Thursday, August 3, 2017

SUMMER READING BOOK QUESTIONS



Book title:    Magic Tree House: Fact Tracker Heroes For All Times

Authors:   Mary Pope Osborne and Natalie Pope Boyce

*There are two different covers for this book, but the following is the latest cover.





Answer the following questions at the beginning of your reading/ELA notebook. Make sure to label the page with the Title of the book and then followed by labeling the chapters and numbering the questions. Also answer in sentence form.


Heroes for All Times

Chapter 1: Florence Nightingale

1.Why did Florence's dad teach his daughters at home? Florence's father taught them at home because....

2.What did her parents expect her to do as a young woman? (p.14)

3.What did most people die from during the Crimean War?

4.What was wrong with the hospitals in Scutari?

5.How did Nightingale help hospitals after the war?


Chapter 2:Harriet Tubman

1.What did Harriet Tubman learn at an early age?

2.What important choice did Tubman have to make when her owner died in 1849?

3.What was the Underground Railroad?

4.How many trips did Tubman make to the south to bring slaves to freedom?

5.How many slaves did she help?

6.Who fought in the Civil War? Why?


Chapter 3: Susan B. Anthony

1.What did Quakers believe in?

2.What do abolitionist want to do?

3.What is suffrage?

4.What problems did women face?

5.What two things did Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton start?

6.When did women get the right to vote?



Chapter 4: Mahatma Gandhi

1.What does Mahatma mean?

2.How old was Gandhi when he got married?

3.Why did he leave his wife and son?

4.What did Gandhi believe in?

5.What did he do to protest the British people controlling India?


Chapter 5: Martin Luther king jr.

1. What is segregation?

2.How old was Martin Luther King Jr. when he entered Morehouse College?

3.What did Martin Luther King Jr. learn from Gandhi?

4.What did Martin Luther King Jr. do to show his support for Civil Rights?

5.Where did he give his famous "I Have a Dream" speech?

6.What did he win in 1964?


Chapter 6: John Muir

1.What did John Muir invent as a kid?

2.How long was he blind for?

3.When he got his eyesight back, what did he promise to do?

4.John Muir became a naturalist. What is that?

5.What did John talk to President Theodore Roosevelt about?

6.What other parks did he create?


Summarizing question: You have read about many important people, choose ONE person that you liked/want to know more about / think they are cool and  in 2-3 sentences explain why. Be prepare to read these sentences aloud in class during the first week of school.


Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Summer Reading Books for 2017 Incoming Second Graders



Book title:    Magic Tree House: Fact Tracker Heroes For All Times

Authors:   Mary Pope Osborne and Natalie Pope Boyce

*There are two different covers for this book, but the following is the latest cover.

*Questions will be posted within the next week






School Supplies for the Incoming Second Grade : 2017-2018 School Year

The following  supply list is for the students that will be in second grade starting  September 2017.

Rising Second Grade (2nd grade in September 2017)



SECOND GRADE

-3 marble notebooks (no spiral notebooks- label only with name)

    (one for Reading/ELA, one for Religion/Science, one for Social Studies)

-1 graph marble notebook for math (Label only with name)


-6 folders (plastic ones only please- can be bought in the school's supply room- label only with name, also you can reuse the ones from this past year).

-pencils (no mechanical pencils)

-erasers


-1 pack of color pencils ( No markers)


-1 sharpener that keeps trash inside


-2 Pencils cases (no plastic boxes) 

*one pencil case for regular pencils , erasers, sharpener. The other for color pencils.

-2 rolls of paper towels


-2 containers of bleach wipes


-3 reams of white copy paper


-2 tissue boxes


-2 packs of graph paper


-2 packs of looseleaf


-1 glue stick 


-one 12 inch ruler 


*All students need a bookbag. Since students move around to different rooms, we suggest getting a sturdy rolling bookbag.


*Also, we usually require 6 notebooks instead of 4. We will try 4 notebooks ( 2 that wil share subjects) , but please beware that could change as the year starts  and kids work in the notebooks. 

Sunday, June 25, 2017

LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL OF REMINDERS



MONDAY JUNE 26

-Students are to be in their regular uniform, as there will be a photographer taking pictures for the school's website. 

-In the afternoon, there will be an of school year party. If you are in second or fourth grade look at the homeroom teachers page to see what to bring.

-Look below for third grade- If you purchased something for the party prior to reading this, then just stick with that. 


Last names that start with : A-D :juice or water (no soda please)


Last names that start with E-L: cookies and donuts: 


Last names that start with :M-Z: chips 



TUESDAY JUNE 27

-As of now regular uniform. 

-Award assembly at 1 pm in lunchroom



WEDNESDAY JUNE 28

-Students must wear dress up clothes as we will be attending the 8th grade graduation as a school community. (no jeans).

-Dismissal at 1 pm. 



SUMMER READING LIST

Students entering Second Grade 
Magic Tree House: Fact Tracker Heroes for all Times
Authors: Mary Pope Osborne and Natalie Pope Boyce

Students entering Third Grade 
The Blizzard!: The Storm that Changed America
Author: Jim Murphy

Students entering Fourth Grade
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Author: Robert C. O'Brien, 1986
Ms. Larios will be sending this book home with students on the last day of school - June 28th

Students entering Fifth Grade 
Ellis Island: New Hope in a New Land
Author William Jay Jacons
Mrs. Ramsey will be sending this book home with students on the last day of school - June 28th 

Title I Summer School

The Title I extended year program will begin July 5th and runs until August 3th This is for those students who were sent a letter a few weeks back.