WEEK OF MARCH 1, 2010 4TH GRADE LESSON PLANS FOR READING AND LANG. ARTS

REMINDERS:

1. Please remember to cover all soft-covered books. Some children have not covered any and there are no extra copies if they rip.

2. Remember to read the purple assignment book and check the HW folder each night to know your child's homework for each day. Also, check your child’s notebooks to see what they are doing in class or if I have written you a note. Homework will not be accepted late. If the children are absent, they should get their notes and HW assignments from a friend or myself and complete them within 2 days of their return to school. Anything not handed in will be given a grade of 0 in the SIS system.

3. Your child needs to remember to bring all of their school supplies every day. Children do not have pens, pencils, or looseleaf for class. Being organized, prepared, and responsible is all part of good conduct.

4. The children will be given a new book to read this week or next. The notes will be started in the back of the Reading NB. The children should complete the notes on their own.

5. Web site to download past ELA exams http://www.nysedregents.org/Grade4/EnglishLanguageArts/home.html (please have your children practice past tests to review for the exam in April.

TESTS:

Spelling Test- Tues. March 2, 2010

Vocabulary Test- Friday, 3/5 (same words as last week)

Language Arts Test- Friday, 3/5 (Study pgs. 338-360 in the Voyages Text). Pronouns will not be included on this test.

VOCABULARY: definitions can be found in the Vocabulary NB (Test Friday, 3/5)

  1. kidnap- (v) to seize or hold a person by force, sometimes to get a ransom.
  2. legend- (n) a story or group of stories handed down for generations and believed to have some type of historical basis
  3. mauve- (adj.) any of several shades of pale or light purple
  4. navy- 1. (n) a nation’s entire sea force; 2. (adj) a very dark, purplish blue color (navy blue).
  5. pale-(adj) a whitish or colorless complexion

2. Reading Vocabulary Words from The Stranger: (definitions will be written in the Reading NB)

barren, crops, sprout, wilt, draft, etched, fascinated, frost, parlor, terror, timid, drab, hermit, hypnotized

SPELLING- Words with –ed and –ing (The Stranger)

watched, watching, danced, dancing, studied, studying, stopped, stopping, dried, drying, happened, happening, noticed, noticing, robbed, robbing, slipped, slipping, hurried, hurrying

Challenge Words:

answered, answering, magnified, magnifying, interfered, interfering.

LANGUAGE ARTS: Third Quarter Work

Composition:

The children will be working on writing descriptive paragraphs (Chapter 3 in Voyages).

Grammar and Mechanics: pgs. 338-373

Noun: is a word that names a person (girl), place (school), or a thing (ball).

Common noun: names any person, place, or thing.

Proper noun: names a particular person, place, or thing. Each proper noun begins with a capital letter.

eg. teacher is a common noun; Ms. Larios is a proper noun.

Singular noun: names one person (boy), place (school), or thing (ball).

Plural noun: names more than one person, place, or thing.

Add –s or –es to make most nouns plural. For nouns that end in a consonant and y, change y to I and add –es. Add –es to nouns that end in s, ss, x, ch, or sh.

eg. boy- boys, girl-girls, box-boxes, glass-glasses, lunch-lunches, dish-dishes, bus-buses, party-parties, candy-candies, holiday-holidays

Irregular plural noun- The plurals of some nouns are not formed by adding –s or –es to the singular noun. These are irregular plural nouns. These should be memorized because they do not follow any rules.

eg. ox- oxen, child-children, tooth-teeth, foot-feet, mouse-mice, woman-women, goose-geese, wolf-wolves, wife-wives, leaf-leaves, wife-wives.

Some nouns have the same singular and plural forms:

Singular Possessive Nouns- A possessive noun shows possession or ownership. A singular possessive noun shows that one person or thing owns something. To form the singular possessive, add an apostrophe and the letter s (-‘s) to a singular noun.

eg. Maria’s bookbag is heavy. (Maria’s bookbag means the bookbag belongs to Maria)

The car’s tire was flat. (Car’s tire means that the tire belongs to the car)

Plural Possessive Nouns- A plural possessive shows that more than one person or thing owns something. To form the plural possessive of regular nouns, add an apostrophe (‘) after the –s of the plural form. Remember to form the plural of a regular noun before adding the apostrophe.

eg. boy (singular), boys (plural), boy’s (singular possessive), boys’ (plural possessive)

baby (singular), babies (plural), baby’s (singular possessive), babies’ (plural possessive).

man (singular), men (plural), man’s (singular possessive), men’s (plural possessive)

ox (singular), oxen (plural), ox’s (singular possessive), oxen’s (plural possessive)

Nouns as Subjects- a noun may be used as a simple subject of a sentence. The subject tells what the sentence is about. It tells who or what is or does something.

eg. The sea can be rough. Sea is the noun that tells what can be rough (simple subject).

Nouns as Direct Objects- a noun may be used as the direct object of a sentence. The direct object tells who or what receives the action of the verb.

eg. The Egyptians built pyramids. The Egyptians built what? The noun pyramids is the direct object of the sentence. It tells what the Egyptians built.

Nouns as Subject Complements- a subject complement gives information about the subject. It follows a linking verb such as the verb be and its various forms (am, is, are, was, were).A noun used as a subject complement renames the subject.

eg. Stuart Little is a mouse. Mouse is used as a subject complement because it follows the linking verb is and renames the subject of the sentence (Stuart Little).

Pronouns- personal pronouns are words that take the place of a noun. They refer to the person speaking; the person spoken to; or the person, place, or thing spoken about. They are first person, second person, or third person.

List of personal pronouns:

I he she we it you

me her him us its yours

mine hers his ours

First Person (singular) I, me, mine (plural) we, us, ours

Second Person (singular) you, yours (plural) you, yours

Third Person (singular) he, him, his (plural) they, them, theirs

she, her, hers, it, its

Subject Pronoun-is a pronoun that is used as the subject of the sentence.

List of Subject Pronouns: Singular- I, you, he, she, it; Plural- we, you, they

eg. I dance. He dances. We dance.

Object Pronoun- is a pronoun that is used after an action verb in a sentence.

List of Object Pronouns: Singular- me, you, him, her, it; Plural- us, you, them

eg. The stars interest me. Me is the object of the sentence. It comes after the action verb interest. Therefore, me is an object pronoun.

HOMEWORK: Check the Purple Assignment Book every night for exact pages.

MONDAY: Reading Practice Book- pg. 106 on looseleaf. Remember to write a complete heading and papers ripped the notebook will not be accepted. Study for Spelling Test

TUESDAY: Lang.Arts- Voyages- pg. 357 Exercise 1 . Write the sentences out and underline the direct object in each. Do in Lang. Arts NB.

WEDNESDAY: Lang. Arts- Voyages p. 359 Exercise 1 (1-10) Write the sentences out and under subject complement. Do in Lang. Arts NB.

THURSDAY: Study for the Language Arts and Vocabulary Tests

FRIDAY: Read for at least 30 minutes over the weekend. You can read any book or magazine.

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!

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WEEK OF March 1, 2010 3RD GRADE READING AND ELA LESSON PLANS

REMINDERS:

1. Please remember to cover all soft-covered books. Some children have still not covered any of their books.

2. Remember to read the purple assignment book and check the HW folder each night to know your child's homework for each day. Also, look through your child’s Reading and Language Arts NBs to see how they are doing on their classwork and homework. Remember that the children are responsible for all homework and classwork when they are absent. Please check the blog to hand in any missing assignments. Also make sure they get any missing notes or vocabulary and spelling words.

3. Gym on Mondays. Wear gym shirt, gym pants, and sneakers.

4. The children are reading different books. The boys are reading The Fantastic Mr. Fox and the girls are reading Charlotte’s Web. The notes will be started in school in the back of the Reading NB. They should finish the notes on their own jotting down details about the characters, settings, and plot of the story. The Book Test will be on Thursday, March 4th.

5. Dismissal on Friday, 3/5 will be at 2:30.

6. Lenten Folders were sent home with the children last week. Fr. Almonte has asked the children to donate whatever possible during the forty days of lent.

7. The children are only allowed to wear blue cardigan sweaters in class. They will not be allowed to leave on any hoodies or different colored sweaters. Part of the weekly conduct grade is wearing the proper uniform.

8. The following link is to the NYSED for ELA exams. It would be very beneficial to download some of the past tests and have your child practice. Even though our school does not administer the 3rd ELA exam, it is a very good practice for the Grade 4 exam.

http://www.nysedregents.org/Grade3/EnglishLanguageArts/home.html

TESTS:

  1. Weekly Vocabulary Test- Friday, 3/5 same words as last week (see Vocabulary NB for definitions).
  2. Spelling Test- Tues., 3/2. Words from The Stories Julian Tells
  3. Language Arts Test- Friday 3/5 (study pgs. 342-367 in the Voyages Book).
  4. Book Test- Thursday, 3/4

VOCABULARY: definitions can be found in the Vocabulary NB

  1. kidnap- (v) to seize or hold a person by force, sometimes to get a ransom.
  2. legend- (n) a story or group of stories handed down for generations and believed to have some type of historical basis
  3. mauve- (adj.) any of several shades of pale or light purple
  4. navy- 1. (n) a nation’s entire sea force; 2. (adj) a very dark, purplish blue color (navy blue).
  5. pale-(adj) a whitish or colorless complexion

2. Reading Vocabulary Words from The Stories Julian Tells:

beyond, collection, mustache, seriously, fastened, cartwheel

Check the Reading NB for these words and their definitions.

SPELLING: Possessives and Plurals (The Stories Julian Tells) brother’s, brothers, uncle’s, uncles, sister’s, sisters, sisters’, man’s, men’s, child’s, girls, girl’s, girls’, mine, yours

Challenge Words:

tease, friendship, polite, wiggle, nuisance

LANGUAGE ARTS: Third Quarter Work

The children will be working on Descriptive Paragraphs in Composition (Chapter 3 in Voyages Book starting on p. 82)

Grammar: Starting on pg. 338 in the Voyages Text

Noun: is a word that names a person (girl), place (school), or a thing (ball).

Common noun: names any person, place, or thing.

Proper noun: names a particular person, place, or thing. Each proper noun begins with a capital letter.

eg. teacher is a common noun; Ms. Larios is a proper noun.

Singular noun: names one person, place, or thing.

Plural noun: names more than one person, place, or thing.

Add –s or –es to make most nouns plural. For nouns that end in a consonant and y, change y to i and add –es. Add –es to nouns that end in s, ss, x, ch, or sh.

eg. boy-boys, girl-girls, box-boxes, glass-glasses, lunch-lunches, dish-dishes, bus-buses, party-parties, candy-candies, holiday-holidays

Irregular Plural Nouns: The plurals of some nouns look a little different from their singular forms. These are called irregular plurals because they are not formed by adding an –s or –es. They should be memorized.

ox-oxen, child-children, tooth-teeth, foot-feet, mouse-mice, woman-women, goose-geese, sheep-sheep, deer-deer, fish-fish, Chinese- Chinese

Singular Possessive Nouns- the possessive form of a noun shows possession, or ownership. To form a singular possessive, which means something is owned by one person or thing, add an apostrophe and the letter (s) to a singular noun. (friend- friend’s)

eg. I walked to my neighbor’s house.

Do you like Isabella’s coat?

Neighbor’s house means the house belongs to a neighbor. Isabella’s coat means that the coat belongs to Isabella.

Plural Possessive Nouns- A plural possessive shows that more than one person or thing owns something. To form the plural possessive of regular nouns, add an apostrophe (‘) after the –s of the plural form. Remember to form the plural of a regular noun before adding the apostrophe.

eg. boy (singular), boys (plural), boy’s (singular possessive), boys’ (plural possessive)

baby (singular), babies (plural), baby’s (singular possessive), babies’ (plural possessive).

man (singular), men (plural), man’s (singular possessive), men’s (plural possessive)

ox (singular), oxen (plural), ox’s (singular possessive), oxen’s (plural possessive)

Pronoun: is a word that takes the place of a noun.

Personal Pronoun- refers to a person who is speaking or to the person or thing that is spoken to or about.

eg. I, me, mine, we, us, ours, she, her, hers, they, them, theirs, he, him, his, you, it, its.

Subject Pronoun-is a pronoun that is used as the subject of the sentence.

List of Subject Pronouns: Singular- I, you, he, she, it; Plural- we, you, they

eg. I dance. He dances. We dance.

Object Pronoun- is a pronoun that is used after an action verb in a sentence.

List of Object Pronouns: Singular- me, you, him, her, it; Plural- us, you, them

eg. The stars interest me. Me is the object of the sentence. It comes after the action verb interest. Therefore, me is an object pronoun.

HOMEWORK: Check the Purple Assignment Book every night for exact pages.

MONDAY: Reading- Practice Book- pgs. 52, 53 Study for Spelling Test.

TUESDAY: Language Arts (Voyages)- pg. 357 Exercise 1 (1-8) in Language Arts NB

WEDNESDAY: Study for book test. Remember to bring notes and the book.

THURSDAY: Study for the Language Arts Test and Vocabulary Tests.

FRIDAY: Read for at least 30 minutes over the weekend. You can read any book or magazine.

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!

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WEEK OF MARCH 1, 2010 2ND GRADE READING AND ELA LESSON PLANS

REMINDERS:

1. Please remember to cover all soft-covered books. Some children still have none of their Reading or Language Arts books covered.

2. Remember to read the purple assignment book and check the HW folder each night to know your child's homework for each day.

3. Your child needs to remember to bring all of their school supplies every day. Many children are coming to class with no pencils or looseleaf.

4. Please check the school blog every day for HW updates and information. It is impossible for the children to copy down everything so please make it a priority to check the blog. Please remember to click under Mrs.Larios, the week and 2nd Grade.

5. Remember that Homework counts as a grade and many children are not completing it. Check your child’s Reading and Language Arts NB every day to see if I have written you a note. If your child is absent from school, he/she is still responsible to complete the HW and get any notes that may have been given. See blog for HW and tests for the week.

6. The children were given a new book to read titled Ox-Cart Man. Notes were started in the back of the Reading NB. The children should finish the notes by writing the settings of the story, characters, and plot. They will be allowed to use their notes on the test so it is very important that they make notes.

TESTS:

Spelling Test- Tues. 3/2 Words from Lemonade for Sale

Vocabulary Test- Friday 3/5 same words as last week (words in Vocabulary NB)

Language Arts Test-Friday, 3/5 study pgs.94-120 in Language Handbook

VOCABULARY WORDS: For this week-Test Friday 3/5

  1. kidnap- (v) to seize or hold a person by force, sometimes to get a ransom.
  2. legend- (n) a story or group of stories handed down for generations and believed to have some type of historical basis
  3. mauve- (adj.) any of several shades of pale or light purple
  4. navy- 1. (n) a nation’s entire sea force; 2. (adj) a very dark, purplish blue color (navy blue).
  5. pale-(adj) a whitish or colorless complexion

READING VOCABULARY WORDS FROM LEMONADE FOR SALE: announced, arrived, glum, members, rebuild

High Frequency Words: the students only need to know how to read these words (they do not need to know how to define them): between, enough, fill, idea, number

SPELLING WORDS: Words with the /ar/ sound as in car

bar, jar, star, farm, harm, charm, dark, remark, sparkle, alarm, fourteen, source, between, enough, idea Test on Tues.3/2.

LANGUAGE ARTS- Second Semester Work

This week we will be working on writing descriptive paragraphs and proper nouns.

Nouns- names a person, place, thing, or animal (pgs. 94-120) Language Handbook).

Singular noun: names one person, place, or thing.

Plural noun: names more than one person, place, or thing.

Add –s or –es to make most nouns plural. For nouns that end in a consonant and y, change y to I and add –es. Add –es to nouns that end in s, ss, x, ch, or sh.

eg. boy-boys, girl-girls, box-boxes, glass-glasses, lunch-lunches, dish-dishes, bus-buses, party-parties, candy-candies, holiday-holidays

Irregular plural noun- some nouns change their spelling to name more than one.

eg. woman-women, foot-feet, goose-geese, child-children, tooth-teeth, mouse-mice, man-men, leaf-leaves

Proper Nouns- Names of people, animals, places, days of the week, months of the year, holidays, names of streets, towns, cities, states, countries, rivers, lakes, and oceans.

Proper nouns begin with capital letters.

eg. Mr. Woods, Dr. Sanchez, Rex, Orlando, Florida, America, Tuesday, January, Christmas, Arden Street, New York, Bronx, Hudson River, Lake George, Atlantic Ocean.

Abbreviation- is a short way to write a word. Most abbreviations end with period and begin with a capital letter.

eg. March- Mar.; February- Feb.; Mister- Mr.

HOMEWORK: See purple assignment book for page numbers

MONDAY: Reading- Practice Book- pg. 85 Study for Spelling Test.

TUESDAY: Reading- Phonics Book pgs. 85, 86, 87

WEDNESDAY: Language Arts Handbook pg. 121 in Lang. Arts NB. Write all sentences out and follow the directions. If you finished it in class, then study for the Lang. Arts Test.

THURSDAY: Study for your Vocabulary Test and Language Arts test

FRIDAY: Read for at least 15 minutes every day or parents read to your children!!!

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!!!!

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