Monday, August 4, 2014

MEMOS FOR THE 2014-2015 SCHOOL YEAR

Dear second grade parents,

As you already know, this year your child will be entering the departmental setting that ranges from 2nd- 4th grade.  Your child will have three teachers, which they will see for two hour periods for two subjects. I will be their homeroom teacher as well as the reading and social studies teacher. Ms. Saville( 3rd grade homeroom) will be their Religion and ELA teacher and Mr.Badia (4th grade homeroom) will be their math and science teacher.

When looking into the supplies needed for the school year, you must check all three blogs. My supply list is below. In order to get information throughout the school year, you must also visit the blogs for each of three teachers. Before the start of the school year, there will be a meeting with Mr. Woods and also the teachers. Other information will be discussed at that time.



Dear Third and Fourth grade parents,

Hope you are enjoying your summer. In a month school meetings and the start of the school year will be upon us. If your child is new to the school, refer to the message for the second grade parents to get information about the departmental setting breakdown.



Supplies 


2nd Grade

- 2 marble notebooks ( one for reading and one for social studies)
- 3 folders ( one for reading, one for social studies and one writing portfolio)- All three will be collected and kept in class.
- 2 Looseleaf packs ( will be collected and kept in class for use)
- 2 rolls of paper towels
- 2 containers of bleach wipes
- 2 reams of copy paper
- 2 tissue boxes
- A pack of sheet protectors 
3rd Grade

- 2 marble notebooks ( one for reading and one for social studies)
- 3 folders ( one for reading, one for social studies and one writing portfolio)- All three will be collected and kept in class.
- 2 Looseleaf packs ( will be collected and kept in class for use)


4th Grade

- 2 marble notebooks ( one for reading and one for social studies)
- 3 folders ( one for reading, one for social studies and one writing portfolio)- All three will be collected and kept in class.
-2 Looseleaf packs ( will be collected and kept in class for use)


General Supplies for All Students 
- Pencils
- erasers
sharpeners ( ONLY THE ONES THAT COLLECT THE TRASH INSIDE)
- color pencils or crayons ( no markers)
- glue stick- no liquid glue
- bag or case to keep the above supplies
- pack of construction paper- this will be collected and kept at school.

* LABEL NOTEBOOKS AND FOLDERS WITH YOUR CHILD'S NAME PRIOR TO BRINGING THE SUPPLIES TO SCHOOL.


Below are some rules that must be followed to have a successful school year;


  • Students must be in homeroom by 8 am, if not they will have to get a late pass.
  • Proper school uniform must be worn at all times.
  • Homework, assignments, and reminders will be posted on the blog , so it must be checked regularly- olqmnyc.blogspot.com
  • Appointments to see teachers can be made through the office. No walk ins.


Monday, June 9, 2014

REMINDERS FOR WEEK OF JUNE 9-13

MONDAY JUNE 9

SECOND GRADE:
- Complete the worksheet on bar graphs. Answer all questions on the right hand corner where it says answers.
- Study unit 2 vocabulary words for reading and social studies ( only the words in the study guides). They will be assessed tomorrow.

THIRD GRADE:
- Complete the worksheet on President Vs. Prime Minister.
- Study unit 2 vocabulary words for reading and social studies ( only the words in the study guides). They will be assessed tomorrow.
- Answer the first essay from the Unit 2 study guide for social studies. On looseleaf.

FOURTH GRADE:
- Complete the timeline on Transportation.
- Study unit 2 vocabulary words for reading and social studies ( only the words in the study guides). They will be assessed tomorrow.
- Answer social studies essay question 1 from unit 1 and question 2 from unit 2. One paragraph each on looseleaf. Use a separate side for each one.

WEDNESDAY JUNE 11
- SECOND GRADE: study reading and social studies vocabulary words for unit 3 and 4 , assessment will be given tomorrow.
* Papers were sent home today, please remove from your child's book bag. They are to study at home.

- THIRD GRADE:  study reading and social studies vocabulary words for unit 3 and 4 , assessment will be given tomorrow.

- FOURTH GRADE:  study reading and social studies vocabulary words for unit 3 and 4 , assessment will be given tomorrow.
* Papers were sent home today, please remove from your child's book bag. They are to study at home.


REMINDERS
- Students have unit guides for all subjects. I do not have extra copies.
- Review the guides with your child at home. In class we are reviewing a unit or two every day.
- Friday is half a day.
- Red reading textbooks for second grade, can be kept. No need to return back.

Monday, June 2, 2014

HOMEWORK FOR 6/2

SECOND GRADE: Review the quiz sent home for retake tomorrow.

THIRD GRADE: Complete vocabulary words  ( social studies textbook pages 267 and 271)from class.

FOURTH GRADE: Define all the  vocabulary words from page 240 and the W.E.B. Du Bois, Duke Ellington, Langston Hughes.

Friday, May 23, 2014

2ND, 3RD AND 4TH GRADE LESSON PLANS AND REMINDERS FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 26-30

CLICK HERE FOR SECOND GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON PLANS

CLICK HERE FOR SECOND GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON PLAN

CLICK HERE FOR THIRD GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON PLAN

CLICK HERE FOR THIRD GRADE READING LESSON PLANS

CLICK HERE FOR FOURTH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON PLAN

CLICK HERE FOR FOURTH GRADE READING LESSON PLAN

REMINDERS 

1. Bring in sharpened pencils to school along with erasers, personal sharpener.
2. Make sure homework is completed and given in when due.
3. No late homework will be accepted pass the day it is due.
4. If the child does not have the homework when they are in class, it is their responsibility to come back and hand in by the end of the day.

Tuesday Quiz
- 2nd grade: Reading: Vocabulary:kingdom, stroll, details. Skill: Comprehension and using text details.
- 3rd grade:Reading: Vocabulary: prehistoric, sandbar, biology, digestive system, skeleton, cloning, DNA, chamber, sarcophagus, preserve and protein. Skill: main idea, details, using text details to support answers.
- 4th grade: Reading vocabulary: diverse, strife. Skill: cause and effect, details for support.

Wednesday Quiz
- 2nd grade: Social studies: geography skills- maps and grid maps.
-3rd grade: Social studies: San Francisco in the past and all the vocabulary words from the week along with notes.
-4th grade: Social studies: Weekly vocabulary words and textbook page 214-219

MONDAY MAY 26
-NO SCHOOL- Memorial Day.


TUESDAY MAY 27



WEDNESDAY MAY 28
HOMEWORK:
SECOND GRADE:
THIRD GRADE:
FOURTH GRADE:



THURSDAY MAY 29



FRIDAY MAY 30

Friday, May 16, 2014

2ND, 3RD AND 4TH GRADE LESSON PLANS AND REMINDERS FOR WEEK OF 19-23

CLICK HERE FOR SECOND GRADE READING LESSON PLAN

CLICK HERE FOR THIRD GRADE READING LESSON PLAN

CLICK HERE FOR FOURTH GRADE READING LESSON PLAN

CLICK HERE FOR SECOND GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON PLAN

CLICK HERE FOR THIRD GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON PLAN

CLICK HERE FOR FOURTH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON PLAN

REMINDERS 

1. Bring in sharpened pencils to school along with erasers, personal sharpener.
2. There will be a half a day on Friday.
3. Make sure homework is completed and given in when due.
4. No late homework will be accepted pass the day it is due.
5. If the child does not have the homework when they are in class, it is their responsibility to come back and hand in by the end of the day.

Mondays Quiz
- 2nd grade: using a grid map
- 3rd grade: NYC now compared to the past
- 4th grade: NY in the civil war ( vocabulary) and


MONDAY MAY 19
HOMEWORK:
SECOND GRADE:
THIRD GRADE:
FOURTH GRADE: Define the vocabulary words from lesson plan  in the social studies notebook.


TUESDAY MAY 20



WEDNESDAY MAY 21
HOMEWORK:
SECOND GRADE: Do the last two bullet points on page 185 of people together textbook. It says 1. Create a treasure map on the grid map you created for homework yesterday. 2. Create questions about your grid map that someone else can answer. *Write the questions on looseleaf but do not write answers to them.
THIRD GRADE: Finish the images of old and new New York City and write one paragraph describing the past NYC and one paragraph describing the present day NYC. Use two separate index cards or cut a looselaf in half and use a half for each section.
FOURTH GRADE: Read textbook pages 214-219 and answer questions 2,3 and 4 from page 219 on looseleaf. Questions and answers.


* Second grade: Students got superkids reports today. Please look it over.


THURSDAY MAY 22



FRIDAY MAY 23
- Half a day

Monday, May 12, 2014

2ND, 3RD, AND 4TH GRADE LESSON PLANS AND REMINDERS FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 12-16

Monday May 12, 2014
HOMEWORK:
-2ND GRADE: SOCIAL STUDIES: People Together page 186 # 1-3 Questions and answers in notebook.
-3RD GRADE: SOCIAL STUDIES: Comparing Communities: Define the vocabulary words on page 236 in your notebook. - Review pages 236-238.
- 4TH GRADE: SOCIAL STUDIES: Read pages 196-199 and answer questions # 2 from page 199 and # 2 from the THINKING ABOUT FACTS on page 204.

Wednesday May 14, 2014
HOMEWORK:
- 2ND GRADE: Read pages 12-13 and complete questions C and D from page 13 under Find Evidence section.
- 3RD GRADE: Reading homework using Comparing Communities textbook. Do page 245 Summarizing the chapter. Follow the directions in the book. Do it on looseleaf.
- 4TH GRADE: Reading homework using social studies textbook. Read pages 200-201 and do the TRYING THE SKILL SECTION on page 201 on looseleaf.

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

THURSDAY MAY 15,2014
HOMEWORK:
- 2ND GRADE: STUDY FINDING THE DETAILS THAT ANSWER KEY QUESTIONS FOR QUIZ TOMORROW.
-3RD GRADE: STUDY  FINDING THE DETAILS THAT ANSWER KEY QUESTIONS AND ALSO DEFINE THE STUDY THE VOCABULARY WORDS FROM COMPARING COMMUNITIES PAGES 247 AND 252 AND READ PAGES 247-251 AND ANSWER QUESTION C FROM.
-4TH GRADE: STUDY ANSWERING QUESTIONS WITH DETAILS.


Monday, May 5, 2014

2ND 3RD AND 4TH GRADE LESSON PLANS FOR WEEK OF MAY 5-9

MONDAY MAY 5
-  Check Reminders below!
2nd grade hw:
-Reading: Complete introduction paragraph ( 2 sentences with information about the topic and 1 stating your opinion).
- Social studies: Define the following words using the textbook in your notebook: main idea and pioneers.

3rd grade hw:
-Create the outline for an opinion essay on something you care about. The outline should only include:
I.  Introduction
a. background information
b. opinion

II. Reasons
a. Reason 1
b. Reason 2
c. Reason 3

- NO DETAILS FOR THE REASON, BUT YOU MUST LEAVE SPACE FOR THAT ON YOUR LOOSELEAF. WE WILL ADD DETAILS IN CLASS TOMORROW.

4th grade hw:
-Social studies textbook. Read pages 190-195 and answer Think about it questions 1-4 in notebook. Questions and answers.


TUESDAY MAY 6
CLICK HERE FOR SECOND GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES NOTES
-These notes go in the social studies notebook. Either print and attache to page with aim from today or write under the aim from today.


WEDNESDAY MAY 7- NYSELAT listening
2ND GRADE HW:
-Phonics book page 75- Have someone read it to you and then they can ask you the questions on the bottom. You are to answer the questions based on what you heard on looseleaf.
-Phonics book page -137- Read about the Statue of Liberty and answer the questions from the bottom of the page on the same looseleaf from above.
ALSO , IF ARE STILL WORKING ON YOUR SHORT ESSAY IN YOUR NOTEBOOK, FINISH. TOMORROW IS THE FOURTH AND LAST TIME  TO REVISE AND YOU WILL WORK ON FINAL DRAFT. CLICK BELOW IF YOU NEED HELP TO REMIND YOU THE RULES.
CLICK HERE FOR HELP ON THE ESSAY

3RD GRADE HW:
- Social Studies: Define the following words in your notebook using the textbook; fort, watchman, inhabitant. Read pages 230-235 and answer the following questions in your notebook.
A. Explain what did Peter Stuyvesant force people to do and why.
B. Who became the first police force in America? What were their jobs? Why were they called rattlewatch?
C. How were girls and boys treated differently in school? What was the schoolmasters job?

ALSO IF YOU WERE NOT ABLE TO FINISH THE WORK FROM TUESDAY , CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW AND FINISH IT. I WILL CHECK IT AND GRADE AND IT WILL BE PART OF YOUR NOTES.
CLICK HERE FOR THIRD GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES WORK FROM MAY 6

4TH GRADE HW:
- Write one paragraph describing what a hero is. Six sentences and on looseleaf. This will be part of your introduction paragraph for an essay about a hero you will be working on tomorrow in class. DO NOT PICK A HERO, JUST DESCRIBE WHAT A HERO SHOULD BE ( NOT A SUPER HERO. A NORMAL HUMAN).


THURSDAY MAY 8- LEAP Program

FRIDAY MAY 9- NYSELAT- Writing

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

CLICK HERE FOR SECOND GRADE LESSON PLAN

CLICK HERE FOR SECOND GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON PLAN

REMINDERS 

1. Bring in sharpened pencils to school along with erasers, personal sharpener.
2. Students will take NYSELAT listening on Wednesday and the writing on Friday.
3. Make sure homework is completed and given in when due.
4. No late homework will be accepted pass the day it is due.
5. If the child does not have the homework when they are in class, it is their responsibility to come back and hand in by the end of the day.