SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH GRADE LESSON PLANS FOR THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 24-28

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REMINDERS
1. Look at schools main blog page for gym schedule this week.

2. Students must have all needed school supplies; pencils, (lead if they only have mechanical pencils), erasers, sharpeners, looseleaf, etc.

3. Third grade social studies is sue Wednesday, must be ready to present.

4. Second grade needs a small poster board, crayons/color pencils, scissors, and glue for a project they will do in class on Tuesday.


HOMEWORK FOR FEBRUARY 24, 2014

SECOND GRADE: Copy reading words with definition into reading notebook from post below and define social studies words found in lesson plan using People Together textbook, also write one paragraph explaining the Holocaust using the text you have and what you learned from the book, Passage to Freedom and Sughira Story and also explaining the connection between this event and Ruby Bridges. The writing is to be done on looseleaf. ALL HOMEWORK WILL BE CHECKED WEDNESDAY.

THIRD GRADE: Copy reading words with definition into reading notebook from post below and define social studies words found in lesson plan using Comparing Communities textbook. Keep working on Urban community project due WEDNESDAY- NO EXCUSES.

FOURTH GRADE: Copy reading words with definition into reading notebook from post below and define social studies words found in lesson plan. Also read chapter 2 and 3 from Stuart Little ( book will given in class) and answer the following questions:
1.  In Chapter Two, Mr. and Mrs. Little discuss five problems they saw existed in their home that related to Stuart. In a paragraph, list the five problems and solutions that were discussed by Mr. and Mrs. Little.
2. What did Stuart have to do to turn on the light and to get up to the washbasin?
3. How did Stuart turn on the water and what did the noise cause?
4. Why was Snowbell showing her teeth to Stuart?
5. What happened when Stuart tried to prove how strong he was to Snowbell?

*VOCABULARY WORDS WILL NOT BE CHECKED UNTIL WEDNESDAY, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO DO THE READING FROM THE BOOK AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS AS, STUDENTS WILL MOVE ON TO CHAPTER 4-5 IN CLASS ON WEDNESDAY.

SOCIAL STUDIES PROJECT: THIRD GRADE ONLY

Students will be given a major city of the United States of America. They will have to get a white poster board. The poster must include the following items:

1.    A title of the city.
2.  A one page report about the city.
3.  Pictures of the city and important sites. 
4.  A map of the United States and/or of its state showing where the city  is located.
5.  Written descriptions (captions) of the pictures placed under or next to the pictures.
6.  A three minute oral report about the city to be presented in class. NO READING!

Pictures must be mounted neatly.  All writing must be original and in the student's own words.
If you cannot find color pictures to cut out, you can Xerox some and color them or draw your own original art.

City Poster Grade Sheet

Item	Points Possible
Title (Was it neatly printed, stenciled, or typed? Was it spelled correctly? )	10
Report (Was it written in student's own words? Was it summarized correctly? Were there any language convention errors? Did it tell about the city?)	20
Pictures (Were there several pictures showing different things in the city? Were the pictures either cut out neatly or drawn in a neat manner? Were the pictures mounted onto the backboard?)	10
Map (Was there a map showing where the city is located in the United States? Was the map colored and mounted to the backboard?)	10
Written Descriptions (Were there written descriptions under or next to each picture explaining what was in the picture? Were the descriptions written neatly and words spelled correctly?)	20
Oral Report (Did you give an oral report on your city? Did you speak clearly and loudly? Did you know important information about your city? Did you speak about the city and not just read your report?)	20
Neatness (Was your report done in a neat and orderly manner?)	10
Total	100

Late projects will not be accepted. This is due on 2/26/14

90 - 100 points = A
80 - 89 points = B
74 - 79 points = C
70 - 73 points = D
Below 69 = F.

FOURTH GRADE WORDS FOR QUIZ - READING 

1. hardship

2. sleigh

3. point of view

4. frostbite

5. limb

6.misery

7. first person view

8. third person view

9. prospect

10. sonorous

11. audibly

12.motivate

13.rousing

14. chided

15.defiance

16.elude

17.glare

18.developed

19.biometics

20.agile

21.hostile

22. trot

23.hydraulics

24.efficiency

25. treadmill

FOURTH GRADE WORD FOR QUIZ- SOCIAL STUDIES 

1.convention

2.representation

3.capital

4.constitution

5.ratify

6.John Jay

7.George Clinton

8.Alexander Hamilton

9.George Washington

10. Martha Washington

THIRD GRADE WORDS FOR QUIZ - READING 

5.biography

6. boarding school

7.dormitory

8.endurance

9.manual

10.reservation

11.society

THIRD GRADE WORDS FOR QUIZ- SOCIAL STUDIES 

1. manufacture

2.raw materials

3.goods

4. urban areas

5.population

6.flowchart

7.assembly line

8. consumers

9. designers

10.prototypes

11.test drivers

12. robots

SECOND GRADE WORDS FOR QUIZ- READING 

SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH GRADE LESSON PLANS FOR WEEK OF FEBRUARY 17-21

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CLICK HERE FOR FOURTH GRADE READING LESSON PLAN

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HOMEWORK FOR 2/19/14

SECOND GRADE: Complete superkids book page 49-50. Also finish the question from class that needs the details that you underlined on the text Holocaust.

THIRD GRADE: Complete two paragraph essay on Jim Thope using details from the text. This is due on Friday on looseleaf.

FOURTH GRADE: Read the article and answer the questions that follow.

FOR SOCIAL STUDIES QUIZ TOMORROW REVIEW THE FOLLOWING;

SECOND GRADE
2. wants

3. product

4. service

5. taxes

6. basic needs

7. income

8. budget

9. graph

10. factory

1. capital

2. compass rose

3.river

4. lake

* Plus notes that go along with these words. 

THIRD GRADE

1. mountain range

2. plain

3. desert

4. river

5. lake

6. ocean

7. coast

8. island

9. peninsula

10. petroleum

11. mining

12. fuel

13. coal

14. lumbering

15. trawler

16. shellfish

17. pollute

18.livestock

19. crop

20. bar graph

21. soil

22. weather

23. climate

24. temperature

25. thermometer

26. precipitation

* Plus notes that go along with these words. 

FOURTH GRADE

 indentured servant

 slavery

 manor

 tenant farmer

 merchant

 government

French and Indian War

 Stamp Act

Patriot

 Loyalist

American revolution

 Continental Congress

 Declaration of Independence

 George Washington

Thomas Jefferson

John Jay

* Plus notes that go along with these words. 

SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH GRADE LESSON PLANS FOR WEEK OF FEBRUARY 10-14

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CLICK HERE FOR SECOND GRADE READING LESSON PLAN

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HOMEWORK FOR FEBRUARY 10, 2014

FOURTH GRADE
1. Social Studies: define the vocabulary words below in your social studies notebook. Use the textbook. If you did them in class on Thursday , during my absence, do not do them again.
1.convention

2.representation

3.capital

4.constitution

5.ratify

6.John Jay

7.George Clinton

8.Alexander Halmiton

9.Geroge Washington

10. Martha Washington

11.tyrants

12.proclaimed

13.eloquently

2. Reading: Copy the following words into your notebook. If you found them already , do not do it again. 

1.developed

2.biometics

3.agile

4.hostile

5. trot

6.hydraulics

7.efficiency

8. treadmill

3. Fill in the map with all states of the United States of America. Do not color anything on the map. If you do, you get a zero. 

THIRD GRADE 

1. Reading: read pages 671-674 and answer the following questions in your notebook in sentence form. 

        1. How are the events organized in this story? 

        2. What does Jim do after he find out his father has been shot? 

        3. Read page 674 paragraph 8, write a fact and an opinion found there. 

2. Label the map of the United States with all 50 states. 

READING QUIZ FOR TOMORROW

SECOND GRADE 

1. AUTHOR: the person who wrote a text. 

2. PURPOSE: the reason for something. 

3. PERSUADE: to convince someone to do something. Ex. Commercial

4. INFORM: to give information. Usually non-fiction. ex. science/social studies textbook. 

5. ENTERTAIN: to make enjoyable or be fun. Ex. Frog and Toad

6. RANCH: a large farm for raising animals. 

7.CATTLE: cows 

8.CHAPS:leather item that goes over the pants and buckles covering the legs.  

9.SPURS: a metal piece worn on the back of cowboy boots to direct the horse. 

10. segregation: the act of separating people based on race. religion, etc. 

11.desegregation: the act of ending segregation.  

12.Ruby Bridge: known as the first African American child to attend an all-white school after desegregation. 

13.New Orleans: the biggest city in the state of Louisiana.  Ruby lived here when she went to school. 

SKILLS
- author's purpose
- using details to answer questions



THIRD GRADE

1. creative

2.inventive

3.notable

4. 20th century

SKILLS

- refering to text for answers

- write to explain information

FOURTH GRADE

1. apprentice

2. stale

3.vain

4.prose

5. opponent

6. disposition

7.counted

8.molasses

9.dispose

10. grenadiers

11.sentry

12.contraption

SKILLS

- Write opinion piece using details

- identify the elements of plays and text and what they do.