Grade 2: Week of 4/27/09

Grade: 2
Math

4/27
Aim: Students will round 3-digit numbers to the nearest hundred.
Vocabulary: round
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Problem of the day: Subtract: 725-247
3. Class-work: text p. 425 rounding to the nearest hundred

4/28
Aim: Students will estimate sums and differences of 3-digit numbers.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Problem of the day: p. 381g #18
3. Class-work: -Rounding to the nearest hundred
-estimating sums and differences text p. 426 10-16
4. Homework: workbook p. 124

4/29
Aim: Students will estimate sums and differences of 3 digit numbers.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Problem of the day: *376 + 589 = ______
*624 - 457 = ______
3. Class-work: problem solving/estimating sums and differences worksheet

4/30
Aim: Students will use logical reasoning to solve problems.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Readiness activity: t.e. text p. 427
3. Class-work: text p. 427-428 #1-8
4. Homework: workbook p. 124

5/1
SCHOOL CLOSED. Religion Conference Day


Grade: 2
Science

4/27
Aim: Students will investigate and describe what makes up a woodland forest.
Vocabulary: Woodland forest
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Class-work: read/discuss text p. b10--b11
-What is a woodland forest?
-What lives in a woodland forest?

4/28
Aim: Students will describe how animals in a woodland forest meet their needs.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Class-work: read/discuss text p. b11
- What are some animals that live in a woodland forest?
-How do these animals meet their needs?

4/29
Aim: Students will investigate and describe how a woodland forest changes.
Vocabulary: seasons migrate
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Class-work: -Read/discuss text p. b12-13
How does a woodland forest change?
How do animals respond to the changes in a woodland forest?
How do the trees in a woodland forest change during fall and winter?
3. Homework: 69 and 70

4/30
Aim: Students will explore what is a forest like by creating a model of a woodland forest.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Lab activity: What is a forest like? text p. b9
3. Homework: workbook p. 67-68

5/1
SCHOOL CLOSED. Religious Conference Day.

Grade 3: Week of 4/27/09

Grade: 3
Math

4/27
Aim: Students will estimate products by rounding and front-end estimation.
Vocabulary: rounding front-end
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Classwork: text p. 322-323 #1-30 (odd)

4/28
Aim: Students will estimate products by rounding and front-end estimation.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Class-work: text p. 323 #11-33 (even)
3. Homework: workbook p. 115

4/29
Aim: Students will multiply two digit number by one digit with no regrouping.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. problem of the day: text p. 321e #2
3. Class-work: text p. 324-325 #1-22

4/30
Aim: Students will continue to multiply two digit number with one digit.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Mental Math: p. 466 set 24 #2
3. Class-work: text p. 325 #23-36
4. Homework: workbook p. 116

5/1
SCHOOL CLOSED. Religion Conference Day

Grade: 3
Science

4/27
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

4/28
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

4/29
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

4/30
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

5/1
SCHOOL CLOSED. Religious Conference Day.

Grade 4: week of 4/27/09

Grade: 4
Math

4/27
aim: Students will use logical reasoning and analogies to solve problems.
Vocabulary: analogy
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Brain builder activity: p. 475 test 8 #14
3. Class-work: text p. 288-289 #1-8

4/28
Aim: Grade 4 NYS Science Written Test

4/29
Aim: Grade 4 NYS Science Performance Test

4/30
Aim: Students will continue to review and practice using analogies to solve problems.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Class-work: workbook p. 96

5/1
Aim: SCHOOL CLOSED. Religious Conference Day

Grade: 4
Science

4/27
Aim: Students will review and practice for the NYS Science written exam.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Science concepts review

4/28
Aim: Students will review and practice scientific skills in experimentation.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Experimentation practice: -Question -hypothesis -following procedure -measuring/calculating -drawing conclusion

4/29
Aim: Students will observe and identify characteristics of animals.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Class-work: read/discuss: text p. b6-b7
-How are animals alike? -Describe a food chain.
-Explain the flow of energy through a food chain.
-What role do decomposers play in this food chain?
-Do we get our energy from the Sun? If so, how?

4/30
Aim: Students will continue to identify and describe characteristics of animals?
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Class-work: read/discuss text p. b7
-workbook p. 61 and 62

5/1
SCHOOL CLOSED. Religious Conference Day.

Grade 4: Week of 4/20/09

Grade: 4
Math

4/20
Aim: Students will read and write mixed numbers.
Vocabulary: mixed number
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary development
2. Class-work: textbook p. 280-281 #1-19 (notebook)

4/21
Aim: Students will write fractions and rename fractions as whole numbers
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Class-work: workbook p. 93

4/22
Aim: Students will compare fractions and mixed numbers.
Lesson:
1. Mental math: text p. 482, set 16, #2
2. Class-work: text p. 282-283 #1-28 (notebook)

4/23
Aim: Students will compare fractions and mixed numbers.
Lesson:
1. class-work: text p. 283 #29-32
workbook p. 94

4/25
Aim: Students will review ordering fractions.
Lesson:
1. mental math, text p. 482, set 17 #6
2. Class-work: text p. 285 #1-12 and 25-35