September
Week 1
Give out all cards from the office

First Days of School Procedures
Rules
Teambuilding - partners - groups - by yourself
Teach the games out at recess
Testing for all school, state, district as required
San Diego Quick
DRAs
McCleod
Math SAMS
Power write
Core Spelling
etc.

First 20 days -

Autobiography Reports

Mathematics
Poetry/Music to work in pairs - as a team

Disperse textbooks
Make out cards with student name, phone, address, book #s

Art - Portfolios Book
Create a self-portrait p. 101

Poem -
Dreams by Langston Hughes

Week 2

Theme: Journeys

Vocabulary words for the week:
blizzard, checkpoint,courageous,experienced, musher, rugged
environment, climate, oxygen, shelter, metamorphosis
landform, geography, border, region, coast, bay, harbor, plain, urban, source

Language Arts Story - Akiak p.29

Reading Strategy - summarizing p. 27c

Strategies that Work -


Writer’s Craft - setting, p. 31

Spelling - er - est endings p. 57f
multiple meaning words p. 57i

Grammar - kinds of sentences 57k

Month by Month Phonics
p. 12-15

Writing - summary & news article p.57m

Mathematics
Chapter 1 Place Value and Money

Science - Life Science
Animal Growth and Adaptations
Lesson 1 - What are the basic needs of animals p. A - 4
Lesson 2 - How do animal body parts help meet their needs p. A - 12

Social Studies - Unit 1
Chapter 1 A Place Called CA
Lesson 1 - Coast and Mountains p. 8
Lesson 2 - Valleys and Deserts p. 16

ART Project
Create a physical map showing the 4 regions of CA
Use color to indicate elevation

Poem
Patriotic Song - America - My Country tis of Thee
Week 3
(SITP)
Vocabulary words for the week: climate, temperature, precipitation, rain shadow, natural resources, renewable resources, non-renewable resources, fuel, population, conservation, instinct, migration, hibernation, bewildered, homeland, longed, marveled, reminded, surrounded, lonely, suddenly,

Language Arts Story - Theme: Journeys
Grandfathers Journey p.62

Reading Strategy - Predict/infer p. 61C, 66, 74

Strategies that Work -

Writer’s Craft - similies p. 73

Spelling -Structural analysis ly and y endings p. 79E
Short i, long i, short o and long o

Writing - Summary of a book as homework assignment
At SITP - focus on description - time/order
At Rosa Parks - compare - contrast

Grammar - subjects and predicates p. 79K

Month by Month Phonics - p. 16-20

Mathematics
Place Value and Money - Chapter 1

Science - Life Science
Animal Growth and Adaptations
Lesson 3 How animal behaviors help meet their needs p. A-20
Test on Chapter 1
Begin Chapter 2 - Plant Growth and Adaptations - plant seeds
Lesson 1 What do plants need to live p. A-38

Social Studies - Unit 1
Chapter 2 California’s Climate
Lesson 1& 2 P. 30- 42

ART Project Portfolios p. 18-19
(Science & Social Studies) Choose one of the 4 regions, choose an animal in that region, draw the animal in it’s habitat

Poem
Try, Try, Again
Week 4

Vocabulary words for the week: climate, temperature, precipitation, rain shadow, natural resources, renewable resources, non-renewable resources, fuel, conservation, instinct, migration, hibernation, bewildered, homeland, longed, marveled, reminded, surrounded, lonely, suddenly

Language Arts Story - Theme: Journeys
Grandfathers Journey p.62


Reading Strategy - Predict/infer p. 61C, 66, 74

Strategies that Work -

Writer’s Craft - similies p. 73

Spelling -Structural analysis ly and y endings p. 79E
Short i, long i, short o and long o

Writing - Summary of a book as homework assignment
At SITP - focus on description - time/order
At Rosa Parks - compare - contrast

Grammar - subjects and predicates p. 79K

Month by Month Phonics - p. 20-22

Mathematics
Complete chapter 1 by 9/23
9/24 begin Chapter 2 Addition and Subtraction

Science - Life Science
Animal Growth and Adaptations
Lesson 3 - How animal behaviors help meet their needs p. A-20
Test on Chapter 1
Begin Chapter 2 - Plant Growth and Adaptations - plant seeds
Lesson 1 What do plants need to live p. A-38

Social Studies - Unit 1
Chapter 2 California’s Climate
Lesson 1& 2 P. 30- 42

ART Project Portfolios p. 18-19
(Science & Social Studies) Choose one of the 4 regions, choose an animal in that region, draw the animal in it’s habitat

Poem
Try, Try, Again

Week 5
Theme: Journeys

Vocabulary words for the week:
funnels, plaques, shipwrecks, survivors, unsinkable, voyage, wreckage, symmetry, transpiration, taproot, fibrous root, germinate, spore, tuber, religion, archeology, artifact, ancestor, diversity

Language Arts Story - Finding the Titanic p. 84

Reading Strategy - Monitor- clarify p. 81c, 88, 96

Strategies that Work -

Writer’s Craft - flashbacks p. 85

Spelling - short u , yoo, oo as a long sound

Word study - structural analysis - syllabication p. 107e

Writing -
Description - cause and effect

Grammar - compound sentences p. 107k

Month by Month Phonics - p. 23 - 25

Mathematics -
Chapter 2 Addition & Subraction con’t.

Science - Life Science
Plant Growth and Adaptations
Lesson 2 How do leaves, stems and roots help plants live? p. A-44
Lesson 3 How do plants reproduce? p. A-50

Social Studies - Unit 1
Chapter 3 Native Americans p. 58
Lesson 1 The first Californians p. 60

ART Project
Study/observe the artifacts them. Draw and label any 5 of them you choose.

Poem
“Golden Air” by Margaet Wise Brown
When the wind blows the leaves fall free
Yellow leaves falling in golden air
And everywhere upon the ground
Leaves of gold are scattered round.
Week 6

Vocabulary words for the week:
mystery, crime, clues, foreshadowing, ecosystem, individual, population, community, habitat, niche, tule, irrigation, granary, shaman

Genre Study: Mysteries
Mystery Report Project for this topic of study p. 137
In guided redg groups this week - focus on characteristics of mystery stories

Reading Strategy -

Strategies that Work -

Writer’s Craft - Description - similies

Spelling -

Writing - Write a narrative mystery story (think about Halloween)
Descriptive writing focus- work on similes for your mystery story descriptions
Look at writing process skills / revision
Grammar -

Month by Month Phonics
P. 26-29

Mathematics
Chapter 2

Science - Life Science
Test on Chapter 2
Begin Chapter 3 Living Things Interact p. A-64
Lesson One What are Ecosystems? p. A-68

Social Studies - Unit 1
Chapter 3 Native Americans
Lesson 3 p. 72

ART Project
Create Mural for Native American Folktale for Reader’s Theater performance
“How Coyote Brought Fire to the People” from Reader’s theater Grade 4 p.55

Poem
“The Pumpkin” by Robert Graves
You may not believe it, for hardly could I:
I was cutting a pumpkin to put in a pie,
And on it was written in letters most plain
“You may hack me in slices, but I’ll grow again.”
Week 7

Think about this story as a Read-Aloud at SITP
Tonya’s Reunion p. 187
(sequel to the Patchwork Quilt book)

Vocabulary words for the week:
Producer, consumer, food chain, decompser, food web, energy pyramid, competition, symbiosis, borrow, check out, eager, glaring, lap, storyteller
Language Arts Story -
Theme: American Stories
Tomas and the Library Lady p. 159
Reading Strategy - Predict-Infer p. 157c, 162, 172
Spelling -
Spelling patterns are ou and o sounds p.181G
Structural analysis - contractions p. 181E
Writing -
Descriptive writing - problem/solution - Use Time Write Expository card #13
“Kids Light the Way” as a model for this writing exercise
(plan on using the same text for essay on problem/solution later int he school year)
Grammar -
Proper Nouns p. 181K
Month by Month Phonics p. 32-34
Mathematics
Complete Chapter 2 by 10/14 andTest on Chapter 2
Cum Test on 10/15
10/16 begin Chapter 3
Science - Life Science
Chapter 3
Lesson 2 How does energy flow through an ecosystem? p. A-74
Lesson 3 How do organisms compete and survive? p. A-80

Social Studies - Unit 1
Chapter 3 Native Americans
Culminating Project - Diorama, mural or model of a native cultural ideas
food, religion, dress, resources, climate, shelter, economic system, art

ART Project
Dreamcatcher
Poem
“The Dreamcatcher” by Langston Hughes
Bring me all of your dreams, You dreamers,
Bring me all of your heart melodies,
That I may wrap them in a blue cloud-cloth,
Away from the too rough fingers of the world.
Week 8

Think about this story as a Read-Aloud at SITP
Tonya’s Reunion p. 187
(sequel to the Patchwork Quilt book)


Vocabulary words for the week:
Producer, consumer, food chain, decompser, food web, energy pyramid, competition, symbiosis, borrow, check out, eager, glaring, lap, storyteller

Language Arts Story -
Theme: American Stories
Tomas and the Library Lady p. 159

Reading Strategy - Predict-Infer p. 157c, 162, 172

Spelling -
Spelling patterns are ou and o sounds p.181G
Structural analysis - contractions p. 181E

Writing -
Descriptive writing - problem/solution - Use Time Write Expository card #13
“Kids Light the Way” as a model for this writing exercise
(plan on using the same text for essay on problem/solution later int he school year)

Grammar -
Proper Nouns p. 181K

Month by Month Phonics p. 32-34

Mathematics
Chapter 3

Science - Life Science
Chapter 3
Lesson 2 How does energy flow through an ecosystem? p. A-74
Lesson 3 How do organisms compete and survive? p. A-80

Social Studies - Unit 1
Chapter 3 Native Americans
Project Presentations of dioramas/murals

ART Project
Dreamcatcher

Poem
“The Dreamcatcher” by Langston Hughes
Bring me all of your dreams, You dreamers,
Bring me all of your heart melodies,
That I may wrap them in a blue cloud-cloth,
Away from the too rough fingers of the world.

Week 9
OLD Town - OCILE

Week 10
November
Vocabulary words for the week: Adventures, determined, frontier, gear, opportunity, pioneers, settlers, tanned, wranglers, extinct, endangered, conquistador, empire, colony, viceroy, expedition, slavery, threatened

Language Arts Story -
Theme: American Stories
Boss of the Plains p. 219

Reading Strategy -
Strategies that Work -
Summarizing p.238

Writer’s Craft - Writing an Advertisement p.240
Spelling - ir (gear) / ar (sharp) / ar (strare) p. 245g
Writing - Writing a business letter p. 245m
Grammar - Plural nouns p. 245k
Stuructual Analysis
er, or and ist for decoding longer words p. 245e
Month by Month Phonics
p. 40-42

Mathematics
Chapter 3
Take Chapter 3 test on 11/7
Begin Chapter 4

Science - Life Science
Lesson 4 p.A-88 Extinction and It’s Causes
Test on Chapter 3 - Lessons 1 -4

Social Studies - Unit 1
Explorers Chapter 4 p.82

ART Project
Lesson 10 - collage about the theme “Journey” - could tie in to SS - explorers, family journeying to America ( LA theme) or your own life a personal journey of your own - needs to tell a story - can be abstract shapes

Poem
Indian Prayer
Great Spirit,
Help me never to judge another
Until I have walked in his moccasins
For two weeks.
Week 11

Genre Study - Plays p. 279
Tales of the Fourth Grade Nothing p. 280 SB (Teacher Guide F-280)

Vocabulary words for the week: acts, scenes, cast, role, exit, prop, stage, dialog, actor, actress, character, playwright, client, rumages, reluctantly, careens, vanish, biome, climate zone. galleon, tundra, taiga, deciduous

Reading Strategy - Identify reading elements of a play - differences between a play and a regular story

Strategies that Work -

Writer’s Craft - Write your own play p. 290 (SB) (Teacher Guide 290-f)

Month by month phonics
 p. 43 - 46
Mathematics
Begin Chapter 4 Multiplication and Division facts

Science - Life Science
Chapter 4 - Biomes Lesson 1 p. A-104
take 2 days for this lesson - due to extensive biomes/pages
Social Studies - Unit 1
Explorers Lesson 2 p. 90

ART Project
Create the props for the play to show different characters/ costumes/etc.

Poem
Thanksgiving Day Poem by Marguerite E. Halker
The day is cold but brisk and bright,
Families gather,
Their hearts are light;
Beams of happiness shed their ray...
They’re glad it is Thanksgiving Day.


Week 12 carlie at SITP

November 17-21, 2003

Genre Study - Plays p. 279

Tales of the Fourth Grade Nothing p. 280 SB (Teacher Guide F-280)

Vocabulary words for the week: acts, scenes, cast, role, exit, prop, stage, dialog, actor, actress, character, playwright, client, rumages, reluctantly, careens, vanish, biome, climate zone. galleon, tundra, taiga, deciduous


Reading Strategy - Identify reading elements of a play - differences between a play and a regular story

Strategies that Work -

Writer’s Craft - Write your own play p. 290 (SB) (Teacher Guide 290-f)

Month by month phonics
 p. 43 - 46
Mathematics
Begin Chapter 4 Multiplication and Division facts

Science - Life Science
Chapter 4 - Biomes Lesson 1 p. A-104
take 2 days for this lesson - due to extensive biomes/pages
Social Studies - Unit 1
Explorers Lesson 2 p. 90

ART Project
Create the props for the play to show different characters/ costumes/etc.

Poem
Thanksgiving Day Poem by Marguerite E. Halker
The day is cold but brisk and bright,
Families gather,
Their hearts are light;
Beams of happiness shed their ray...
They’re glad it is Thanksgiving Day.


Week 13
November 24-26, 2003

continue play genre study
Perform the plays in different classrooms for 3rd grade students ???

Vocabulary words for the week: intertidal zone, near-shore zone, open-ocean zone, estuary, freshwater

Writer’s Craft -

Writing - continue play writing

Month by Month Phonics
p. 51 - 54
Mathematics
Chapter 4 continued

Science - Life Science
Lesson 2 p. A-116 Water Ecosystems
Test on Chapter 4 p. A-126

ART Project
potato centerpiece project

Poem
Thanksgiving Day Poem by Marguerite E. Halker
The day is cold but brisk and bright,
Families gather,
Their hearts are light;
Beams of happiness shed their ray...
They’re glad it is Thanksgiving Day.

Thanksgiving Day with all it means,
Tables laden, festive scenes;
We wonder as we look around
At the turkey so tenderly brown,
At the sauces and pies we see...
Are we as thankful as we should be?


Week 14 Week of Parent-Teacher Conferences
December 1-5, 2003

Theme 3: That’s Amazing
The Stranger p. 301

Vocabulary words for the week: succession, pioneer plants, climax community, pollution, acid rain, latitude, degree, parallel, longitude, prime meridian, equator, meridian, global grid, draft, etched, frost, mercury, peculiar, thermometer, timid

Language Arts Story -
Reading Strategy -
Strategies that Work -
Writer’s Craft -
Spelling -
Writing -
Grammar -
Month by Month Phonics
Mathematics
Science - Life Science
Chapter 5
Lesson 1- How do Ecosystems Change Naturally? p. A-130
Lesson 2 - How do People Change Ecosystems? p. A-136


Week 15
December 8-12, 2003

Theme: It’s Amazing
Cendrillon p. 329

Vocabulary words for the week:
Language Arts Story -
Reading Strategy -
Strategies that Work -
Writer’s Craft -
Spelling -Writing -
Grammar -
Science - Life Science
Animal Growth and Adaptations
Lesson 3 How Can People Treat Ecosystems More Wisely? p. A-142
Lesson 4 Restoring Damaged Ecosystems p. A-148
Test on Chapter 5

Social Studies - Unit 1
Chapter 1 A Place Called CA
Lesson 3
ART Project

Poem


Week 16 colleen at SITP
December 15-19

Folktale compairson stories or Cinderella stories from around the world

Vocabulary words for the week:
Language Arts Story -
Reading Strategy -
Strategies that Work -
Writer’s Craft -
Spelling -Writing -
Grammar -
Science - Life Science
Animal Growth and Adaptations
Lesson
Social Studies - Unit 1


ART Project

Poem


Week 17 carlie at SITP
January 20-23, 2004 (Week 1)

Vocabulary words for the week: boycott, civil rights movement, faire, protest, stupendous, landforms, weathering, erosion, deposition, mass movement, nervously, troublesome,
Language Arts Story -
p.535 Happy Birthday Dr. King
Reading Strategy -
Predict/Infer p. 533C, 538, 548
Comprehension skills
Cause/effect p. 290 in practice book
p. 550, 555A
Spelling
Words with prefixes and suffixes
Structual analysis
Prefixes & suffixes , p. 555E, R-14
Vocabualry
Prefixes re, un, dis p. 555I
Month by Month Phonics-
p. 81 Nifty Thrify Fifty
dishonest, misunderstood, illegal, performance, replacement, irresponsible, rearrange
Writer’s Craft -
Writing a response to literature - use Leif’s packet
Grammar -
Subject pronouns p.555k, p.R-20, p.555L
Science - Earth Science
Lesson Section B Chapter 1 Changes to Earth’s Surface p. B-6
Social Studies
Carlie - Missions
Colleen Geography - Powerpoint presentations
Mathematices:
Carlie - finish chapter 5
Colleen - review of graphing - data - statistics - division w/2 digits
Test Prep - see Monica’s folder
ART Project
I Have a Dream Mobile
Poem
The Funeral of Martin Luther King
by Nikki Giovanni
His headstone said
FREE AT LAST, FREE AT LAST
But death is a slave
s freesom
We seek the freedom of free men
And the construction of a world
Where Martin Luther King could have lived and preached non-violence




Week 18 carlie and colleen at SITP
January 26-30, 2004 (Week 2)
Test Prep - see Monica’s folder
Mathematics:
Chapter 6 - 2 digit Multiplication p. 234
Intro - think of reading aloud some of the stories - Annos Multiplying Jar?
Do lessons 4 math lessons 6-1 thru 6-4 must be completed

Week 19
February 2-6, 2004 (Week 3)

Vocabulary words for the week: bunkhouse, cords, immense, landscape, lumberjacks, snowshoes, timber, woodsman, crust, mantle, core, plate, magma, volcano, earthquake, fault
Literature: Theme 4: Problem Solvers
Marvin of the Great North Woods p. 416
Reading Strategy -
Evaluating p. 420 & 434
Comprehension skills
Problem solving p. 449A, 429, 435
Spelling
Final long E p.449G
Structual analysis
Prefixes re, mis, ex p.449E
Vocabulary
Word Families p.449I
Writer’s Craft
Response to literature - finish up
Month by Month Phonics
p. 85 by and buy, didn’t - doesn’t, especially, something, sometimes, who, one - won
Grammar -
irregular verbs - check activity sheets and p.449K, 449L
Science - Earth Science
Mountains, volcanoes, and Earthquakes p. B-14
Social Studies - Unit 1
Carlie - Mission
Colleen - geography - Mission powerpoints
Mathematics:
Chapter 6 - 2 digit Multiplication p. 234
Do lessons 4 math lessons 6-5 thru 6-8 must be completed
Test Prep - see Monica’s folder
ART
Valentine’s Project
Poem


Week 20
February 9-11, 2004 (Week 4)
Vocabulary words for the week: continental drift, Pangea, fossil
Language Arts Story - No story due due to 3-day week
Science - Earth Science
Lesson 3 - How Earth’s Surface Has changed p. B-22
Social Studies -
Carlie - Mission
Colleen - Geography
Mathematics -
6-9 & 6-10 only due to short week
Give Chapter test on Wednesday at 10:00 for Chapter 6 before going on a 5 day break.
Test Prep - see Monica’s folder
ART
Finish Project or write a poem - make valentine cards
Poem


Week 21
February 17-20, 2004 (4-day week) (Week 5)
Language Arts Story -
Theme 4: Problem solvers
The Last Dragon p. 453
Vocabulary words for the week: Characters, crest, fierce, homage, scales, sneaked, teeming, mineral, streak, luster, hardness, rock, igneous rock, sedimentary rock, metamorphic rock, estimate, round, factor
Reading Strategy -
Summarize p. 451C, 458, 470
Comprehension skills
Drawing conclusions p.461, 485A,
Spelling
Final J and S p.485G
Structual analysis
Prefixes pre, con, com p.485E
Vocabulary
Dictionary: suffixes ful, less, ly p. 485I
Month by Month Phonics
p. 92 Nifty Thrifty deodorize, international, different, invasion, signature, employee, prehistoric
Writer’s Craft -
summarizing non-fiction and fiction
Grammar -
 Adjectives - p. 485K & use worksheets in activity book
Science - Earth Science
Chapter 2 Rocks and Minerals
What are minerals p. B-36
What are Rocks? B-42
Social Studies -
Carlie - Missions
Colleen - geography & powerpoint
Mathematics -
Chapter 7 divide by 1-digit numbers
Complete lessons on 7-1 thru 7-3
Test Prep - see Monica’s folder
ART Project
Language Arts Text p. 484 and 485 Make a Chinese Dragon Toy
Poem
Create a Haiku Poem
use chinese brush
Think about this for a Mother’s Day gift


Week 22
February 23-26, 2004 (Week 6)
Language Arts Story -
Theme 4: Problem solvers
Sing to th Stars p. 489

Vocabulary words for the week: amplifiers, blaring, classical, debut, jazz, murmur, rhythm, strides, rock cycle, compensation

Reading Strategy -
Questioning p.487C, 492, 504
Comprehension skills
Story Structure p. 491, 511A,
Information & Study Skills
Encyclopedia p.511C
Spelling
Vowel consonant - consonant vowel vccv pattern p. 511G, 511E
Structual analysis
Consonant clusters of vccv p. 511E
Vocabualry
Connotation - negative or positive p. 511 I - look at activity sheets
Writer’s Craft -
Summarizing continued
Grammar -
comparing with adjectives - p. 511 K - look at activity worksheets
Science - Earth Science
Lesson 3 The Rock cycle p. B-50
Give Chapter 2 test on rocks - Begin chapter 3 on soil
Social Studies -
Carlie - Finish Missions
Colleen - finish up geography
Mathematics -
Continue Chapter 7 at Supersonic speed - see planning guide
Must complete this chapter by March 5th
Test Prep - see Monica’s folder
ART Project

Poem
Week 23

Week 7
March 1-5, 2004

Language Arts Story -
Theme: Poetry
p. 515
Vocabulary words for the week: fertile, humus,
Reading/ Writing Strategy -
Identify and define poetry
Recognize & identify elements of poetry
Compare & contrast poems
Write their own poems
Genre study - Poetry
p. F- 517
Science - Earth Science
Soil Formation p. B-64
Soil Properties p.B-70
Social Studies -
Mexican California
Ranchos - use Josephina’s World story
check with Rose for a video
Lesson 1 p. 136 Land Grants and Ranchos - picture walk through text?
Carlie check your files for study guides
Mathematics -
Continue to work on lessons daily in chapter 7 ( we may have to do a Wed)
Give Chapter 7 test on March 5th
Test Prep - see Monica’s folder
ART Project

Poem



Week 24(Week 8)

March 8-12, 2004 Colleen at OCILE 8:00 - 9:00 is all the time I have!!!!!
Language Arts Story -
My Name is Isabel p. 393

Vocabulary words for the week:attentively, disappointed, misunderstanding, nervously, troublesome, soil conservation, contour plowing, strip cropping, terracing

Reading Strategy -
Comprehension skills
Predicting outcomes p. 405, 411 A
Spelling
the sound k, ng, and kw p. 411G,411F
Structual analysis
Suffix - ible p. 411E
Vocabulary
Base words and inflected forms p. 411 I
 Strategy Focus
Predict & infer p. 404
Writer’s Craft -
Narrative Writing
Grammar -
Study the irregular verb -”be” p. 411K and use activity worksheets
Month by Month Phonics
Nifty Thrifty p.96-107 antifreeze, overpower, forecast, semifinal, underweight, midnight, supermarket
Science - Earth Science
Lesson 3 Soil conservation p. B-76
Chapter 3 Test
Unit Test ???
Social Studies -
Use Rosie’s Bear Flag Republic book with students
SS Text p.158
Mathematics -
March 12 - Start Chapter 8 Divide by 2-digit numbers
Complete lessons 8-1 thru 8-5
Test Prep -
see Monica’s folder
ART Project

Poem


Week 25 colleen at SITP
March 15-19 (Week 9)

Language Arts Story -


Vocabulary words for the week:
Reading Strategy -
Comprehension skills
Spelling
Structual analysis
Vocabulary
 Strategy Focus
Writer’s Craft -
Grammar -
Month by Month Phonics
xScience - Earth Science
Social Studies -
Mathematics -
March 12 - Start Chapter 8 Divide by 2-digit numbers
Complete lessons 8-1 thru 8-5
Test Prep -
see Monica’s folder
ART Project

Poem


Week 26 Read-Aloud The Secret Garden
April 21-23, 2004
Language Arts Story - Genre - Realistic Fiction
My Name is Isabel p. 393-407 by Alma Flor Ada
Vocabulary words for the week: revolved, pageant, rededication, Temple, menorah, piñata, latkes, attentively, disappointed, misunderstanding, nervously, troublesome, drizzle, crutch, volunteered, strummed, soil conservation, contour plowing, strip cropping, terracing
Reading Strategy -
Predict - R2.3 Create a prediction chart - TT p. 391d
Comprehension skills
Predicting outcomes p. 405, 411 A
Spelling
the sound k, ng, and kw p. 411G,411F
Structual analysis - Center activity
Suffix - ible p. 411E & ful, less, ly p. R23
Vocabulary
Base words and inflected forms p. 411 I
Strategy Focus
Predict & infer p. 404
Writer’s Craft -
Narrative Writing - Read the article entitled, “Great Ball of Fire” from Time for Kids. Create a poster to show the idead that “A problem is just a solution waiting to be discovered.” by Anonymous. Draw pictures and write information on your poster to show what scientists have been doing to solve this problem about Earth’s extinction.
Grammar -
Study the irregular verb -”be” p. 411K and use activity worksheets
Month by Month Phonics
Nifty Thrifty p.96-107 antifreeze, overpower, forecast, semifinal, underweight, midnight, supermarket
Science - Earth Science
Lesson 3 Soil conservation p. B-76
Social Studies -
Use Rosie’s Bear Flag Republic book with students - SS Text p.158
Mathematics -
8-9 p. 344-345
Review, Enrich, Practice & Practice book pages for homework
Chapter 8 review and test
Test Prep -
see Monica’s folder
ART Project
Mother’s Day bracelets
Poem - Out for Spring

 

Week 27 Read-Aloud The Secret Garden
April 26-30, 2004
Theme: Heros
Language Arts Story - Genre: Biography
Gloria Estefan - read Chapters 1- 2 p. 560-566
Vocabulary words for the week:
career, contract, demonstrated, eventually, specializes, tireless, worldwide, duty, nerves, ballads, rehearsals, sholarship, calling, (ss) republic, treaty
Reading Strategy -
Monitor/clarify
Comprehension skills
Making judgements TT p. 581 A
Spelling & Structual analysis
TT p.581 G Changing y to i - LC 1.7
Vocabulary
Homophones TT p.581 i
Writer’s Craft -
Sequence words and phrases - TT p. 569
Write a newsetter article about a hero. The hero may be someone you know or someone you have heard about. It must be a real person. Explain in the article why you respect this person as ahero.
Grammar -
What’s the object? TT p. 581K
Using correct pronouns TT p. 581 L
Science - Physical Science
Thursday - Study for Unit Test
Friday - Unit Test ???
Social Studies -
Monday - p. 158 - 163 Raising the Bear Flag H/SS 4.3:6
Tuesday - p.p. 164 -165 Read -Viewpoints discussion/Questions 1-3
Mathematics -
Monday:Geometry 9-1(Worksheets: About Me (2),
A Measuring encounter),
Tuesday:9-2(Homework from Practice 9-2 wkbk)
Wednesday: Spaghetti and Meatballs for All story w/ use of grids
Thursday:9-3 (Homework from Practice 9-3),
Friday:9-5(metric length ruler worksheets and Homework from Practice 9-5) and 9-7 p.384 (Homework from Practice 9-7),
Test Prep
-see Monica’s folder
ART Project
finish Mother’s day bracelets
Poem:
“My Song” by Kimberly Eagle, Age 12 (Ogala Lakota) p. 526 in textbook

Week 28 Read-Aloud The Secret Garden
May 3-7, 2004 colleen at SITP
Theme: Heroes
Language Arts Story - Genre: Biography
Gloria Estefan continued Chapter 3 - 5 p. 567 -576

Vocabulary words for the week:
director, marketing, veteran, contract, specializes, eventually, demonstrated, prevention, tragedy

Science - Physical Science
Thursday - SITP Natural History Museum
Friday - SITP Natural History Museum

Mathematics -
Monday: 10-1 p. 408 3-D figures (use Geometric Terminology worksheet) and 10-2 p.4122-D Figures and Polygons (Homework from Practice 10-2)
Tuesday: 10-3 Lines, Line Segments, and Rays p.416 (Homework from Practice 10-3) and 10-4 Angles p.420 (Homework Practice book 10-4)
Wednesday: Barbara’s worksheets on Silhouettes complete all worksheets & art lesson on making a silhouette
Thursday: 10-5 Triangles and Quadrilaterals p.422 (Homework Practice book 10-5) and 10-6 - Problem Solving: Reading for Math - Diagrams p. 426 (Homework Practice book 10-6)
Friday: 10-7 p. 430 Congruent and Similar (Homework Practice book 10-7)
Test Prep
-see Monica’s folder


Week 29 Read Aloud By the Great Horned Spoon
May 10-14, 2004 carlie at SITP
Language Arts Story - Genre: Biography
Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man 584-591
Theme: Heroes
Vocabulary words for the week: (LA) immigrants, accountant, engineer, scout, salary, shortstop, first baseman, consecutive, modest, apparent, fielding, clubhouse, (ss) gold rush, forty-niner, isthmus, pass, mother lode, placer, panning, hydraulic mining, (Science) matter, mass, solid, liquid
Reading Strategy -
Evaluate
Comprehension skills
Fact and opinion TT p. 583d - create graphic organizer chart
***Test Prep
-see Monica’s folder
Writer’s Craft - Look up Yankee Stadium or Baseball Hall of Fame at www.eduplace.com/kids on the net and write about Lou Gehrig, or something on the history of baseball you find of interest.
Root Word Study:
tele - far away, bio - life, micro - small, photo - light, trans - across
Science - Physical Science Matter and Electricity
Thursday - Lesson 1 - p.C2 - C9 What are the 3 States of Matter? (S6.f)
Friday - Investigation on p. C2 (S6.a,b,c,d,f)
Social Studies -
Monday - The Gold Rush p. 168-175 Study skills - p. 176-177 H/SS4.3:3,6
Tuesday - Life in the Gold Rush p. 178-185
Mathematics -
Monday: and 10-8 p. 434 Explore Translations, Reflections, and Rotations(Homework Practice book 10-8)
and 10-9 Symmetry p. 436 (Homework Practice book 10-9)
Tuesday: 10-11 Perimeter p. 442 (Homework Practice book 10-11) and
10-12 Area p. 446 (Homework Practice book 10-12)
Wednesday: Go over worksheets from Barbara in class and have the students do all three for homework tonight
Thursday: 10-14 A p. 452 Problem Solving: Application (Homework Practice book 10-14a)
Friday: Chapter 9/10 Test

ART Project
Create a silhouette of each student
Poem
“Baseball Player”

Week 30 Read Aloud By the Great Horned Spoon
May 17-21, 2004 (Ms. Stewart’s last day on 5/21)

Test Prep
Vocabulary words for the week: (ss) Levi Strauss, representative, convention, constitution, legislature, capital, (Science) volume, density, (LA) lineup, specialists, central nervous system, umpire, honor, prototype, sportsmanship, array, parole, visibly
Comprehension skills
Making Judgements TT p. 593 pros and cons chart created
Skill: How to Read a Chart
 p. 606-607 Go over and discuss how to read charts with students

 ***Test Prep
Mathematics overheads - word problems

Root Word Study -
bi - two, tri - three, penta - five, centi - hundred, kilo - thousand, circ - around, dis - not,
poly - many, non - not
Science - Physical Science
Thursday - Investigation on p. C10-11 Density (S6.a,b, and f)
Friday - p. C10 - 15 Measuring Matter (S6.b)
Social Studies -
Monday- California Fashion: Blue Jeans p.186-187
Tuesday - A New State p. 188-192
Mathematics -
Monday: 11-1 Parts of a whole p. 470 (Homework 11-1 student workbook) and 11-2 Parts of a Group p.472 (Homework 11-2 student book) Complete Melissa’s School Violence graph
Tuesday: 11-3 Find Equivalent Fractions and Fractions in Simplist Forms p. 474 (Homework 11-3 student workbook)
Wednesday: Worksheets from Barbara - math game on “A Definition”
Thursday: 11-4 p. 478 Compare and Order Fractions (Homework 11-4 student workbook)
Friday: 11-6 p.484 Explore Finding Parts of a Group (Homework 11-6 student workbook)
ART Project
Movie - The Secret Garden
Poem
“Whoops”
Week 31 Read Aloud By the Great Horned Spoon

May 24-28, 2004
Test readiness Practice

***Test Prep
-see Monica’s folder

Vocabulary words for the week: (Science) solution, disslove, solubility, buoyancy,
Writer’s Craft -
TT p.607 m Write a magazine article - use guidelines

Mathematics -
Test prep - review all chapters and include - CUM test practice

Science - Physical Science
Thursday - Investigate: p. C16 Floating & Sinking (S6.a, c, f)
Friday - What are some useful properties of matter? p.C16-C23 (S6.e)
ART Project
Tissue paper art project - floral design
Poem

Read-Aloud
Testing Ms. Malarkey




















Week 32 CAT 6 Tests begin this week

June 1- 4, 2004

CAT 6 Test

Vocabulary words for the week:

Mathematics -
Monday: 11-7 p.486 Mixed Numbers ((Homework 11-7 student workbook)
Tuesday: 11-8 p. 490 Likely and Unlikely (Homework 11-8 student workbook)and 11-9 p.492 Explore Probability (Homework 11-9 student workbook)
Wednesday: 11-10 p. 494 Problem solving - Draw a Tree Diagram (Homework 11-10 reteach from extra practice pages)
Thursday: 11-11 p. 496 Explore Making Predictions (Homework 11-11 student workbook) & 11-12A p. 498 Problem Solving Decision Making
Friday: Chapter 11 review and test

Science
Plastics you can eat p. C24-25
Physicist - p. C26 Shirley Ann Jackson
Chapter 1 Open Book Test - p.C28-C29


Poem
Complete Poem book - rewrite poems from the school year into book.


















Week 33
June 7-11, 2004

CAT 6 Testing window

Vocabulary words for the week: (ss) office, vigilante, reservation, squatter,

Social Studies -
Monday Unrest in CA Chapter 7/Lesson 4 p. 194-197 SS4.3,4, & 6
Tuesday Chapter 7 test p.200-201 Open book

Mathematics -
Monday: Lesson 12-1
Tuesday Lesson 12-2
Thursday Lesson 12-4
Friday Lesson 12-5

Test Prep
-see Monica’s folder

ART Project
Poetry Book - copy poems into Poetry book























Week 34
June 14 - 18, 2004

Language Arts Story - Genre: Folktales
Why the sun and the moon live in the sky p.612, Tiger p.615, How turtle flew south for the winter p. 620
Theme: Porquoi Tales
Vocabulary words for the week: (Science) charge, satic electricity, electric field, (SS) transportation, technology, communication, telegraph, engineer, transcontinental, investor (LA) stroll, chatting, company, horrendous, deafening, coils, squirms, mad, jet, crackles, pleaded
Reading Strategy -
comparing and contrasting TT p.F623
Comprehension skills
Use questions in text to guide comprehension questions p. 612-623
Writer’s Craft - Personification - TT F617
Write a pourquoi tale of your own and illustrate it in a book format.
Root Word Study -
mono - one, bene - good, con- together, dis - without or not, ex - out of, hydro - water, ject - to throw, therm - heat, port - to carry
Social Studies -
Monday - Unit 4 p.206-215 Ponies, Telegraphs, and Railroads
Questions p.215 / SS4.4, 1
Tuesday - Planning the railroad p. 218-221 / SS 4.4:1
Science - Physical Science
Thursday-Intro - Chapter 2 Electiricty and Magnetism p.C30 + Investigation on p. C32-33 Balloons rubbed with different materials Science Standards 1.e, g
Friday p. C34-37 Questions 1-5 / Science St 1.e
Mathematics -
Monday Lesson 12-7
Tuesday Lesson 12-8
Thursday Lesson 12-6 & 12-10A combined problem solving lessons12-9
Friday Chapter 12 test
ART Project
Father’s Day gift

Poem
Father: by Anonymous
A man who works as hard as he can
to provide the best he can
for those he loves the most.
Every father is a hero
in the eyes of his children.

Week 35 carlie at SITP
June 21-25, 2004

Language Arts Story - Salmon Summer p. 634
Theme: Nature: Friend and Foe T - Read Aloud p. 632A Caves: Wonders in the Dark
Genre: Non-fiction
Vocabulary words for the week: SS immigrant, discrimination, alien, democratic republic, reformer, initiative, sufferage, minimum wage (Science) electric current, circuit, electric cell, conductor, insulator, resistor, series circuit, parallel circuit (LA) abundance, ancestors, lure, scavengers, spawn, filets, slicks, excess, cure
Reading Strategy -
Summarize
Comprehension skills
Following directions 653A
Spelling / Structual analysis
3 syllable words p. 653g
Vocabulary
Dictionary: multiple meaning words p. 653i
Writer’s Craft -
Using order words and phrases p. 653n then Write a How-to Paragraph p.653m
Grammar
Expanding sentences with adverbs p.653L

Science - Physical Science
Thursday Investigate p. C38-39 Standard 1.a, 1.g
Friday Electric currents p. C40-C43 Standard 1.a
Social Studies -
Monday Immigrants build the railroad p. 222-229 SS 4.3:4, 4.4:1
Tuesday Citizens take action p.230-235 Questions 1-5 SS4.3:5, 4.5:2

Mathematics -
Monday Chapter 13-1
Tuesday Lesson 13-2
Thursday Lesson 13-3
Friday Lesson 13-4
ART Project
Poem
from “Nature Is” by Jack Prelutsky
Nature is a gentle rain
and winds that howl and blow,
a thunderstorm, a hurricane,
a silent field of snow.

Week 36
June 28-July 2, 2004

Language Arts Story - Wildfires p. 660
Theme: Nature: Friend and Foe
Genre: Non - fiction
Lesson p. 669 TT - students identify elements of expository nonfiction
Teacher Read-Aloud - They Lived to Tell p. 658g-658j
Vocabulary words for the week: (SS) market, drought, tractor, refrigeration, reference source, dietionary, guide word, encyclopedia, (Science) magnet, magnetic pole, magnetic field, (LA) ablaze, aggressively, charred, consumed, cycles, ember, flammable, renew
Reading Strategy - Monitor/clarify
Comprehension skills
Main Idea, Supporting Details p. 685 A-B p.659 d
Spelling
Unusual spellings p. 658 f/g
Structual analysis
suffixes -less, -ness, and -ion p. 685 e
Vocabulary
Analogies p. 685 i - 685 j
Writer’s Craft - Meet the Author - Seymour Simon p.660
Students write about their own personal experience with the recent wildfire in San Diego last fall.
Student-led Socratic Seminar
use text as a starter...“Hold a Debate on Wildfires” p. 683
Science - Physical Science
Thursday Investigate - Compass p.C44-45
Friday Magnets p. C46-C49 Questions 1-5
Social Studies -
Monday Chapter 8 Open Book Test - p. 237-238 and
Using Reference Sources p. 248-249
Tuesday Chapter 9 Lesson 1 p. 240-247 Questions 1-5 SS 4.4:5
Mathematics -
Monday Lesson 13-5
Tuesday Lesson 13-6
Thursday Lesson 13-8
Friday Lesson 13-9A

ART Project
July 4th holidayproject
Poem
see poetry book, Celebrate America p. 53 “Our Fathers Fought for Liberty”

Week 37
July 6-9
Language Arts Story - Skylark p. 688
Theme: Nature: Friend and Foe
Genre: Historical Fiction
Teacher Read - Aloud “Balto: The Brave Sled Dog” p. 686 g-j
Vocabulary words for the week: (SS) canal, aquaduct, dam, reservoir, hydroelectric power, migrant labor, strike, barrio, mutualista, deport, (Science) electromagnets, (LA) corral, coyote, drought, phonograph, prairie, slumped, paddock, barel, sharply, trembling, timbers, belt, gale, density, apt
Reading Strategy and - Comprehension skills
Making Inferences 707 A & B
Spelling
 silent consonants p.707f, g, and h
Structual analysis
graph, tract p. 707e,
Vocabulary
 Parts of speech p. 707 i, j
Writer’s Craft - A speech p. 707m
Grammar -
Prepositions and prepositional phrases p. 707k, l
Science - Physical Science
Thursday Investigate: How magnets and electricity can interact p. C50-51
Friday Electromagnets p. C52-59 Science St 1.d,1.g Questions 1-5 p. 57
Social Studies -
Monday Water from the mountians p.250-257 Questions 1-5 Ss 4.4:6
Tuesday Farmworkers build communities p. 260-265 Murals p.266-267
Mathematics -
Monday Chapter 13 Test
Tuesday Chapter 14 Lesson 1
Thursday Lesson 14-2
Friday Lesson 14-3

ART Project
Poem
“Barefooting” p.31 Wham Poetry book by Sara Holbrook
Barefooting
over hot blacktop
electrocutes me on the street
Short-circuiting
sense from my eyeballs
and signaling
GO!
to my feet.

Week 38
July 12-16, 2004
Language Arts Story -
Theme:
Vocabulary words for the week:
Reading Strategy -
Comprehension skills
Spelling
Structual analysis
Vocabulary
Writer’s Craft -
Grammar -

Science - Physical Science
Chapter 2 Test - Open Book p. C62-C63
Social Studies -
Monday - Chapter 9 Test - Open Book
Tuesday - Chapter 10 Lesson 1 - p.272-277 Q 1-5
Mathematics -
Monday Lesson 14-5
Tuesday Lesson 14-6
Thursday Lesson 14-7
Friday Lesson 14-9

Test Prep
-see Monica’s folder
ART Project
Poem
“At Sea” by Jean Toomer from Celebrate America p. 18
Once I saw large waves
Crested with white-caps
A driving wind transformed the caps
Into scudding spray -
“Swift souls,” I addressed them -
They turned towar me
Startled
Sea-descending faces;
But I, not they,
Felt the pang of transience.






Week 39
July 19 - 21, 2003

Language Arts Story -
Theme:
Vocabulary words for the week:
Reading Strategy -
Comprehension skills
Spelling
Structual analysis
Vocabulary
Writer’s Craft -
Grammar -

Science - Physical Science
Social Studies -
Mathematics -
Monday Lesson 14-10A
Tuesday Chapter 14 Test



Test Prep
-see Monica’s folder
ART Project
Poem