2nd GRADE LESSON PLANS FOR READING AND ELA- WEEK OF APRIL 19,2010

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. A new book will be given out this week. Make sure your child reads every day. Notes will be started in the back of the Reading NB. The children should complete the notes by writing the settings, characters, and a summary of important details.

TESTS:

Vocabulary Test- Friday, 4/23 (study words in the vocabulary notebook for this week).

VOCABULARY WORDS:

1. scarce- (adj) not plentiful; hard to get
2. thrill- (v) to feel or cause emotional excitement
3. undertow- (n) a current of water moving underneath the surface water in a different direction.
4. value- (n) the estimated worth of something; to think highly of
5. wander- (v) to roam aimlessly; stray

READING VOCABULARY WORDS FROM SEED TO PLANT:

beautiful, nutrition, protects, ripens, streams

High Frequency Words: the students only need to know how to read these words (they do not need to know how to define them): different, air, food, light, water

SPELLING WORDS: No spelling words for this week

LANGUAGE ARTS- 2^nd Semester Work

This week we will be working on writing descriptive paragraphs, pronouns, and describing words.

Nouns- names a person, place, thing, or animal (pgs. 94-122) 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.

Possessive Noun- is a noun that shows ownership. It tells what someone or something owns or has. When a possessive noun names one person or thing, add an apostrophe (‘) and s to show ownership.

Pronoun-(pgs. 124-126) takes the place of a noun. I, you, he, she, it, and they are pronouns.

Describing Words-(pgs. 127-135) tell about nouns. Describing words tell about color, size, shape, tastes, looks, smells, feels, sounds, and tells how many

HOMEWORK: See purple assignment book for page numbers

MONDAY: Practice Book pgs. 95, 96

TUESDAY: none

WEDNESDAY: Language Arts- pg.137 Sentences 1-10 on looseleaf. Write the correct word in each sentence. Write all sentences out.

THURSDAY: Study for the Vocabulary Test

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

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!

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WEEK OF APRIL 12, 2010 4TH GRADE LESSON PLANS FOR READING AND ELA

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 zero 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 were given a book to read in March (Pippi Longstocking –girls and The Hoboken Chicken …boys). The notes were started in the back of the Reading NB. The children should complete the notes on their own. The Book Test will be Thursday, 4/15.

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 0n April 26, 27, &28.

TESTS:

Spelling Test- Thursday, 4/15

Book Test- Thursday, 4/15

Vocabulary Test- Friday, 4/16

VOCABULARY:

1. nibble- (v) to eat with quick small bites
2. offend- (v) to hurt the feelings of; insult
3. pauper- (n) a very poor person.
4. quantity- (n) an amount or portion
5. raw-(adj) not cooked; in its natural condition; uncomfortably cold or damp

2. Reading Vocabulary Words from How Night Came from the Sea: (definitions will be written in the Reading NB)

creatures, darkness, prowl, brilliant, chorus, coward, gleamed, shimmering, dwells, reigns, edible, lumber

SPELLING- Words that have the same vowel sound as in shout (How Night Came from the Sea)

however, mountain, mound, scout, shout, couch, towel, ounce, coward, outdoors, flowerpot, scowl, browse, announce, hound, trout, drowsy, grouch, eyebrow, boundary

Challenge Words:

cauliflower, foundation, surround, allowance, counselor

LANGUAGE ARTS: 2^nd Semester Work

Composition:

The children will be working on How- to Articles (Chapter 4 in Voyages Text pg. 120).

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.

Possessive Pronouns: shows ownership or possession. Possessive pronouns stand alone. See pg. 374 in Voyages text.

Eg. The snake is Anna’s. (possessive noun)

The snake is hers. (possessive pronoun)

I, Me, We, and Us- are first person pronouns and refer to the speaker. Use I and me to talk about yourself. Use I as the subject of the sentence and me after the verb as the direct object.

Use we and us to talk about yourself and at least one other person. Use we as the subject of a sentence and use us after the verb as a direct object.nd m

Eg. I play sports. I is the subject.

Sports interest me. Me is the direct object.

We like sports. We is the subject.

Sports interest us. Us is the direct object.

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

MONDAY: Spelling- write each spelling word 5x each in the Reading NB

TUESDAY: none

WEDNESDAY: Spelling- write a sentence for any 10 of the spelling words (only choose 10). Do this on looseleaf. Study for the Spelling Test.

THURSDAY: Study for the Vocabulary Test (words are in the Vocabulary NB).

FRIDAY: Read for at least 30 minutes a day on the weekend. You can read any book, magazine, or your assigned book.

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!

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