LESSON PLANS AND REMINDERS FOR WEEK OF NOVEMBER 24-28

HOMEWORK FOR NOVEMBER 24

SECOND GRADE:
-Reading comprehension sheet. DUE TOMORROW.

THIRD GRADE:
-Review social studies vocabulary words from pages 271 and 278 from Comparing Communities textbook. Quiz tomorrow on 5 of those words.
-Write a six sentence paragraph on Moscow using the key vocabulary words. Describe the information your have learned in sequence. Make sure to follow grammar rules and reread.

FOURTH GRADE:
- Visual Clues worksheet for inferencing.



REMINDERS
1. There will be a reading quiz ( solely on comprehension) on Tuesday for all three grades.
2. Social studies vocabulary quiz for third grade on Tuesday November 25.
3. Social Studies vocabulary quiz for fourth grade on Wednesday November 26.* words they need to review were reviewed and stated in class.
4. Social Studies quiz using reading comprehension on Wednesday November 26.
5. Thanksgiving Mass on Wednesday November 26.

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FOURTH GRADE READING HOMEWORK - DUE MONDAY NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Fourth grade students should be reading EVERY NIGHT for at LEAST 30 MINUTES. Therefore they are being given the following assignment for the weekend.


Read The Long Winter - FRIDAY
- The rest of chapter 11 "Pa Goes to Volga" and answer the following questions
1. Who is Mr.Edwards? What are his feelings about taxes? Use details to support your answer.

Read The Long Winter -SATURDAY
- Chapter 12-"Alone" and do the following;
1. Research online for a blizzard that has occurred in NYC before. Read about it and write a paragraph describing it. Make sure to mention the place, date, how long it lasted and the effects of it.


Read The Long Winter- SUNDAY
- Chapter 13-"We'll Weather the Blast" and answer the following questions;
1. Explain the sibling rivalry that happened in this chapter.


ALL ON LOOSELEAF AND DUE MONDAY MORNING.

REMINDERS FOR WEEK OF NOVEMBER 12-14

REMINDERS
1. Second grade search for information of Joan Miro- the painter who inspired our last art work. Just basic facts, date of birth, where he lived, what made him famous, etc. This is not due till November 17.

2. Report card night is November 21 from 1-7 pm. There is a time limit. Please do not arrive later than 6:40 pm.


HOMEWORK FOR NOVEMBER 13, 2014

FOURTH GRADE
-Read The Long Winter : the rest of chapter 9- we left off on page 86 and answer the following questions
1. How is Laura getting use to attending school in town? Use details from the text to support your answer.
2. How do the children get home from school during the blizzard?
3. Using the description of  the classroom from page 80 draw a picture of what it looks like inside. Label the things you draw according to what the book says.

-Read the Long Winter Chapter 10-Three Days' Blizzard and answer the following questions.
1. Explain who  using details.


THIRD GRADE
- Reread and revise the paragraph on Kenya that you started/finished in your notebook. Make corrections and then rewrite it on looseleaf with full heading.

SECOND GRADE
- Finish your social studies work. On the white paper draw a picture of what you learned about Native Americans. Then on the index card write two sentences explaining what you learned. Must match the image on the paper.

HOMEWORK FOR NOVEMBER 12, 2014

-FOURTH GRADE:
Read the Long Winter chapter 7 Indian Warning and answer the following questions:
1. What is the predictions the Indian makes at the town store?
2. What is pa's opinion about the prediction?
3. Is the Indian's prediction supported by any other clues in the text so far? Explain.

Read the Long Winter Chapter 8 Settled in Town and answer the following questions:
1. How do the Ingalls adapt to living in town at the store?
2. Who else is living in town besides the Ingalls?

THIRD GRADE
-Phonics book pages 173-174

SECOND GRADE
-Phonics book pages 65-66

SOCIAL STUDIES RESCHEDULE

Due to my illness today, Wednesday, the social studies quarter exam will be given on Friday November 7, 2014.

SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH GRADE LESSON PLANS AND REMINDERS FOR WEEK OF NOVEMBER 3-7

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QUARTER EXAM REVIEW GUIDE

SECOND GRADE READING

VOCABULARY: onomatopoeia, homonyms, vowels, consonants, characters, setting, plot, story elements, subheading, captions, bold print. 

All the vocabulary words from the weekly vocabulary sheets.

SKILLS:

1. Use images and printed words to identify, the characters, setting and plot.
2. Describe how characters respond to events
3. Explain the problem and solution

PHONICS:

1. Identify words that are homonyms and onomatopoeia
2. identify vowels and consonants
3. create words with given phonograms.

SECOND GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES

VOCABULARY WORDS: communities, urban, city, rural, suburban (suburb), compare a, contrast, dairy, map, neighborhood, neighbor, symbols, directions, map key.

BE ABLE TO:

1. Explain/understand what is in each one of the communities (urban, suburb, rural).
2. Be able to compare and contrast between the types of communities.

THIRD GRADE READING

VOCABULARY: characters, setting, plot. Problem, solution, folktales, myths, character traits, character motivation, sequence, images, illustrations, story elements, recount, longed, homesick, theme. Also the vocabulary words from the weekly vocabulary sheets.

SKILLS:

1. Explain the central message/moral of the story
2. Describe the character and their actions
3. Identify how a characters action has affected the sequence of events.
4. Retell of a text including the most important components.
5. Use images and text to make meaning.

THIRD GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES

VOCABULARY WORDS: community, physical features, natural resources, city, suburb, town, rural, map, map key, symbols, compass rose, main directions, longitude, latitude, prime meridian, equator, coordinates, geography, mountain range, plain, desert, river, lake, oceans, peninsula, oceans, coasts. Hemisphere, globe.

BE ABLE TO:

1. Identify the different types of land forms
2. Use a map and it's features to find places.
3. Use coordinates to find place around the world.

FOURTH GRADE READING

VOCABULARY: text features, non-fiction, captions, table on contents, graphs/charts, maps, theme, topic, compare, contrast, folktale, valuable, evidence, devoured.vocabulary words from the weekly vocabulary sheets.

SKILLS:

1. Be able to compare and contrast the themes of text.
2. Use charts, graphs, diagrams to make meaning.
3. Use text evidence to respond to questions.

FOURTH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES

VOCABULARY WORDS: landforms, plains, geography, border, plateau, valley, tributary, Mohawk River, land form map, political map, historical map, mouth, source, Hudson River, globe, intermediate directions, cardinal directions, symbols, natural resources,, renewable resources, nonrenewable, population, economy, quarry, conservation, artifact, longhouse, ancestor, Iroquois Confederacy, ancestors, clan, clan mother, counsel, sachem, wampum, artifact, archaeologist, prehistory, hunter-gatherers,

BE ABLE TO:

1. Explain the traveling of the Hudson River from source to mouth and the features along the way.
2. Identify and contrast the various types of maps.
3. Explain the causes of the Iroquois confederacy.
4. Describe the government that the Native Americans began after the confederacy

LESSON PLANS AND REMINDERS FOR WEEK OF OCTOBER 27-31

REMINDERS
1. Monday there will be social studies quizzes.
2.Fourth grade is based on pages 70-75(The Iroquois Confederacy)
3.Third grade is based on using latitude and longitude to find places in the world.
4.Second grade is based on reading social studies text and using the text features (captions, subheadings and bold print). The definition of those words are in the green reading book pages 99-100.
5. There will be Halloween parties on October 31- look at the homeroom teacher's blog for more information. Second grade parents look below .
6. Fourth graders are reading The Long Winter. There will be h.w assigned every night from this book.

HOMEWORK FOR OCTOBER 27,2014
SECOND GRADE : 1.Complete question #4 from page 106.
                                2. Phonics book page49,50,51
                                3. Reading passage: Color Shows Mood (Due Friday!)

THIRD GRADE:     1. Red reading book page 185- short response on looseleaf. Make sure to
                                   follow directions.
                               2. Reading passage: Senor Coyote, the Judge (Due Friday!)

FOURTH GRADE:   1. Read chapter 2 from the Long Winter- Write one full paragraph summarizing the
                                     chapter.
                                 2. Reading passage: Senor Coyote, the Judge (Due Friday!).

HOMEWORK FOR OCTOBER 29, 2014

SECOND GRADE: Phonics pages 61, 62, and 63. Using the story on page 63 from phonics answer the following questions. Who is the story about? What are they doing that is important? Where are they? How do they do it? Why do they do it?

THIRD GRADE: Read pages 276-277 from social studies textbook and answer the questions on page 277.

FOURTH GRADE;Read pages 82-85 and answer questions #1-3 from page 85 on loose leaf. Questions and Answers. Also read chapter 3 and 4 and summarize each one in a separate paragraph on loose leaf.


HALLOWEEN 2014
1. Second grade will have a Halloween party this Friday October 31.
2. Please send in $5 by Wednesday.
3. Students may wear a costume. If wearing a costume, please make sure they are wearing a costume when arriving at school. Teachers cannot aid in children getting dressed.
4. For snacks, on Halloween: (Tables 1-2 bring cookies, tables 3-4 bring chips and table 5-6 a box of individual juices)- NO soda please.
5. The younger children will parade around the school trick or treating. Please send, candy for your child to give to the little ones and some to share with the class.
6. Finally, No electronics for the party.

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