Monday, June 15, 2015

Math and Science End of Year Exam Review Guidelines

Math Final Exam on Tuesday, June 16.
Science Final Exam on Thursday, June 18

Grade 2:

Grade 3:

Grade 4: 

Grade 4: Math and Science week of 06-15-15

I.  click to view:   MATH LESSONS
a) test / quizzes: 

b) homework:
  • Monday: go math workbook p. 171 and 173
  • Wednesday: 
c) Math Vocabulary Unit-6

week-1:
  1. benchmark:   a known size or amount that helps you understand a different size or amount
  2. common denominator:  a common multiple of two or more denominators
  3. common factor: a number that is a factor of two or more numbers
  4. simplest form: a fraction whose numerator and denominator have only 1 as a common factor
  5. common multiple:  a number that is a multiple of two or more numbers
week-2:
  1. prime number:  a number that has exactly two factors; itself and 1
  2. composite number: a number having more than two factors 
  3. divisible:  when a number can be divided by another number and the remainder is zero
  4. equal groups: groups that have the same number of objects
  5. fraction greater than 1:  a number which has a numerator that is greater than its denominator

II.  click to view:  SCIENCE LESSONS

a) test/quizzes: NYS Science Written Test. Mon, 6/1

b) homework
  • Monday: 
  • Wednesday
c) Science Vocabulary Unit-6:

week-1:
  1. glacier:  large mass of ice and snow that moves over land
  2. terminus:  it is the end or outer margin of a glacier
  3. ice age: a long period of very cold temperatures and many glaciers
  4. glacial till: unsorted mixture of rocks that is deposited as a glacier melts
  5. erosion: the wearing away of soil and rock by wind and or water
week-2:
  1. decay:  to rot or decompose
  2. moraine:  rock debris carried and deposited by a glacier
  3. glacial erosion:  the shaping of earth's surface by a glacier
  4. landform:  a feature earth's surface
  5. environment:  everything that surrounds a living thing 


Grade: 3 Math and Science week of 06-15-15

I.  click to view:   MATH LESSONS
a) test / quizzes: 

b) homework:
  • Monday:  textbook pgs. 88-89
  • Wednesday:
c) Math Vocabulary Unit-6

II.  click to view:  SCIENCE LESSONS
a) test/quizzes: 

b) homework
  • Monday:  
  • Wednesday:
c) Science Vocabulary Unit-6:

week-1:
1.  weathering: the breaking and wearing away of rock and soil
2. erosion:  the moving of weathered rocks and soil by wind, water , or ice.
3.  mineral: a non-living solid matter from the earth
4. fault: a crack in the earth's crust along which rocks move
5. magma: melted rock that lies deep beneath the earths surface

week-2:
1.  sediments: tiny bits of rocks, shells and other materials
2.  glacier: a large mass of ice that moves
3. igneous: rocks that form from cooled magma
4. metamorphic: rocks that by heat and pressure
5. sedimentary: rocks made from sediments that have been pressed together


grade 2 Math and Science week of 06-15-15

I.  click to view:   MATH LESSONS
a) test / quizzes: 

b) homework:
  • Monday:  ready New York test book p. 30 #24, p. 32 #26, p. 35 #29, and p. 36 #30 in notebook.
  • Wednesday: 

c) Math Vocabulary Unit-6

Week 1 and 2:
  1. equal groups:  groups having the same number or size
  2. repeated addition: adding the same number over again
  3. array: objects or numbers arranged in equal rows and column
  4. arrange: the way something is organized or put together
  5. difference: the answer to a subtraction problem

II.  click to view:  SCIENCE LESSONS
a) test/quizzes: 

b) homework
  • Monday: week -2 vocabulary and definitions two times each in notebook
  • Wednesday:
III. Unit-6 Vocabulary:
week-1:
1.  moon: earth's nearest neighbor, it is a ball of rock that orbits earth
2.  craters:  large holes
3.  phases: the different shapes of the moon
4.  reflect: when light bounces off of an object
5.  force: a push or pull tha makes something move

week-2:
1.  fossils:  the remains of living things from the past
2.  skeleton:  a full set of bones from an animal
3.  paleontologist: a scientists who studies things that lived long ago in the past
4. extinct:  when a living thing dies out and no more of its kind exist on earth
5.  endangered:  any living thing that is in danger of being extinct

Monday, May 18, 2015

grade 4 Math and Science week of 05-18-15

I.  click to view:   MATH LESSONS
a) test / quizzes: 

b) homework:
  • Monday: copy and solve problem on loose-leaf.
1. Manny has two cakes that are the same size.  One cake is cut into 1/3 size pieces.  The other cake is cut into 1/4 pieces.  He wants to cut the cakes so they have the same size pieces. How can he cut each cake?

  • Wednesday: correct errors from this weeks math quiz on loose-leaf or notebook.


    c) Math Vocabulary Unit-5

    Week 1 and 2
    1. clockwise: moving in the same direction as the hands of a clock
    2. counter clockwise: moving in the opposite direction as the hands on a clock
    3. circle: a two dimensional curved figure with no sides or edges, that has a center that is the same distance to any point on its outer curve.
    4. fraction: a part of a group or whole number
    5. degree:  a unit of measure used to measure temperature as well as angles

    Week 3 and 4:
    1. common denominator: a common multiple of the denominators of two or more fractions
    2. equivalent fractions: different fractions that name the same parts of a whole
    3. numerator: the number above the bar in a fraction that tells how many parts of the whole or group are being considered
    4. denominator: the number below the bar in a fraction that tells how many equal parts are in the whole or group
    5. equivalent: having the same value or naming the same amount


    II.  click to view:  SCIENCE LESSONS
    a) test/quizzes: 

    b) homework
    • Monday: 
    • Wednesday:  reading in science workbook p. 119 and 120

    c) Science Vocabulary Unit-5:

    Week 1 and 2:
    1. minerals: naturally occurring substances found in rock and soil that are neither plant nor animal
    2. igneous rock: rocks that are formed from melted rock material
    3. sedimentary rock: rocks formed from bits or layers of rocks cemented together
    4. relative age: the age of something compared to the age of another thing
    5. metamorphic rock: Rock whose form has been changed by heat and pressure.
    6. rock cycle: a never-ending process by which rocks are changed from one type to another

    Week 3 and 4:
    1. fossil: any evidence of an organism that lived in the past
    2. mold: a type of fossil that is a hollow form with a particular shape.
    3. cast: a fossil formed or shaped within a mold
    4. amber: hardened tree sap, yellow to brown in color, often a source of insect fossils

    Week 5:
    1. sediment: deposited rock particles and other materials that settle in a liquid
    2. minerals: a naturally occurring substance, neither a plant nor animal
    3. streak plate: a glass plate that a mineral can be rubbed against to find out the color of the streak it leaves
    4. luster: the way a mineral reflects light


    grade 3 Math and Science week of 05-18-15

    I. Click to view:   MATH LESSONS

    a) test/quiz: 

    b) homework:

    ****Monday: click on link to view or print out: WORKSHEET Fractions on  a number line
      ****Wednesday: click on link to view or print out: Homework Worksheet 3.nf.2 fill in the following fractions. 1.   one-fourth        2.  one-third   3.  four-fourths     4.  four-eighths  5. two-eighths

      c) Math Vocabulary Unit-5

      Week 1 and 2
      1. fraction: a number that names part of a whole or part of a group
      2. unit fraction: a fraction that has 1 as its top number or numerator
      3. denominator: the number below the line, in which tells how many equal parts make up the whole or group.
      4. numerator  : the number above the line in a fraction, which tells the number of equal parts being counted

      Week 3 and 4
      1. divide: to separate or share equally
      2. equal parts: parts that are exactly the same size
      3. partition: a line drawn to separate parts
      4. whole: all the parts of a shape or group


      II. Click to view:  SCIENCE LESSONS

      a) test/quiz: 

      b) homework:

      ***Monday : 

      *** Wednesday: complete science log book from class-work activity workbook p. 66-67
        c) Science Vocabulary Unit-5:

        Week 1:
        1. land-form: a feature of earth's surface such as a mountain range, plateau, or plains
        2. plateau: flat land with steep sides, that is higher than the land around it
        3. plains:  are wide flat lands
        4. mountains: highest land-forms which often have steep sides and pointed tops.
        5. valley: lowland between hills or mountains

        Week 2:
        1. crust: the top layer of the earth
        2. mantle: the middle layer of the earth
        3. core: the center part of the earth
        4. canyon: a deep narrow valley with steep sides
        5. sand dunes: mounds of wind blown sand
        6. mesas: flat topped hills or mountains

        Week: 3 and 4
        1. river: large streams of water that flow across the land
        2. oceans: very large bodies of saltwater
        3. glacier: huge mass of ice that move slowly across the land
        4. weathering: the process that causes rocks to crumble, crack, and break
        5. erosion: the breaking down and carrying away of weathered material



        Monday, May 11, 2015

        grade 2 Math and Science week of 5-18-15

        Click to view:  MATH LESSONS

        a) test/quiz:

        b) homework: 

        ****** Monday: go math workbook p. 149

        ****** Wednesday:  

        c) Math Vocabulary Unit-5:

        Week 1 and 2:
        1. missing addend: missing number in an addition sentence or equation
        2. difference: the answer to a subtraction problem
        3. equation: a number sentence with an equal sign
        4. compensation: when you add or subtract the same amount to or from two numbers to create an equivalent but simpler problem


        Click to view: SCIENCE LESSONS

        a) test/quiz: Monday, 4/27

        b) homework:

        **** Monday:  workbook p. 199
        **** Wednesday: workbook p. 201 and 202 answers only on loose-leaf

        c) Science vocabulary Unit-5

        Week-1 and 2:
        1. rotates: to spin around a fixed point
        2. axis: fixed point where an on object spins on
        3. sun: closest star to earth
        4. orbit: the path an object takes around another object.
        5. star: a hot ball of gas

        Week 3 and 4:
        1. solar system: the sun, nine planets, and all of their moons
        2. equator: the imaginary line around
        3, Earth: the third planet from the sun. It is referred to as the "blue planet."It is where we live.
        4. planet: a huge object that travels around the sun
        5. gravity: a force that pulls things toward Earth.