January+Homework

January 30, 2015 *Know your present goals for reading, writing, and math.

__**Reading**__ -Read for 1 hour and complete log.

**__Science Measuring Up__** - pages 65 to 70. Chunk notes for EACH paragraph.

__**Math**__ - black workbook pages P1-7 and P1-10. TEST next week on Topic 9.

January 29, 2015

*Know your present goals for reading, writing, and math.

*Get letter signed: Vanessa.

__**Reading**__ -Complete the worksheet //"Biography: Dr. Seuss."// CHUNK all paragraphs. Also complete the 6 Q's on the back descriptively. Read for 1 hour and complete log.

__**Math**__ - black workbook page P5-2. TEST next week on Topic 9. Get rest for the Practice NYS Math Exam!

J anuary 28, 2015 *Know your present goals for reading, writing, and math. __ //***Get letters signed: Vanessa, Ladainian, Justin J., Jazmin, Evany, Issys, Nyla. **// __

__**Reading**__ -Complete the worksheet "Historical Text: Wright Brothers." CHUNK the main ideas for all 5 paragraphs. Also complete the 5 Q's on the back descriptively. Read for 1 hour and complete log. TEST tomorrow on main idea and pulling textual evidence.

__**Math**__ - black workbook pages R1-9 and P5-1. TEST next week on Topic 9. Get rest for the Practice NYS Math Exam!

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #7c2fdd; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 21.81818199157715px;">January 26, 2015 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #7c2fdd; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 21.81818199157715px;">*Know your present goals for reading, writing, and math. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #7c2fdd; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 21.81818199157715px;">***NO SCHOOL TUESDAY: SNOW DAY!** Check the news channel to see if schools will be open on Wednesday!

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #7c2fdd; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 21.81818199157715px;">**__Reading__** -Read for 1 hour and complete log. TEST Thursday on main idea and pulling textual evidence. Bring home social studies and reading nb to review main idea notes.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #7c2fdd; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 21.81818199157715px;">__**Science Measuring Up**__ - complete pages 60, 61, 62, 63, & 64 on animal adaptations. Chunk main ideas for EACH paragraph and descriptively answer all questions/multiple choice.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #7c2fdd; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 21.81818199157715px;">__**Social Studies**__ - complete the handout "Native Peoples and the Environment." Chunk main ideas for EACH paragraph AND answer short response questions 1,2 and 3 on back.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #7c2fdd; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 21.81818199157715px;">**__Math__** - black workbook pages R1-8, P1-8, P1-9, R1-10, R9-1 and P9-1. Highlight any basic facts and show the check using multiplication. TEST next week on Topic 9.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1342e8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 23.636363983154297px;">January 23, 2015 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1342e8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 23.636363983154297px;">*Know your present goals for reading, writing, and math.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1342e8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 23.636363983154297px;">__**Reading**__ -Complete the reading comprehension handout on **//Canada Geese//**. Chunk the main ideas for EACH paragraph! Read for 1 hour and complete log. TEST Monday on main idea and pulling textual evidence. Bring home social studies and reading nb to review main idea notes.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1342e8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 23.636363983154297px;">__**Math**__ - red workbook pages S87 and S88.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1342e8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 23.636363983154297px;">__**Writing**__ - in your nb, write a first draft letter to your pen pal. Skip lines! Some topics you can discuss:


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1342e8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 23.6363639831543px;">IVECA live class
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1342e8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 23.6363639831543px;">Christmas holiday and trip to Nutcracker
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1342e8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 23.6363639831543px;">describe your goals in reading, writing, and math and your plans to achieve those goals!
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1342e8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 23.6363639831543px;">describe what your learning in ALL your subjects
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1342e8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 23.6363639831543px;">play tryouts, ballet...
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1342e8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 23.6363639831543px;">Be sure to ask them questions!

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #6ab9b7; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 23.636363983154297px;">January 22, 2015

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #6ab9b7; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 23.636363983154297px;">*Know your present goals for reading, writing, and math.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #6ab9b7; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 23.636363983154297px;">__**Reading**__ - Finish MAIN IDEA handout from class. Read for 1 hour and complete log. TEST Friday on main idea and pulling textual evidence. Bring home social studies and reading nb to review main idea notes.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #6ab9b7; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 23.636363983154297px;">**__Math__** - red workbook page S84, S85 and S89.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #6ab9b7; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 23.636363983154297px;">**__Writing__** - in your nb, write a first draft letter to your pen pal. Skip lines! Some topics you can discuss:
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #6ab9b7; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 23.6363639831543px;">IVECA live class
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #6ab9b7; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 23.6363639831543px;">Christmas holiday and trip to Nutcracker
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #6ab9b7; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 23.6363639831543px;">describe your goals in reading, writing, and math and your plans to achieve those goals!
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #6ab9b7; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 23.6363639831543px;">describe what your learning in ALL your subjects
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #6ab9b7; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 23.6363639831543px;">play tryouts, ballet...
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #6ab9b7; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 23.6363639831543px;">Be sure to ask them questions!

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #847a9b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20.909090042114258px;">January 21, 2015 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #847a9b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20.909090042114258px;">*Know your present goals for reading, writing, and math.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #847a9b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20.909090042114258px;">__**Reading**__ - complete the //**Main Idea Worksheet.**// You can use a book or TV show to determine the main idea and 3 DESCRIPTIVE supporting details. Underneath your name, include the title of the book OR show. Read for 1 hour and complete log. TEST Friday on main idea and pulling textual evidence. Bring home social studies and reading nb to review main idea notes (ex: sentence / phrase / word chart!)

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #847a9b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20.909090042114258px;">**__Math__** - Get Topic 2 Test signed. Complete subtraction worksheet.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #bf18ac; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 23.636363983154297px;">January 20, 2015 //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #bf18ac; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 23.6363639831543px;">*Tomorrow is the superintendent visit. Be prepared to discuss your present goals for reading, writing, and math. // //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #bf18ac; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 23.6363639831543px;">*Decorate your heart with your name on it so I can hang it on our door. // <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #bf18ac; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 23.636363983154297px;">__Reading__ - read for 1 hour and complete log. TEST Friday on main idea and pulling textual evidence. Bring home social studies and reading nb to review main idea notes (ex: sentence / phrase / word chart!)

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #bf18ac; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 23.636363983154297px;">**__Writing__** - Fix up phys. ed essay. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #bf18ac; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 23.636363983154297px;">__Mrs. N Science__ - fix up food chain paragraph.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1a0bc9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">January 16, 2015 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1a0bc9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">*Gym Essay and Food Chain HW will be checked Tuesday now that the Practice ELA Exam is done!!!!

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1a0bc9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">__**Reading**__ - read for 1 hour and complete log.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1a0bc9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**__Mrs. N Science and Ms. W__** - finish you colored diagram of the water cycle. Include labels. On L.L., write two paragraphs as follows: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1a0bc9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">Create a title <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1a0bc9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">Paragraph 1: Write a full description of the water cycle process including the definitions. Must be in your own words. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1a0bc9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">Paragraph 2: Respond - What influence does the water cycle have on our planet? (Hint: think of photosynthesis and plants, people, animals...)

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1a0bc9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**__Art__** - on l.l. create a descriptive story for the following with the heading and a title: You are walking through the woods on a snowy day and you come across a snowman...

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1a0bc9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">__**Math**__ - Topic 2 test Monday: review from nb, and both workbooks. Complete black workbook pages P2-2, R2-5,and P2-6. New HW: Complete black workbook pages P2-3, P2-4, P2-5, and R2-6. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1c9199; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 21.81818199157715px;">January 15, 2015 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1c9199; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 21.81818199157715px;">__**Reading**__ - read for 1 hour and complete log.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1c9199; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 21.81818199157715px;">__**Writing**__ - in nb with the heading and a title skipping lines, respond to: //In physical education class with Mr. Rampersad, you learned about healthy lifestyles. What does it mean to live a healthy lifestyle? Describe 3 ways with evidence for each way. Should be 5 paragraphs long.//

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1c9199; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 21.81818199157715px;">__**Math**__ - Topic 2 test tomorrow: review from nb, and both workbooks. Complete black workbook pages P2-2, R2-5,and P2-6.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #099628; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23.636363983154297px;">January 14, 2015

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #099628; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23.636363983154297px;">*ELA Exam will be given to the entire fourth grade this week. Review your notes on responses and get plenty of rest. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #099628; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23.636363983154297px;">__Reading__ - read for 1 hour and complete log.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #099628; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23.636363983154297px;">__Math__ - Topic 2 test Friday. Complete red workbook pages S141 and S142. Complete black workbook pages R2-3 and R2-4.


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #100da0; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 20.9090900421143px;">January 13, 2015 **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #100da0; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 20.9090900421143px;">*ELA Exam will be given to the entire fourth grade this week. Review your notes on responses and get plenty of rest. **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #100da0; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 20.9090900421143px;">__Reading__ - read for 1 hour and complete log. **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #100da0; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 20.9090900421143px;">__Math__ - Topic 2 test Friday. Complete red workbook pages S133, S134, and S135. Complete black workbook page P2-1. **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #b41818; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 21.81818199157715px;">January 12, 2015 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #b41818; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 21.81818199157715px;">*ELA Exam will be given to the entire fourth grade this week. Review your notes on responses and get plenty of rest.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #b41818; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 21.81818199157715px;">__**Reading**__ - read for 1 hour and complete log.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #b41818; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 21.81818199157715px;">**__Math__** - Topic 2 test changed to Friday. Complete red workbook pages S126 and S131. ALSO, complete black workbook page R2-1 and R2-2.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #b41818; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 21.81818199157715px;">__Social Studies__ - bring home your "Families and Village Structures" handout to respond to the following response on L.L. using at least 2 pieces of text evidence: //Native American families lived in a clan. How did living in a clan help them to survive? ***This will be graded & counted toward your average.**//

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ed81ef; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 23.636363983154297px;">January 9, 2015

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ed81ef; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 23.636363983154297px;">__**Reading**__ - read for 1 hour and complete log.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ed81ef; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 23.636363983154297px;">**__Mrs. N Science__** - draw a food chain of your choice. Label it and then write a descriptive paragraph. Include the following words: predator, prey, transfer of energy, and species.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ed81ef; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 23.636363983154297px;">__**Math**__ - Quiz Monday on LCM. Test Thursday on Topic 2. Complete black workbook pages R11-1, R11-3, and R15-1. Bring home your nb and KEMS workbook to help.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ed81ef; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 23.636363983154297px;">__**Ms. W Science**__ - Due Monday: in nb, create a diagram of water cycle with labels. Also, write an informative essay(intro, body paragraphs and conclusion) on an environment of your choice and what would happen if the climate changes due to global warming.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #906bf0; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 21.81818199157715px;">January 8, 2015

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #906bf0; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 21.81818199157715px;">__**Reading**__ - read for 1 hour and complete log. In nb, write the main idea of what you read in your book. Include 3 supporting details proving the main idea. Mention the title and author.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #906bf0; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 21.81818199157715px;">__**Math**__ - Quiz tomorrow on the SOLVE Method. Complete red workbook pages S121 and S123 (draw arrays and show repeated addition).

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #906bf0; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 21.81818199157715px;">__**Ms. W Science**__ - due tomorrow in nb: How have humans changed their environment over time? Also, write 2 sentences on how humans harm their environment. In addition, create a T chart and record 5 concepts of what you learned last week (on left side) and 5 concepts of what you forgot (on right side).


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #9e510a; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 18.1818180084229px;">January 7, 2015 **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #9e510a; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 18.1818180084229px;">__Reading__ - read for 1 hour and complete log. **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #9e510a; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 18.1818180084229px;">__Math__ - complete red workbook pages S244, S245, S246, and S122. **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #9e510a; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 18.1818180084229px;">__Social Studies__ - research and add more detail to your t-chart on our lives vs. the lives of Native American children. **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #9e510a; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 18.1818180084229px;">__Mrs. N Science__ - research any food chain you are interested in. **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #9e510a; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 18.1818180084229px;">__Ms. W Science__ - due Fri in nb: How have humans changed their environment over time? Also, write 2 sentences on how humans harm their environment. In addition, create a T chart and record 5 concepts of what you learned last week (on left side) and 5 concepts of what you forgot (on right side). **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #cc11d1; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.0909080505371px;">January 6, 2015 **


 * **<span style="color: #cc11d1; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">Remember to give me your December log! **
 * **<span style="color: #cc11d1; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">I will be testing your reading level this week. Get plenty of rest and read! **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #cc11d1; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.0909080505371px;">__Reading__ - read for 1 hour and complete your January Log. **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #cc11d1; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.0909080505371px;">__Social Studies__ - answer the questions on the back of the "Hunting, Fishing, & Farming"" handout. **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #cc11d1; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.0909080505371px;">__Math__ - complete red workbook page S248. **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #cc11d1; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.0909080505371px;">__Ms. W Science__ - due Fri in nb: How have humans changed their environment over time? Also, write 2 sentences on how humans harm their environment. In addition, create a T chart and record 5 concepts of what you learned last week (on left side) and 5 concepts of what you forgot (on right side). **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #2246d1; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17.27272605895996px;">January 5, 2015 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #2246d1; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17.27272605895996px;">Welcome Back! Hope you all enjoyed the holidays! :)

//<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #2246d1; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17.27272605896px;">__Reminders:__ //
 * //<span style="color: #2246d1; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17.27272605895996px;">Remember to give me your December log! //
 * //<span style="color: #2246d1; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17.27272605895996px;">I will be testing your reading level this week. Get plenty of rest and read! //

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #2246d1; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17.27272605895996px;">**__Reading__** - read for 1 hour and complete your January Log. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #2246d1; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17.27272605895996px;">**__Social Studies__** - answer the questions on the back of the "Family and Village" handout. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #2246d1; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17.27272605895996px;">__**Math**__ - complete red workbook pages S247. Remember to use page S242 to help you. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #2246d1; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17.27272605895996px;">__**Ms. W Science**__ - due Fri in nb: How have humans changed their environment over time? Also, write 2 sentences on how humans harm their environment. In addition, create a T chart and record 5 concepts of what you learned last week (on left side) and 5 concepts of what you forgot (on right side).