Social Studies

Lessons /Objectives/Homework/Resources

Week of May 23-26, 2022

Monday, May 23

Unit 5 Review

Objective:

Prepare for Unit 5 History-Social Science Test

Class Assignment:

Unit 5 Pre-Test

Study Guides:

Use Unit 5 Review Questions pg. 266-268 (#1-15 to help prepare for the test)
Unit 5 Pre-Test located in Google Classroom

Tuesday, May 24

Unit 5 Test

Class Assignments:

History-Social Science Unit 5 Test
Review Unit 5 Test

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Week of May 16-20, 2022

Monday, May 16

Symbols of Our Country

Unit 5 Lesson 5

Objectives:

Identify the American flag as a symbol of our country.
Identify and know the importance of US symbols.

Class Assignments:

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 258-263
Practice Book pg. 42

Vocabulary Words:

honor, symbol

Tuesday, May 17

Make a Post Card

Objectives:

Identify the American flag as a symbol of our country.
Identify and know the importance of US symbols.

Class Assignments:

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 264-265
Nearpod

Vocabulary Words:

honor, symbol

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Week of May 9-13, 2022

Monday, May 9

Heroes in Our Country

Unit 5 Lesson 4

Objectives:

Identify American heroes and explain their achievements.
Identify character trait of some heroes.

Class Assignments:

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 250-253
Practice Book pg. 40

Vocabulary Words:

hero

Tuesday, May 10

California Heroes

Objectives:

Identify American heroes and explain their achievements.
Identify character trait of some heroes.

Class Assignments:

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 254-255
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Vocabulary Words:

hero

Wednesday, May 11

California Heroes

Objectives:

Identify American heroes and explain their achievements.
Identify character trait of some heroes.

Class Assignments:

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 256-257
Practice Book pg. 41

Vocabulary Words:

fiction, nonfiction

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Week of May 2-6, 2022

Monday, May 2

Citizen

Unit 5 Lesson 3

Objectives:

Name the rights and responsibilities of a citizen.
Explain what an election is.

Class Assignments:

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 244-247
Practice Book pg. 39

Vocabulary Words:

vote, election, right, responsibility

Tuesday, May 3

Vote

Objectives:

Name the rights and responsibilities of a citizen.
Explain what an election is.

Class Assignments:

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 248-249
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Vocabulary Words:

vote, election, right, responsibility

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Week of Apr 26-29, 2022

Tuesday, Apr 26

Government and Leaders

Unit 5 Lesson 2

Objectives:

Recognize some government leaders throughout history.
Identify the governor of your state and the President of the US.
Describe the word of a mayor, a governor, and the President.

Class Assignments:

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 236-241
Practice Book pg. 38

Vocabulary Words:

mayor, governor, president

Wednesday, Apr 27

George Washington

Objectives:

Recognize some government leaders throughout history.
Identify the President of the US.

Class Assignments:

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 242-243
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Vocabulary Words:

mayor, governor, president

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Week of Apr 19-22, 2022

Tuesday, Apr 19

People Need Laws

Unit 5 Lesson 1

Objectives:

Explain why communities need laws.
Identify who makes the laws in a community.

Class Assignments:

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 230-231
Practice Book pg. 36

Vocabulary Words:

law, government

Wednesday, Apr 20

Laws Every Day

Objective:

Write about a rule and why it is important.

Class Assignments:

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 232-233
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Vocabulary Words:

law, government

Thursday, Apr 21

Express Ideas in Writing

Objective:

Write about a rule and why it is important.

Class Assignments:

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 234-235
Practice Book pg. 37

Vocabulary Word:

clearly

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Week of Apr 4-8, 2022

Monday, Apr 4

Sharing News and Ideas

Unit 4 Lesson 6

Objectives:

identify inventions and ideas that made communication easier.
compare communication methods long ago with those used today.

Class Assignments: Have children look at the timeline. Explain that the timeline shows the order in which inventions occurred. Read the timeline together.

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 216-219
Practice Book pg. 35
Answer Lesson Review Questions pg. 219

Vocabulary Words: communication, communicate

Tuesday, Apr 5

The Pony Express

Objectives:

identify inventions and ideas that made communication easier.
compare communication methods long ago with those used today.

Class Assignments: Present a visual to help deepen understanding of ways of communication.

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 220-221
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Wednesday, Apr 6

Unit 4 Review

Objective:

Prepare for Unit 4 History-Social Science Test

Class Assignment:

Unit 4 Pre-Test

Study Guides:

Use Unit 4 Review Questions (History -Social Science pg. 222-224 #1-18 ) to help prepare for the test.
Unit 4 Pre-Test located in Google Classroom

Thursday, Apr 7

Unit 4 Test

Class Assignments:

Unit 4 History-Social Science Test
Review Unit 4 Test

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Week of Mar 28- Apr 1, 2022

Monday, Mar 28

Moving People and Things

Unit 4 Lesson 5

Objectives:

compare transportation methods from long ago to those we use today.
explain how transportation inventions have changed the way people live.

Class Assignments: Have children fill in the chart to sequence the transportation inventions.

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 208-211
Practice Book pg. 33
Answer Lesson Review Questions pg. 211

Vocabulary Words: transportation, invention

Tuesday, Mar 29

Rush Hour

Objective:

explain how transportation inventions have changed the way people live.

Class Assignments: Remind children that transportation has changed over the years. Because there are more vehicles and people, the rush hour of today is hectic than in the past.

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 212-213
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Wednesday, Mar 30

Compare Points of View

Objective:

show respect for different points of view.

Class Assignments: Write Jocelyn, Greg, Sitta, and Gus on sheets of paper. Instruct children to stand by the name of the child who shares their point of view about school transportation. Ask children to explain the reason for their point of view.

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 214-215
Practice Book pg. 34

Vocabulary Words: point of view

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Week of Mar 21-25, 2022

Monday, Mar 21

Going to School Long Ago

Unit 4 Lesson 4

Objective:

compare my school today to one from long ago.

Class Assignments: After children read the School Tools section, have them fill in the chart to compare and contrast the tools of the past with tools they use at school.

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 202-205
Practice Book pg. 32
Answer Lesson Review Questions pg. 205

Vocabulary Word: education

Tuesday, Mar 22

Hornbooks

Objective:

compare my school today to one from long ago.

Class Assignments: Explain to children that over time, we can see changes in people, things, and ideas. Here they will see a real school tool from long ago.

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 206-207
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Week of Mar 14-18, 2022

Wednesday, Mar 16 Faculty In Service (pupil free day)

Monday, Mar 14

Family Life, Past and Present

Unit 4 Lesson 3

Objective:

compare the life of the Pilgrim and Wampanoag families to life of families today.

Class Assignments: As children look at pages 192-193, help them fill in the chart to compare modern family life with that of the Pilgrims and Wampanoag.

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 190-195
Practice Book pg. 30
Answer Lesson Review Questions pg. 195

Vocabulary Words: harvest, settler

Tuesday, Mar 15

Tattered Sails

Objective:

compare the life of the Pilgrim and Wampanoag families to life of families today.

Class Assignments: Encourage children to "put themselves in the story." Ask them to think about what it would be like to move to a new country long ago.

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 196-199
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Thursday, Mar 17

Solve a Conflict

Objectives:

follow problem-solving steps to resolve a conflict.

Class Assignments: Have children work in pairs to act our the conflict illustrated on page 200. Ask them to state ways to resolve it.

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 196-201
Practice Book pg. 31

Vocabulary Word: conflict

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Week of Mar 7-11, 2022

Monday, Mar 7

The First Americans

Unit 4 Lesson 2

Objective:

describe the life of the Chumash in the past and present.

Class Assignments: Have students fill in a classify chart while reading.

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 184-187
Practice Book pg. 29
Answer Lesson Review Questions pg. 187

Vocabulary Word: American Indians

Tuesday, Mar 8

Moon of Falling Leaves

Objective:

describe the life of the Cherokee in the past and present.

Class Assignments: Remind children that most cultures tell stories that remind them of their history. Tell children that the poem "Moon of Falling Leaves" has been recited for many years by the Cherokee.

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 188-189
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Week of Feb 28-Mar 4, 2022

Monday, Feb 28

Learning About the Past

Unit 4 Lesson 1

Objectives:

use the words past, present, and future to describe changes that happen in your life.
tell how we learn about the past.

Class Assignments: Allow time for children to write and share responses to the prompt: How can you learn about the past?

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 174-179
Practice Book pg. 27
Answer Lesson Review Questions pg. 179

Vocabulary Words: past, present, history, future

Tuesday, Mar 1

Family History Day

Objective:

tell how we learn about the past.

Class Assignments: Build on the idea of the past, have children draw a picture of an toy they liked when they were young.

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 180-181
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Wednesday, Mar 2

Use a Timeline

Objective:

use a timeline to get information about sequence of events.

Class Assignments: Have students use the timeline as they read the lesson.

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 182-183
Practice Book pg. 28

Vocabulary Word: timeline

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2/21 Presidents' Day (school closed)

Week of Feb 22-24, 2022

2/25 St. Vartanants Observed (school closed)

Tuesday, Feb. 22

Unit 3 Review

Objective:

Prepare for Unit 3 Social-Science Test

Class Assignment:

Unit 3 Pre-Test

Homework: Use Unit 3 Review Questions (History -Social Science pg. 168-170 #1-18 ) to help prepare for the test.

Wednesday, Feb 23

Unit 3 Test

Class Assignments:

Unit 3 Social-Science Test
Review Unit 3 Test

Thursday, Feb 24

Everything Changes

Unit 4 Introduction

Objective: Preview vocabulary words.

Class Assignments: Children will explore the people and inventions who have changed the nation.

Read A View From Space and discuss the biography.
Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 172-175

Vocabulary Words: present, past, history, future, timeline, American Indians, settlers, harvest, conflict, education, transportation, invention, communicate, communication,

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Week of Feb 14-18, 2022

Parent-Teacher Conference (pupil free day) Wednesday, February 16

Monday, Feb. 14

Getting Food to Market

Unit 3 Lesson 5

Objectives:

understand basic economic concepts and the role of individual choice in a free-market economy.
identify the specialized work that people do to manufacture, transport, and market goods and services.

Class Assignments: Ask children to help me fill in the chart to sequence correctly the steps in the producing and delivering orange juice.

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 158-161
Practice Book pg. 25
Answer Lesson Review Questions pg. 161

Vocabulary Words:

machine
seller
buyer

Tuesday, Feb. 15

Stone Soup

Objectives:

construct a simple map, using cardinal directions and map symbols.

Class Assignments:

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 162-165
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Thursday, Feb. 17

Use a Compass Rose

Objectives:

construct a simple map, using cardinal directions and map symbols.

Class Assignments: Explain that most maps and globes have a compass rose to help the user find a locations. Explain the directions by giving them directions such as turn left or turn right.

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 166-167
Practice Book pg. 26

Vocabulary Words:

compass rose

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Week of Feb 7-11, 2022

Monday, Feb. 7

All Kinds of Jobs

Unit 3 Lesson 4

Objectives:

understand basic economic concepts and the role of individual choice in a free-market economy.
identify the specialized work that people do to manufacture, transport, and market goods and services.

Class Assignments: Ask children to help me fill in the chart by identifying the cause-and-effect relationship between work and goods as they read the lesson.

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 152-155
Practice Book pg. 24
Answer Lesson Review Questions pg. 155

Vocabulary Words:

worker
factory

Tuesday, Feb. 8

Biographies

Objectives:

understand basic economic concepts and the role of individual choice in a free-market economy.
understand the concept of exchange and the use of money to purchase goods and services.

Class Assignments: Explain that people make choices about the work they will do. They get various types of training and education to learn their jobs. Some people choose to do artistic work like dancing and playing an instrument.

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 156-157
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Week of Jan 31-Feb 4, 2022

Monday, Jan 31

Buy, Trade, and Save

Unit 3 Lesson 3

Objectives:

understand basic economic concepts and the role of individual choice in a free-market economy.
understand the concept of exchange and the use of money to purchase goods and services.

Class Assignments: Ask children to help me fill in the chart to record the main ideas and supporting details as they read the lesson.

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 144-147
Practice Book pg. 22
Answer Lesson Review Questions pg. 147

Vocabulary Words:

cost
save

Tuesday, Feb 1

A Doggy Bank

Objectives:

understand basic economic concepts and the role of individual choice in a free-market economy.
understand the concept of exchange and the use of money to purchase goods and services.

Class Assignments:

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 148-149
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Wednesday, Feb 2

Read a Graph

Objectives:

understand basic economic concepts and the role of individual choice in a free-market economy.
understand the concept of exchange and the use of money to purchase goods and services.

Class Assignments: Explain that when people compare two things, they look to see how the things are the same and different. Compare two unequal shares of classroom items.

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 150-151
Practice Book pg. 23

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Week of Jan 24-28, 2022

Monday, Jan 24

Goods and Services

Unit 3 Lesson 2

Objectives:

understand basic economic concepts and the role of individual choice in a free-market economy.
understand the concept of exchange and the use of money to purchase goods and services.
identify the specialized work that people do to manufacture, transport, and market goods and services.

Class Assignments: Remind children that classifying things can help them understand what they are reading. Assist children in classifying goods and services jobs in the community as we read.

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 138-141
Practice Book pg. 21
Answer Lesson Review Questions pg. 141

Vocabulary Words:

sell
services
volunteers
goods

Tuesday, Jan. 25

Thanh Lam

Objectives:

understand basic economic concepts and the role of individual choice in a free-market economy.
understand the concept of exchange and the use of money to purchase goods and services.

Class Assignments: Remind children that in the U.S. people are free to start businesses that make goods or provide services.

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 142-143
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Week of Jan 18-21, 2022

Tuesday, Jan 18

Needs and Wants

Unit 3 Lesson 1

Objectives:

Identify some needs and wants of most families.
Explain how families in this country and around the world meet their needs and wants.
Explain how supply of goods affect choices.

Class Assignments: Assist children as they read to fill in in the chart to compare and contrast needs and wants.

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 130-133
Practice Book pg. 19
Answer Lesson Review Questions pg. 133

Vocabulary Words:

needs
scarcity
wants

Wednesday, Jan 19

A Scarcity of Scissors

Objectives:

Describe the rights and individual responsibilities of citizenship.

Class Assignments:

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 134-135
Nearpod

Vocabulary Word:

decision

Thursday, Jan 20

Make a Decision

Objectives:

Describe the rights and individual responsibilities of citizenship.

Class Assignments: Help children understand the concept of making a decision by giving an example, such as deciding what to eat for lunch.

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 136-137
Practice Book pg. 20

Vocabulary Word:

decision

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Week of Jan 11-14, 2021

Tuesday, Jan 11

World of Work

Unit 3 Introduction

Objective: Preview vocabulary words.

Class Assignments: Unit 3 is about ways people earn money and the choices they make about buying and saving.

Read A True Money Tree and discuss the folktale.
Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 126-129

Vocabulary Words:

needs, scarcity, wants, sell, services, volunteers, cost, save, worker, factory, machine, seller, buyer, goods

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Week of December 13-17, 2021

Monday, Dec. 13

Unit 2 Review

Objective:

Prepare for Unit 2 Social-Science Test

Class Assignment:

Unit 2 PreTest

Homework: Use Unit 2 Review Questions ( History -Social Science pg. 122-124 #1-16 ) to help prepare for the test.

Tuesday, Dec. 14

Unit 2 Test

Class Assignments:

Unit 2 Social-Science Test
Review Unit 2 Test

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Week of December 6-10, 2021

Monday, Dec. 6

Our Country's Neighbors

Unit 2 Lesson 7

Objectives:

locate on maps and globes the seven continents and four oceans.
construct a simple map, using cardinal directions and map symbols.
recognize the ways in which they are all part of the same community, sharing traditions despite their varied ancestry.

Class Assignments: Assist children in filling in the chart to compare and contrast family life in the United States, Mexico, and Canada as they read the lesson.

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 116-119
Practice Book pg. 18
Answer Lesson Review Questions pg. 119

Vocabulary Words:

neighbors

Tuesday, Dec. 7

Flags and Holidays

Objective:

identify American symbols, and landmarks.

Class Assignments: Explain to children that families around the world have different traditions. Point out the difference between the flags of the United States, Mexico, and Canada.

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 120-121

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Week of November 30-December 3, 2021

November 29, 2021 Faculty In-Service (Pupil Free Day)

Tuesday, Nov. 31

Our Country

Unit 2 Lesson 6

Objectives:

locate on maps and globes the seven continents and four oceans.
identify American symbols and landmarks

Class Assignments: As children read, guide them to state the main idea and details as they fill in the chart.

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 110-113
Practice Book pg. 17
Answer Lesson Review Questions pg. 113

Vocabulary Words:

state
citizen
Seesaw

Wednesday, Dec. 1

Make a Passport

Objective:

identify American symbols and landmarks

Class Assignments: Explain to children that people are citizens of a country. Tell children that a passport shows a person is a citizen of a country. It allows a person to travel to another country and return.

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 114-115
Project- make a passport

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Week of November 22-23, 2021

November 24, 2021 Minimum Day

November 25-26, 2021 Thanksgiving Holiday

Monday, Nov. 22

City, Town, Suburb

Unit 2 Lesson 5

Objective:

compare and contrast the human and physical geography of cities, suburbs, towns, and farms.

Class Assignments: Assist children in classifying information about cities, suburbs, towns, and farms.

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 102-105
Practice Book pg. 15
Answer Lesson Review Questions pg. 105

Vocabulary Words:

city
town
suburb

Tuesday, Nov. 23

Small Town, Big City

Objective:

compare and contrast the absolute and relative location of people and locations of places.

Class Assignments: Review the concept of relative location by pointing out near and far objects children can see in the classroom. Explain that a map shows things near or far from each other.

History-Social Science pg. 106-107
Project-Make a city, town, suburb

Wednesday, Nov. 24

Find Location

Objective:

compare and contrast the absolute and relative location of people and locations of places.

Class Assignments: Review the concept of relative location by pointing out near and far objects children can see in the classroom. Explain that a map shows things near or far from each other.

Go over the map key with children to help answer questions in History-Social Science pg. 108-109.
Practice Book pg. 16

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Week of November 15-19, 2021

Monday, Nov. 15

Weather and Seasons

Unit 2 Lesson 4

Objectives:

describe how location, weather, and physical environment affect the way people live, including the effects on their food, clothing, shelter, and transportation.

Class Assignments: Define weather and seasons and explore how weather affects peoples lives.

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 96-99
Practice Book pg. 14
Answer Lesson Review Questions pg. 99

Vocabulary Words:

weather
seasons

Tuesday, Nov. 16

What will the weather be?

Objectives:

describe how location, weather, and physical environment affect the way people live, including the effects on their food, clothing, shelter, and transportation.

Class Assignments: Explain that long ago people looked at what happened in nature to try to predict a storm. Today people use computers and satellites.

Read and follow each step, History-Social Science pg. 100-101.
Nearpod/Season Project

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Week of November 8-12, 2021

11/11/21 Veterans Day (school closed)

Monday, Nov. 8

Natural Resources

Unit 2 Lesson 3

Objective:

describe how location, weather, and physical environment affect the way people live, including the effects on their food, clothing, shelter, and transportation.

Class Assignments: Tell children that they will read about the causes, or reasons, why people use something in nature. Ask them what the result is when people use things from nature such as soil, water, oil, and trees.

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 88-91
Practice Book pg. 12
Answer Lesson Review Questions pg. 91

Vocabulary Words:

natural resource

Tuesday, Nov. 9

What Comes from a Tree?

Objective:

describe how location, weather, and physical environment affect the way people live, including the effects on their food, clothing, shelter, and transportation.

Class Assignments: Remind children that natural resources are found in nature that we use.

History-Social Science pg. 92-93
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Wednesday, Nov. 10

Read a Chart

Objective:

describe how location, weather, and physical environment affect the way people live, including the effects on their food, clothing, shelter, and transportation.

Class Assignments: Remind children that natural resources are found in nature that we use.

Read and follow each step, History-Social Science pg. 94-95
Practice Book pg. 13

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10/01/21 Parent-Teacher Conferences

Week of November 2-5, 2021

Tuesday, Nov. 2

Our Land, Our Water

Unit 2 Lesson 2

Objective:

compare and contrast different types of land and water in various regions of the United States.

Class Assignments: Have students fill in the chart by identifying details to compare and contrast land and water.

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 82-85
Practice Book pg. 11
Answer Lesson Review Questions pg. 85

Vocabulary Words:

mountain
plain
river
lake

Wednesday, Nov. 3

John Muir

Objective:

compare the information that can be derived from a three-dimensional model to the information that can be derived from a picture of the same location.

Class Assignments:

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 86-87
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Week of September 25-29, 2021

Monday, Oct. 25

Our Earth

Unit 2 Lesson 1

Objectives:

compare and contrast locations of places and people .
locate on maps and globes the seven continents and four oceans.

Class Assignments: Have students use a main idea and details chart as they read the lesson.

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 74-77
Practice Book pg. 9
Answer Lesson Review Questions pg. 77

Vocabulary Words:

ocean
continent

Tuesday, Oct. 26

The Pacific Ocean

Objective:

compare the information that can be derived from a three-dimensional model to the information that can be derived from a picture of the same location.

Class Assignments:

Social Science pg. 78-79
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Wednesday, Oct. 27

Compare Globes and Maps

Objective:

compare the information that can be derived from a three-dimensional model to the information that can be derived from a picture of the same location.

Class Assignments:

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 80-81
Practice Book pg. 10

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Week of September 18-22, 2021

Monday, Oct. 18

Unit 1 Review

Objective: Review

Identify roles and duties in a family.
Explain how adults teach children responsibility.
Tell why it is important to respect the opinions and rights of others.
Give examples of classroom duties.
Recite the Pledge of Allegiance.
Explain why and how people make classroom rules.
Give examples of fair play and good sportsmanship.
Explain why it is important to follow rules, including the "Golden Rule."
Explain the challenges and benefits of diverse communities.
Describe contributions of immigrants.

Class Assignment:

Unit 1 Pretest

Homework Assignment: Use their Social Science Unit 1 Review Questions pg. 66-68 (#1-16 ) to help prepare for the test.

Tuesday, Oct. 19

Unit 1 Test

Objective:

Identify roles and duties in a family.
Explain how adults teach children responsibility.
Tell why it is important to respect the opinions and rights of others.
Give examples of classroom duties.
Recite the Pledge of Allegiance.
Explain why and how people make classroom rules.
Give examples of fair play and good sportsmanship.
Explain why it is important to follow rules, including the "Golden Rule."
Explain the challenges and benefits of diverse communities.
Describe contributions of immigrants.

Class Assignments:

Unit 1 Social-Science Test
Review Unit 1 Test

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Week of October 11-15, 2021

Monday, Oct. 11

Moving to New Homes

Unit 1 Lesson 5

Objectives:

Explain the challenges and benefits of diverse communities.
Describe contributions of immigrants.

Class Assignments: Ask children why families move from one country to another country. Help children fill in the cause and effect chart as the read.

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 60-63
Practice Book pg. 8
Answer Lesson Review Questions pg. 63

Vocabulary Words:

country

Tuesday, Oct. 12

Moving Then and Now

Objectives:

Explain the challenges and benefits of diverse communities.
Describe contributions of immigrants.

Class Assignments:

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 64-65
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Week of October 4-8, 2021

Monday, Oct. 4

Unit 1 Lesson 4

A Community

Objectives:

Give an example of the people you depend on in your community.
Describe places in a local community.

Class Assignments: Have children fill in the classify chart as they read and discuss the lesson.

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 54-57
Practice Book pg. 7
Answer Lesson Review Questions pg. 57

Vocabulary Words:

community

Tuesday, Oct. 5

Fire Chief

Objectives:

Give an example of the people you depend on in your community.

Class Assignments:

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 58-59
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Week of September 27- October 1, 2021

Tuesday, Sept. 28

Unit 1 Lesson 3

Leaders and Rules

Objectives:

Explain why and how people make classroom rules.
Give examples of fair play and good sportsmanship.
Explain why it is important to follow rules, including the "Golden Rule."

Class Assignments: Help children fill in the compare and contrast chart by comparing leaders at home with leaders at school.

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 44-47
Practice Book pg. 5
Answer Lesson Review Questions pg. 47
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Vocabulary Words:

leader
rule

Thursday, Sept. 30

Read a Map Key

Objectives:

Construct a simple map, using cardinal directions and map symbols.

Class Assignments:

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 48-53
Practice Book pg. 6
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Independence of Armenia (observed) 9/20/21

Week of September 20-24, 2021

Tuesday, Sept. 21

Unit 1 Lesson 2

In Your Classroom

Objectives:

Tell why it is important to respect the opinions and rights of others.
Give examples of classroom duties.
Recite the Pledge of Allegiance.

Class Assignments: Have children fill in the classify chart by classifying ways to show they care in school and jobs they do in school.

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 36-39
Practice Book pg. 3
Answer Lesson Review Questions pg. 39
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Wednesday, Sept. 22

Helping Hands

Objectives:

Tell why it is important to respect the opinions and rights of others.
Give examples of classroom duties.

Class Assignments:

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 40-41
Project-Make helping hands

Thursday, Sept. 23

Compare Photos and Maps

Objectives:

Compare the information that can be derived from a three-dimensional model to the information that can be derived from a picture of the same location.

Class Assignments:

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 42-43
Practice Book pg. 4
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Week of September 13-17, 2021

Tuesday, Sept. 14

Unit 1 Lesson 1

Family

Objectives:

Identify roles and duties in a family.
Explain how adults teach children responsibility.

Class Assignments: Have students use a main idea and details chart as they read the lesson.

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 26-29
Practice Book pg. 1
Answer Lesson Review Questions pg. 29
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Vocabulary Words:

family
calendar

Wednesday, Sept. 15

Jingle Dancer

Objectives:

Identify roles and duties in a family.
Explain how adults teach children responsibility.

Class Assignments:

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 30-33
Journal- Have children draw the sequence of events using the words first, next, and last.
Project-Make a drum

Thursday, Sept. 16

Read a Calendar

Objectives:

Use calendars to help keep track of the months, weeks, and days during the year.

Class Assignments:

Read and discuss History-Social Science pg. 34-35
Practice Book pg. 2
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