Dear Parents,
There is no school this Friday to celebrate Veteran's Day! This week students are being asked to bring in at least two cans of food for the poor which will be presented at the Thanksgiving Mass. The Writing test has been rescheduled for Monday and the Religion quiz will be on Tuesday. There will be a Social Studies Quiz on Wednesday and Science Quiz on Thursday.
Lesson Plan
Homework for Nov. 6
Math- Do pp. 157 and 158 in the workbook. Follow sample of the 5-group drawing in the corner.
Religion- Review well Chapter 4 for quiz tomorrow.
Below is a list of the Social Studies and Science vocabulary definitions that should be copied into the notebook and studied for the two quizzes. STUDENTS WILL COPY SOCIAL STUDIES DEFINITIONS INTO NOTEBOOK ON TUESDAY AND SCIENCE DEFINITIONS INTO NOTEBOOK ON WEDNESDAY FOR HOMEWORK! I am listing them earlier only in case you want to print them out and start reviewing.
Social Studies:
1. landforms - different kinds of lands on earth
2. plain- flat land
3. hill- land higher than the land around it
4. mountain- highest kind of land
5. valley- low land between hills and mountains
6. peninsula- land with water on three sides only
7. island- land with water ALL around it
8. water bodies- different kinds of water on earth
9. ocean- largest body of salt water.
10. river - long body of fresh water sometimes flowing into oceans
11. lake- small body of fresh water with land all around it
12. mobile- a kind of art work with moving parts
13. landform map- map using colors to stand for different types of land in a state
*Study Social Studies text pp. 52 to 59.
Science:
1. sunrise- time when the sun appears to come up. It is also called dawn just before morning.
2. sunset- time when the sun appears to go down. It is also called dusk just before night.
3. seasons - correct sequence is fall, winter, spring, summer. Usually the weather in fall is cool, in winter cold, in spring warm, and in summer hot. The fall months are Sept., Oct., Nov. The winter months are Dec., Jan., Feb. The spring months are March, April, May. The summer months are June, July, August.
4. amount of daylight- how long it stays light outside. There is more daylight in the spring and summer and less daylight in the fall and winter. For us the longest day is June 21st and the shortest day is December 21st.
5. axis - the imaginary pole on which the earth spins or rotates
6. tilted- slanted. The tilt or slant of the earth causes the changes in the seasons. Summer happens when our part of the earth is tilted toward the sun and winter happens when our part of the earth is tilted away from the sun.
7. daylight savings time-practice of setting the clock forward one hour during the warmer part of the year so that evenings have more daylight and mornings have less. In the cooler part of the year, the clocks are set back one hour.
*You may wish to refer to this link for an illustration explanation of the earth's tilt causing the season
Homework for Nov. 7
Math - Do pp. 161 and 162. Follow directions.
Social Studies - Study text book pp. 52 to 59. In notebook write full heading and copy all Social Studies definitions listed above neatly and completely and STUDY all for quiz tomorrow.
ELA on line quiz will be given on Time to Sleep and What DoYou Do With a Tail Like This? either Wed. or Thurs. depending on when I can get access to the chrome books.
Homework for Nov. 8
Math - Do pp. 165 and 166. Be sure to review corrections made on previous pages so students don't make the same type of mistakes.
Science- In notebook write full heading and copy all Science definitions listed above neatly and completely and STUDY all for quiz tomorrow. Also you can refer to the link listed under the definitions for additional review.
*Students who left the class this morning for instruction need to do pp.32-33 in Handwriting book.
*Yesterday I sent home many math sprints, class assessments, graded homework. All these should be taken out of the folder and kept at home possibly in a box. I will not send home any tests till next week and these will need to be signed and returned.
*I assigned the Unit 1 leveled e-readers of the READY GEN program. They will be available for viewing on Nov. 10th and students have until Nov. 27th to read as many books as they like. Students have their username and password on the back of the IXL card in their homework folder.o
Homework for Nov. 9
Math - Do pp. 169 and 170. Follow directions. For Friday's homework, please do pp. 173 and 174.
This is a good weekend to practice Math and Language Arts skills on the IXL program. Please feel free to practice whatever skills you feel would most benefit your child. We have been using it twice a week in school but it is not enough especially since by mid December the license for IXL expires and will not be renewed. Please have your child use it as much as possible while he can!
Next set of Math exit tickets will be sent home by the end of next week before the end of the module assessment. We have only two more lessons to go!
ELA - Starting Nov. 10th, you can begin reading the leveled e readers on the Ready Gen program. Username and password are on the back of IXL card in the folder.
