Grade: 3 Week of 3/30/09

Grade: 3
Math:

3/30
Aim: Grade 4 Easter show practice

3/31
Aim: Students will identify congruent figures.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Class-work: -text p. 296-297

4/1
Aim: Students will continue to identify congruent figures.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Problem of the day: p. 289e #3
3. class-work: spatial and art activity, text p. 297t.e.

4/2
Aim: students will identify similar figures.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. problem of the day: t.e. text p. 290e #4
3. Class-work: text p. 298-299 #1-14

4/3
Aim: Students will continue to recognize similar figures.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Class-work: -text p. 299 #15-21
-workbook p. 106

Grade:3
Science

3/30
Aim: grade 4 Easter show practice.

3/31
Aim: Students will explore why living things live where they do.
Vocabulary: ecosystem community population habitat
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Lab activity: Where do plants and animals live? tex p. b5-b7

4/1
Aim: Students will describe what makes up an ecosystem?
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Class-work: read/discuss text p. b6-b7
3. Homework: workbook p. 61 and 63

4/2
Aim: Students will describe the habitats found in water.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Class-work: What habitats are found in a pond? text p. b8-b9
3. Homework: workbook p. 64

4/3
Aim: What makes up a forest community?
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Class-work: skill builder activity, p. b10
3. Homework: text p. b11 #1-5 loose-leaf

Grade: 2 Week of 3/30/09

Grade: 2
Math

3/30
Aim: Grade 4 Easter show practice

3/31
Aim: Students will practice skip counting by threes and fours up to 48.
Vocabulary: skip counting repeated addition
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary development
2. Problem of the day
3. Class-work: -sadlier-oxford.com/grade 2 skip counting activity
-practice worksheet
4/1
Aim: Students will model problems involving repeated addition of threes and fours.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Mental math: text p. 456 set 3, #6
3. Class-work: -use blocks or counters to model groups of fours and threes
-Record all sums of fours and threes.

4/2
Aim: Students will tell time to the hour and half hour.
Vocabulary: hour half-hour minute half past
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Problem of the day: p. 289g #10
3. Class-work: -sadlier-oxford/grade2 telling time virtual activity
-Text p. 313-314, #1-20

4/3
Aim: Students will continue to tell time to the hour and half-hour.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. class-work: workbook p, 90

Grade: 2
Science

3/30
Aim: grade 4 Easter show practice

3/31
Aim: Students will explore and classify animals by where they live.
Vocabulary: Habitat
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. lab activity: where do animals live? text p. b5

4/1
Aim: Students will define habitat and identify the needs of plants and animals.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Class-work: read/discuss text p. b6-b7
-What is a habitat?
-What do animals get from their habitat?
-Explain how animals and plants meet their needs?
3. Homework: workbook p. 61-62

4/2
Aim: Students will identify and compare different habitats.
Vocabulary review: woodland forest rain forest desert arctic
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Class-work: -smartboard lesson activity: land habitats

4/3
Aim: Students will explore and make a model of a woodland forest.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Class-work: lab activity, text p. b9. What is a forest like?

Grade: 4 week of 3/23/09

Grade: 4
Math:

3/23
Aim: Students will find equivalent fractions by multiplying.
Vocabulary: equivalent fractions factor
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Problem of the day: p. 265i #4
3. Class-work: text p. 274-275 #1-12, 22-30, 39-42
4. Homework: workbook p. 90

3/24
Scoring of grade 8 NYS Math Exam

3/25
Aim: Students will continue identifying and writing equvalent fractions by multiplying.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Mental Math: p. 482 set 16, #7
3. Class-work: sadlier-oxford.com (fraction game: find equivalence)

3/26
Aim: Students will reduce fractions to their lowest term by finding all common factors and identifying the greatest common factor.
Vocabulary: common factor greatest common factor
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Mental Math: p. 481 set 15 # 3-4
3. Review multiplication facts
4. Class-work: text p. 276-277 #1-19 & 20-21

3/27
Scoring of grade 6 NYS Math Exam
TEST: Equivalent Fractions


Grade: 4
Science

3/23
Aim: Students will review how plants grow and reproduce.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Class-work: text p. a89 #1-5
workbook p. 52

3/24
Scoring of Grade 8 NYS Math Exam

3/25
Aim: TEST: Plant Growth and Reproduction. (rescheduled for Friday)

3/26
Aim: EASTER SHOW PRACTICE

3/27
Scoring of grade 6 NYS Math Exam
Aim: TEST: Plant Growth and Reproduction.

Grade 3: Week of 3/23/09

Grade: 3
Math

3/23
Aim: Students will apply the order property of multiplication.
Vocabulary: order missing factor
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Problem of the day: p. 133e #7
3. Class-work: -text p. 150-151 #17-36 & problem solving #37-40

3/24
Scoring of grade 8 NYS Math Exam

3/25
Aim: Students will continue to apply the order property of multiplication.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Class-work: workbook p. 52

3/26
Aim: Students will find the missing factor.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Problem of the day: p. 133e #8
3. Class-work: text p. 153 #4-33
4. Homework: workbook p. 53

3/27
Scoring of Grade 6 NYS Math Exam
TEST: multiplication facts and concepts

Grade: 3
Science

3/23
Aim: Students will continue to investigate other ways plants reproduce.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Class-work: -read/discuss text p. a30
-workbook p. 20-21

3/24
Scoring of Grade 8 Math Exam

3/25
Aim: Students will review the life cycle of plants
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Class-work: -text p. a31 #1-5
-workbook p. 22

3/26
Aim: Test: Life Cycle of Plants. (rescheduled for Friday)

3/27
Scoring of Grade 6 NYS Math Exam
Aim: Test: Life Cycle of Plants.

Grade: 2 week of 3/23/09

Grade: 2
Math

3/23
Aim: Students will subtract money amounts regrouping twice.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Class-work: text p. 423-424 #1-20 & problem solving #21-23
3. Homework: workbook p. 123

3/24
SCORING OF GRADE 8 NYS MATH EXAM

3/25
Aim: Students will estimate sums and differences of 3-digit numbers by rounding.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Class-work: Text p. 425-426 #1-15
3. Homework: workbook p. 124

3/26
Aim: Students will continue to estimate sums and differences by rounding.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Problem of the day
3. Class-work: -sadlier-oxford.com/estimating sums and differences
-smart lesson/ estimating sums and differences

3/27
Scoring of Grade 6 NYS Math Exam
Quiz: subtracting three digits with regrouping.

Grade: 2
Science

3/23
EARLY DISMISSAL

3/24
Scoring of grade 8 NYS Math Exam

3/25
Aim: Students will investigate and compare how animals stay safe.
Vocabulary: shelter
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Class-work: -Create a food chain
-read text p. a42/ How do animals stay safe?

3/26
Aim: Students will review how animals meet their needs.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Class-work: text p. a43 questions #1-3
workbook p. 45-46

3/27
Scoring of grade 6 NYS Math Exam

Notice to parents.........3/20/09

Today progress reports in Math and Science were distributed to all students in 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grades. Parents are reminded to sign and return them on Monday, March 23rd. If there are any questions or concerns regarding a students progress please call the office and set up an appointment to see me.

Thank You.
Mr. Badia

Grade: 4 week of 3/16/09

Grade: 4
Math

3/16
Aim: Students will continue to identify equivalent fractions.
Lesson;
1. Vocabulary review
2. Class-work: -sadlier-oxford.com, equivalent fractions.
-draw and model equivalent fractions.

3/17
Aim:ITBS & CoGAT Testing

3/18
Aim: Scoring grade 4 nys math exam

3/19
Aim: ITBS & CoGAT Testing

3/20
Aim: Scoring nys grade 6 math exam

Grade: 4
Science

3/16
Aim: Students will review plant growth and reproduction.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Class-work: text p. a89
-copy why it matters paragraph
-Questions #1-5
3. Homework: workbook p. 51

3/17
Aim: Students will analyze and compare if all plants grow from seeds.
Vocabulary: Spores
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Class-work: Read/discuss, text p. a88-a89
-Do all plants grow from seeds?
-What are spores?
-Explain how plants that have spores grow?
3. HOMEWORK: Workbook p. 51-52 (notebook)

3/18
Aim: Scoring grade 4 nys math exam

3/19
Aim: Test: plant growth and reproduction.(rescheduled)

3/20
Aim: Scoring grade 6 nys math exam

Grade 3: week of 3/16/09

Grade: 3
Math

3/16
Aim: Students will continue to multiply by fives.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Mental math: p. 462 set 11 #1
3. Homework: workbook p. 49

3/17
Aim: ITBS Testing

3/18
Aim: ITBS Testing

3/19
Aim: ITBS Testing

3/20
Aim: Students will review multiplication facts of 0-5.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Class-work: workbook p. 50
3. (Stations Of The Cross 10 am)

Grade: 3
Science

3/16
Aim: Students will investigate and identify other ways plants reproduce?
Vocabulary: Cuttings Bulb Tuber Spores
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Class-work: read/discuss text p. A30
-Explain the different ways plants reproduce.
-Social studies link activity: research a vegetables origins.

3/17
Aim: Students will explore how a plants life begins.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Lab Activity: How does a plants life begin? text p. a27

3/18
Aim: Scoring grade 4 nys math exam.

3/19
Aim: students will review the life cycle of a plant.
Lesson
1. Vocabulary review
2. class-work: -copy why it matters paragraph p. a31
-questions p. a31 #1-5
3. Homework: workbook p. 17-18

3/20
Early Dismissal

Grade: 2 week of 3/16/09

Grade: 2
Math:

3/16
Aim: Students will continue to practice subtracting with regrouping hundreds and tens.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Problem of the day, t.e. text p. 381g #15
3. Class-work: text p, 417-418 #1-19
4. Homework: workbook p. 121

3/17
Aim: Cogat Testing

3/18
Aim: Cogat Testing

3/19
Aim: Cogat Testing

3/20
Aim: Cogat Testing
(Stations Of The Cross 10am)

Grade: 2
Science

3/16
Aim: Students will explore and communicate what a pet needs to live.
Vocabulary: Predator Prey Food Chain
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Lab Activity: What do pets need to live? text p. a37

3/17
Aim: Students will identify and explain that animals need air, water, food, and shelter.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Class-work: Read/discuss text p. a38-a39
-What do animals need?
-How do animals get what they need?
3. Homework: workbook p. 43-44

3/18
Scoring of grade 4 NYS math exam

3/19
Aim: Students will investigate and compare how animals get food.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. class-work: read/discuss, text p. a40
-smartboard activity
-How do animals get food?
-What is a food chain?

3/20
Scoring of grade 6 nys math exam

Grade 4: Week Of 3/9/09

Grade: 4
Math

3/9
Aim: Students will continue to evaluate and apply problem-solving strategies.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Problem of the day
3. Class-work: text p. 198-199 even numbers
4. Homework: text p. 197 #2-5 (notebook)

3/10
Aim: Students will review division facts and concepts.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review: sadlier-oxford.com/vocab activities/hangman
2. Class-work: Text p. 202 #1-3, then #4-24, problem-solving #25-28

3/11
Aim: Math Test: Chapter 5, Division Concepts

3/12
Aim: Students will compare and identify equivalent fractions.
Vocabulary: Equivalent fraction numerator denominator
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. problem of the day: t.e. text p. 265i #3
3. Class-work: -Writing fractions in words: p. 269 #5-10, 14-19, & 23-30
-Estimating fractions: P. 271 #1-16
-Equivalent fractions: p. 273 #1-8, 21-26
4. Homework: p. 88-89

3/13
SCHOOL CLOSED

Grade: 4
Science

3/9
Aim: Science Project presentations

3/10
Aim: Students will describe the process of pollination and fertilization in plants.
Vocabulary: pollination fertilization ovary
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Class-work: draw and label parts of a flower involved in fertilization.
3. Homework: workbook p. 49

3/11
Aim: Students will describe how seeds travel.
Vocabulary: Life cycle
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Class-work: Read/discuss, text p. a86-a87
-Explain the different ways seeds get dispersed?
-Why are fruits so colorful and tasty?
-Describe the steps in the life cycle of a flowering plant?
-How do animals help flowering plants?
3. Homework: workbook p. 50

3/12
Aim: Students will analyze and compare if all plants grow from seeds.
Vocabulary: Spores
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Class-work: Read/discuss, text p. a88-a89
-Do all plants grow from seeds?
-What are spores?
-Explain how plants that have spores grow?
3. HOMEWORK: Workbook p. 51-52 (notebook

3/13
SCHOOL CLOSED

Grade 2: Week Of 3/9/09

Grade: 2
Math:

3/9
Aim: Students will subtract 3-digit numbers, regrouping tens as ones.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Regrouping practice: t.e. text p. 411
3. Class-work: text p. 411-412 #1-18
problem solving #25-28
4. Homework: workbook p. 118

3/10
Aim: Students will continue to practice subtracting with regrouping tens as ones.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Mental math p. 614 set 32 column 1
3. class-work: worksheet

3/11
Aim: Students will explore regrouping hundreds as tens.
lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. problem of the day: 381g #13
3. Class-work: text p. 413-414 #1-15
problem solving: 16-17
4. Homework: workbook p. 119

3/12
Aim: Students will subtract 3-digit numbers regrouping hundreds as tens.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Problem of the day: p. 381g #14
3. Class-work: subtracting P. 415-416 #1-24
problem solving: #25-26
4. Homework: workbook p. 120

3/13
SCHOOL CLOSED

Grade: 2
Science

3/9
Aim: Students will review how animals grow and change.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Class-work: text p. a49 #1-3
draw and label life cycle of butterfly
3. Homework: workbook p. 51-52 (answers only)

3/10
Aim: Test: How Animals Grow and Change?

3/11
Aim: Students will investigate and describe ways animals meet their needs.
Vocabulary: Predator prey food chain
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Class-work: Read/discuss, text p. a38-a40
-What do animals need to live?
-How do animals get what they need to live?
-compare how different animals get food?

3/12
Aim: Students will define and compare various food chains.
Vocabulary: Food chain
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Class-work: Read/discuss, text p. a41
-What is a food chain?
Smart-board activity: Food Chains
-List and compare different food chains.

3/13
SCHOOL CLOSED

Grade 3: Week of 3/9/09

Grade: 3
MATH:

3/9
Aim: Students will multiply by fours.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. problem of the day: t.e. text p. 133E #3
3. class-work: text p. 142-143 #1-23
problem solving #24-27
4. Homework: workbook p. 48

3/10
Aim: Students will continue to multiply by four.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Class-work: worksheet practice
sadlier-oxford website

3/11
Aim: Students will multiply by fives.
lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. problem of the day: t.e. text p. 133e #4
3. class-work: text p. 144-145 #1-23
problem solving #24-26

3/12
Aim: Students will continue to multiply by fives.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Mental math: p. 462 set 11 #1
3. Homework: workbook p. 49

3/13
SCHOOL CLOSED


Grade: 3
Science

3/9
Aim: How does a plant's life begin?
Vocabulary: Life Cycle embryo heredity
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Read/discuss, text p. a26-a27
-How does a plant's life begin?
-Describe how germination takes place
-smartboard activity: Plant Life Cycle

3/10
Aim: Students will analyze and explain how characteristics of parents are passed to offsprings.
Vocabulary: Heredity seedling
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Class-work: Read/discuss, text p. a27
-What is heredity?
-List and describe the stages of a plants life cycle?
-Compare and explain the different characteristics of corn.

3/11
Aim: Students will compare the flowering plants and conifers.
vocabulary: Flowering plants conifers
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Class-work: Read/discuss, text p.a28-a29
-How are seeds made?
-List and describe each stage of a flowering plant/conifers
life cycle.
-Compare female and male pine cones.
3. Homework: workbook p. 19-20

3/12
Aim: Students will continue to compare flowering plants and conifers.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Class-work: Draw and explain the life cycle of flowering and conifers
3. Homework: workbook p. 17-18 (notebook)

3/13
SCHOOL CLOSED

Grade:4 Week of 3/2/09

Grade: 4
Math:

3/2
Aim: School Closed

3/3
Aim: New York State Math Exam part I.

3/4
Aim: New York State Math Exam part II.

3/5
Aim: New York State Math Exam part III.

3/6
Aim: Students will solve multi-step problems choosing from various strategies.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Class-work: Text p. 148

Grade: 4
Science

3/2
Aim: School closed

3/3
Aim: Science fair project presentations

3/4
Aim: Science fair project presentations

3/5
Aim: Science fair project presentations

3/6
Aim: Students will describe the process of pollination and fertilization in plants.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Class-work: draw and label parts of a flower involved in fertilization.

Grade: 3 Week of 3/2/09

Grade: 3
MATH:

3/2
Aim: Students will multiply by fours.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. problem of the day: t.e. text p. 133E #3
3. class-work: text p. 142-143 #1-23
problem solving #24-27
4. Homework: workbook p. 48

3/3
Aim: Students will continue to multiply by four.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Class-work: worksheet practice
sadlier-oxford website

3/4
Aim: Students will multiply by fives.
lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. problem of the day: t.e. text p. 133e #4
3. class-work: text p. 144-145 #1-23
problem solving #24-26

3/5
Aim: Students will continue to multiply by fives.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Mental math: p. 462 set 11 #1
3. Class-work: workbook p. 49

3/6
Aim: Students will practice and review multiplication facts 0-5.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Class-work:
-model multiplication problems
-problem solving
-smartboard practice activity

Grade: 3
SCIENCE:

3/2
Aim: Students will explore how water travels through a plant.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Lab activity: text p. A19

3/3
Aim: Students will review the needs of plants
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Class-work: -smartboard activity
-workbook p. 16-17

3/4
Aim: Test, the needs of plants

3/5
Aim: Students will explore how seeds can grow into new plants.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Lab activity: How does aplants life begin, text p. A25

3/6
Early dismissal

Grade 2: Week of 3/2/09

Grade 2
Math:

3/2
Aim: Students will count back by 1's, 10's, 100's, continue and explain numerical patterns
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. problem of the day: 381g
3. Class-work: patterns in subtraction p. 410 #22-27
problem solving #28-31
4. Homework: workbook p. 117

3/3
Aim: Students will subtract 3-digit numbers, regrouping tens as ones.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Regrouping practice: t.e. text p. 411
3. Class-work: text p. 411-412 #1-18
problem solving #25-28
4. Homework: workbook p. 118

3/4
Aim: Students will continue to practice subtracting with regrouping tens as ones.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Mental math p. 614 set 32 column 1
3. class-work: worksheet

3/5
Aim: Students will explore regrouping hundreds as tens.
lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. problem of the day: 381g #13
3. Class-work: text p. 413-414 #1-15
problem solving: 16-17
4. Homework: workbook p. 119

3/6
Aim: Students will subtract 3-digit numbers regroouping hundreds as tens.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Problem of the day: p. 381g #14
3. Class-work: subtracting P. 415-416 #1-24
problem solving: #25-26

Grade: 2
SCIENCE:

3/2
Aim: How does a butterfly grow and change?
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Identify the stages of a butterfly's life cycle
3. Class-work: text p. a48

3/3
Aim: Students will review how animals grow and change.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Class-work: text p. a49 #1-3
draw and label life cycle of butterfly

3/4
Aim: Students will compare different egg laying animals.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Class-work: text p. a50 draw different animal that lay eggs

3/5
Aim: Test, How do animals grow and change.

3/6
Aim: Students will explore how to classify animals.
Vocabulary: classify
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Lab activity: how can we classify animals? p. A33