Easter Break Assignments

Grade 4:

• Ready New York math workbook pages 32-33, 90-91, 102-103 on loose-leaf or notebook.

Grade 3:

• Ready New York math workbook pages 70-71, 90-91, 116-117 on loose-leaf or notebook

Grade 2: 

• Ready New York math workbook pages 60-61, 124-125, 184-185. Answer problems in the workbook.

Grade 4 Announcements

• Easter break begins Friday, March 27 after dismissal at 3:00 p.m.  We will be celebrating Easter in our classroom.  Families are asked to please provide $3.00 for each student toward pizza.  You may bring snacks, beverages, and of-course Easter treats to share with the class, if you are able.

• Class-room clean-up. It is "spring" or "Easter" cleaning this week. Students need to bring in a strong plastic bag to organize and store personal books and items that will remain in class. 

• Easter Break assignments. Assignments will be distributed or posted by Thursday,m March 26 and will be due on the first day back from break.

grade 2 Math and Science week of 3-9-15

I. click to view: Math Lessons

Math Vocabulary Unit-4:

II. click to view: Science Lessons

Science Vocabulary Unit-4:

week-1 and 2

1. Habitat: a place where plants and animals meet their needs

2. communicate: to share ideas or concerns with others

3. migrate: to move to another place for food or warmth

4. hibernate: to sleep for a long period of time

week-3 and 4

1. woodland forest: a habitat that gets enough rain and sunlight for trees to grow well

2. rain forest: a habitat where it rains almost every day

3. desert: a very dry habitat

4. arctic: a habitat that is very cold and near the north pole.

week-5 and 6:

1. rain-forest: a habitat where it rains almost every day

2. emergent: top layer of the rain forest where only the tallest trees can reach

3. canopy: second top layer, where most trees reach and most animals avoid predators

4. understory: third lower layer, it is a cool, shady place where plants grow large leaves

5. forest floor: bottom layer which is very dark and wet

Grade: 4 Math and Science week of 03-09-15

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

b) homework:

• Monday: 

• Wednesday:   

c) Math Vocabulary 

WEEK- 1:
1. Ray: a line with one endpoint and goes on forever in one direction
2. line: a straight path of points that continues without end in both directions
3. line segment: A part of a line with two endpoints.
4. point: an exact location or on a line.
5. Parallel lines: lines that never intersect and are always the same distance apart

 WEEK-2:
1.  angle: a shape formed by two line segments or rays that share the same endpoint
2. right angle: an angle that can form a square corner
3. acute angle: is less than a right angle
4. obtuse angle: is greater than a right angle and less than a straight angle
5. vertex: the point where two or more lines meet

WEEK-3 and 4
1. Parallel lines: lines that never intersect and are always the same distance apart
2. Perpendicular lines: lines that intersect and form right angles
3. Straight angle: an angle that forms a straight line
4. Intersect: to cross or meet each other at one or more points

Week-5:
1. polygon: a closed two-dimensional shape formed by three or more straight sides that are line segments.
2. two-dimensional figure: a shape or figure that lies flat on a plane and has two measures, length and width.
3. dimension: a measure in one direction.
4. quadrilateral: a plane figure with four sides and four vertices.
5. parallelogram: a quadrilateral with 2 pairs of parallel sides and 2 pairs of sides of equal length.

Week-6
1. scalene: a triangle with no sides of equal lengths
2. isosceles: a triangle with two sides of equal lengths
3. equilateral: a triangle with all sides of equal lengths
4. trapezoid: a quadrilateral with only one pair of parallel sides
5. rhombus: a quadrilateral with sides of equal lengths but no right angles

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

b) homework

• Monday:  
• Wednesday:  

c) Vocabulary for the week:

WEEK-1 and 2
1. skeletal system: the organ system made up of bones
2. organ: a group of tissue that work together to do a certain job
3. cell:  the smallest unit of living matter
4. tissue: a group of cells that work together to carry out a job

Week-3:
1. oxygen: A gas in the air, needed by most living things to turn food into energy
2. organism: Any living thing that carries out the five basic life functions
3. organ system: a group of organs working together to carry out life functions
4. bacteria: one-celled organisms
5. microorganism:  organisms that are too small to be seen with the eye

Week-4:
1. reproduce: to make more of one's own kind
2. energy: the ability to do work or change matter
3. photosynthesis: the process in which plants use sunlight,water and carbon dioxide to make food
4. carbon dioxide: a gas found in air that is needed by plants to live
5. chlorophyll: a green substance found in plant cells that uses sunlight to make food.

Week-5:
1. muscular system: organ system made up of muscles that move our bones
2. contract: a shortening or tensing of a muscle
3. tendons: a flexible and inelastic strong tissue attaching a muscle to a bone
4. bicep: a muscle found in the front upper part of the arm that pulls the arm toward you.
5. tricep: a three part muscle found in the back of the upper arm that pulls the arm away from you.

Grade: 3 Math and Science week of 03-09-15

Click to view:   MATH LESSONS

a) test/quiz: 

b) homework:
****Monday:  
1. write the 8 multiplication facts up to 12
2. go math workbook p. 225

****Wednesday: 
1. 8 times table
2. ready new york workbook p. 65 on loose-leaf


c) Math Vocabulary:
 Week 1 and 2:
1. area:  the number of square units needed to cover a flat surface
2. plane figures: two dimensional shapes that are closed and flat
3. attribute:  any characteristic of an object that can be used to describe the object
4. multiple:  the product of a number and a counting number.

Week-3:
1. overlap:  to extend over so as to cover partly
2. gap: an unfilled space or break between two objects
3. square unit: a square shaped figure used to cover and measure the area of a given space
4. perimeter: the distance around a figure or shape

Week-4:
1. length: the measured distance from end to end
2. width: to measure how wide something is
3. estimate: a close or approximate answer
4. perimeter: the distance around a figure or shape

Week-5:
1. perimeter: the distance around a figure or shape
2. quadrilateral: a shape or figure with four sides and four corners
3. polygon: a closed plane shape formed by three or more straight sides
4. two-dimensional: a shape or figure that is measured in two directions, length and witdth


Click to view:  SCIENCE LESSONS

a) test/quiz: 

b) homework:

***Monday : Copy and write week-5 words and definitions 2 times each on loose-leaf. Then write a sentence for each word.
*** Wednesday: 

c) Science Vocabulary Unit-4:

WEEK-1 and 2
1. behavior: the way a living thing acts
2. instinct: a behavior that an animal has at birth and does not need to learn.
3. reflex:  a simple automatic behavior
4. stimulus: the cause of a behavior
5. response:  a behavior caused by stimulus

Week-3 and 4
1. school: a group of one kind of fish that moves together
2. pride: a group of lions
3. troop: a kind of group in which animals such as baboons live
4. colony: a kind of animal group in which each member has a different job

Week-5:
1. symbiosis: a special way in which two different kinds of animals live together.
2. parasite: an animal that is helped by living with another animal that it harms.
3.  host: an animal that is harmed by a parasite.
4. species: a specific type of organism or living thing
5. mutualism: is the way two organisms of different species exist in a relationship in which each individual benefits from the activity of the other. 

Math and Science folders

Dear Parents,

Last week math and science folders were distributed to all students.  In them you will find all homework, classwork, and quizzes students have completed and or taken.  Please use these quizzes as a review, focusing on any areas of weakness.

Thank You
Mr. Badia

Grade 4 Winter Break Assignments

A. Math: click on links below. You may print out worksheets or do your work on a separate sheet of paper.
worksheet 1 

B.  P.B.L. Students are to select and research one out of the following two saints of Peru. Write a two to three paragraph biography and provide a picture as well. Also, please remember to bring in a poster board of any color by Friday, Jan 9.

 Click to view information on each saint. Additional website resources or links  have been provided at bottom.

Saint of Peru:
a) St. Rose of Lima
b) Martin de Porres

•  link 1
•  link 2
• link 3