2ND GRADE- PLANS FOR DEC. 8TH- DEC.12TH ,2008

REMINDERS: 1.BRING SCHOOL SUPPLIES EACH DAY 2. REMEMBER TO BRING IN AT LEAST 5 CHRISTMAS CARDS AND ENVELOPES TO WRITE IN CLASS TO TEACHERS AND FRIENDS. 3. SIGN AND RETURN ALL TESTS THAT ARE RETURNED BY MR. WOODS ON TUESDAY, DEC.9 4. STORY MAPS FOR ALICE IN WONDERLAND OR TIKKI TIKKI TEMBO ARE DUE FRIDAY 12/12. EACH CHILD SHOULD HAVE COMPLETED A STORY MAP FOR EACH BOOK BY 12/12. IF YOUR CHILD DID NOT, PLEASE HAVE HE/SHE COMPLETE IT AND GIVE TO ME ON MONDAY. 5. WEDNESDAY, 12/17 "WHY CHRISTMAS IS SPECIAL TO ME" IS DUE. IT SHOULD BE AT LEAST 6 SENTENCES (CAN BE MORE) LONG. IT CAN INCLUDE PICTURES. TESTS: LANGUAGE ARTS TEST- WEDS. 12/10 MONDAY, 12/8 READING: NO CLASS DUE TO 9:00 MASS FOR THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION LANGUAGE ARTS: AIM: TO WORK ON TITLE II D PROJECT (E-BOOK ON HONEYBEES). 1. THE STUDENTS WILL INTERVIEW A BEEKEEPER. 2. THE STUDENTS WILL DRAW PICTURES OF HONEYBEES AND LOOK FOR INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THEIR GROUP . HW: WRITE A SENTENCE OR TWO DISCUSSING OR DESCRIBING SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR TOPIC (EG. IF YOU ARE IN THE GROUP DOING HIVES, WRITE ONE OR TWO SENTENCES ABOUT HIVES). YOU CAN GET YOUR INFORMATION FROM THE INTERVIEW WITH THE BEEKEEPER, BOOKS/MAGAZINES OR FROM THE INTERNET. TUESDAY, 12/9 READING: AIM: TO REVIEW PAGES IN THE READING PRACTICE BOOK 1. REVIEW PGS. 12-24 THAT THE STUDENTS HAD ALREADY COMPLETED INDIVIDUALLY IN THE READING PRACTICE BOOK. HW: COMPLETE STORY MAP LANGUAGE ARTS: AIM: TO REVIEW NAMING AND TELLING PARTS OF SENTENCES FOR TEST TOMORROW 1. REVIEW PGS. 88-93 IN LANGUAGE HANDBOOK HW: STUDY PGS. 79-93 IN LANGUAGE HANDBOOK WEDNESDAY, 12/10 READING: AIM: COMPLETE A GRAPHIC ORGANIZER AN PORTFOLIO ASSIGNMENT ON WILSON SAT ALONE. 1. COMPLETE A WORD WEB COMPARING WILSON'S CHARACTER AND SARA'S CHARACTERS. 2. USE THE GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS TO WRITE HOW THE TWO CHILDREN ARE THE SAME AND HOW THEY ARE DIFFERENT. HW: WORK ON CHRISTMAS STORY LANGUAGE ARTS: AIM: TO COMPLETE A LANGUAGE ARTS TESTON TYPES OF SENTENCES AND PARTS OF SENTENCES. HW: REWRITE SENTENCES FOR HONEYBEE PROJECT IF I MADE ANY CORRECTIONS IN THE LANGUAGE ARTS NOTEBOOK. THURSDAY, 12/11 READING: TO WRITE CHRISTMAS CARDS AND ADDRESS ENVELOPES TO MAIL TO TEACHERS AND FRIENDS AT OLQM. 1. MAKE A LIST OF PEOPLE TO WRITE CARDS TO. 2. WRITE A CARD FOR EACH PERSON ON THE LIST. COPY THE MODEL FROM THE LANGUAGE ARTS NB OR FROM THE BLACKBOARD. 3. ADDRESS THE ENVELOPE CORRECTLY. MAKE SURE YOU WRITE THE PERSON'S NAME AND RM NUMBER SO YOUR LETTER CAN BE DELIVERED. HW: BRING CHRISTMAS CARDS TOMORROW AND COMPLETE STORYMAP THAT IS DUE TOMORROW. LANGUAGE ARTS: AIM: TO RECORD AND COMPLETE THE E-BOOK FOR THE HONEYBEE PROJECT. 1. EACH GROUP WILL READ AND RECORD THEIR SENTENCES FOR THE HONEYBEE PROJECT. 2. EACH GROUP WILL PICK A PICTURE FOR THEIR CHAPTER. 3. THE CLASS WILL DEVELOP A GLOSSARY FOR THE E-BOOK 4. THE CLASS WILL WRITE A SHORT DESCRIPTION ENTITLED "ABOUT THE AUTHOR". FRIDAY, 12/12 READING: AIM: TO COMPLETE A COMPREHENSION ACTIVITY ON WILSON SAT ALONE HW: WORK ON CHRISTMAS ESSAY- DUE WEDS. 12/17 LANGUAGE ARTS: NO CLASS DUE TO 11:30 DISMISSAL

4TH GRADE PLANS FOR DEC. 8TH- DEC. 12TH, 2008

REMINDERS: 1. BRING SCHOOL SUPPLIES EACH DAY 2. ESSAY DUE ON "WHY CHRISTMAS IS SPECIAL TO ME" 3 PARAGRAPHS (18 SENTENCES MINIMUM) ON WEDNESDAY, 12/17. 3. BRING CHRISTMAS CARDS TO SCHOOL TO WRITE TO FRIENDS AND TEACHERS 4. SIGN ALL TESTS RETURNED BY MR. WOODS ON TUESDAY 12/9 AND RETURN BY THURSDAY 12/11. 5. THE SITE FOR THE ELA PRACTICE EXAMS IS POSTED ON LAST WEEK'S BLOG TESTS: 1. LANGUAGE ARTS TEST WEDS. 12/10- STUDY PAGES 1-16 2. BOOK TEST WILL BE ON FRIDAY, 1/9/09 VOCABULARY AND SPELLING WORDS ARE THE SAME AS LAST WEEK! MONDAY, 12/8 READING: AIM: TO USE WORD STRUCTURE TO DETERMINE WORD MEANING 1. REVIEW THE SUFFIXES -IST AND -IVE. 2. READ THE LETTER FROM DENALI AND PAY ATTENTION TO THE ABOVE SUFFIXES 3. THE SUFFIX -IST COULD MEAN " ONE WHO IS AN EXPERT IN" EG. NATURALIST COULD BE AN EXPERT IN NATURE. 4. THE SUFFIX - IVE CAN MAKE A WORD MEAN "TENDING OR INCLINED TO, " AS IN ACTIVE- WHICH MEANS "TENDING TO ACT." HW: READ NEW BOOK (RAMONA OR BLACKBERRIES) LANGUAGE ARTS: AIM: TO WRITE A MODEL OF A CHRISTMAS CARD 1. THE CHILDREN WILL COPY A MODEL OF A CHRISTMAS CARD IN THEIR LANG. ARTS NB. 2. THE CHILDREN WILL COPY A MODEL OF AN ADDRESSED ENVELOPE FOR A PEOPLE WITHIN THE OLQM BUILDING HW: BRING IN AT LEAST 5 CHRISTMAS CARDS WITH ENVELOPES TO BE WRITTEN IN CLASS. TUESDAY, 12/9 READING: AIM: TO REVIEW THE CLASSWORK FROM LAST WEEK WHEN CLASS WAS SPLIT UP. 1. REVIEW PRACTICE BOOK PAGES 2. REVIEW GRAMMAR BOOK PAGES LANG. ARTS: AIM: TO REVIEW FOR THE LANGUAGE ARTS TEST TOMORROW. 1. TYPES OF SENTENCES 2. CORRECT PUNCTUATION 3. CORRECT CAPITALIZATION 4. SUBJECTS/PREDICATES 5. COMPOUND SUBJECTS / PREDICATES 6. SIMPLE SUBJECTS/PREDICATES 7. COMPOUND SENTENCES JOINED BY "AND"," BUT" OR "OR" 8. CORRECT COMMA USE IN COMPOUND SENTENCES HW: REVIEW FOR TEST, READ BOOK, BRING IN CHRISTMAS CARDS WEDNESDAY, 12/10 NO READING CLASS DUE TO MASS AND CONFESSION LANGUAGE ARTS: AIM: TO TAKE THE LANGUAGE ARTS TEST HW: READ BOOK AND WORK ON THE ESSAY DUE 12/17 THURSDAY, 12/11 READING: AIM: TO WRITE CHRISTMAS CARDS TO PEOPLE ON OUR LIST 1. THE CHILDREN WILL WRITE CHRISTMAS CARDS TO MR. WOODS, FR. ALMONTE, MR. BADIA, MS. SAVILLE, AND ALBA. 2. THE CHILDREN MAY WRITE CHRISTMAS CARDS AND NOTES TO ANY FRIENDS THAT ATTEND OLQM. 3. THE LETTERS WILL BE MAILED IN THE CLASS MAILBOX AND DELIVERED NEXT WEEK LANGUAGE ARTS: AIM- 1. CONTINUE TO WRITE AND ADDRESS CHRISTMAS CARDS. 2. TO INTRODUCE COMPLEX SENTENCES USING INDEPENDENT AND DEPENDENT CLAUSES- PG. 17 IN GRAMMAR BOOK. HW: READ BOOK AND WRITE ESSAY FOR NEXT WEEK. MAKE SURE YOU WRITE A DRAFT FIRST SO IT CAN BE EDITED! FRIDAY, 12/12 READING: AIM: TO WRITE VOCABULARY WORDS AND DEFINITIONS IN NOTEBOOK HW: READ BOOK, FINISH CHRISTMAS ESSAY AND WRITE CHRISTMAS CARDS NO LANGUAGE ARTS CLASS DUE TO 11:30 DISMISSAL