the kids got the eggs, based on the story?
4. Why do you think that the chickens didn't like the snake?

SOCIAL STUDIES
- Copy the vocabulary words with definition from the lesson plan post on this blog.


FOURTH GRADE

READING
- Reread the Hurricane Katrina text and answer the questions on that sheet.
- Copy reading vocabulary words from the lesson plan post on this blog.

SOCIAL STUDIES
- Search King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella. Explain who they are and what relationship they have with Christopher Columbus.