Second Grade Language Arts 1/31 to 2/4

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Second Grade Religion 1/31 to 2/4

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Third Grade Language Arts 1/31 to 2/4

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Third Grade Religiion 1/31 to 2/4

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Fourth Grade Language Arts 1/31 to 2/4

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Fourth Grade Religion 1/31 to 2/4

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Homework for 2nd, 3rd, 4th Grades for 1/31 to 2/4

Dear Parents,
This Monday is Open House form 8:30 to 11:30 so parents may visit our classrooms. On Tues. from 8:30 to 10:30 students who paid for photos will have their pictures taken in the library. Students may wear what they wish. On Wed. report cards will be distributed in an assembly for Grades 2,3,and 4 at 9:00. Dismissal is at 12:00. Parent-Teacher Conferences will be from 2:00 to 7:00. On Thurs. students will celebrate Mass at 9:00 for the feast of St. Blaise (note the picture) in which all students will have their throats blessed. On Thurs. also all students MUST BE IN FULL UNIFORM for Class Pictures which will be takaen at 10:00. Dismissal on Friday is at 3:00.
Due to Snow Day last Thursday, homework assigned last week on the blog will be rescheduled for this week. This week we begin again with the fifteen weekly definitions.The definitions this week are in Language Arts:

*base(or root)word - main word to which a prefix or suffix can be added

*prefix - word part added to the beginning of a base word
eg. dis-, pre-, un-

*suffix - word part added to the ending of a base word
eg. -ful, -less, -er

*article - the words a, an the used before nouns

*tense - form of verb that shows when the action happens: present, past, future

Please see below your child's grade for this week's homework:

SECOND GRADE:
2/1 LA - In LA notebook answer LA Workbook pp. 126 and 129.
2/3 Rel - Religion test Fri. Study Chapters 11 and 12.
2/3 Voc - Study all 15 definitions assigned this week for test Fri.

THIRD GRADE:
2/1 LA - In LA notebook answer LA Workbook pp. 47-48.
2/3 Rel - Religion test Fri. Study Chapter 15. Memorize also ALL on p. 329.

FOURTH GRADE:
2/1 LA - In LA notebook answer LA Workbook pp. 69-70.
2/3 Rel - Religion test Fri. Memorize the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy and know a Practical Work for each one that you can practice. See p. 138 in Religion Workbook.

Second Grade Language Arts 1/24 to 1/28

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Second Grade Religion 1/24 to 1/28

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Third Grade Language Arts 1/24 to 1/28

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Third Grade Religion 1/24 to 1/28

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Fourth Grade Language Arts 1/24 to 1/28

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Fourth Grade Religion 1/24 to 1/28

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Homework for 2nd, 3rd, & 4th Grades 1/24 to 1/28

Dear Parents,
Please make sure that all students return test folders to me this week with all tests on right side of folder signed if they have not already done so. It is important that these tests folders are kept on file in school!
Picture envelopes will be sent home this week. Please enclose money, fill out information, and return all envelopes ONLY to Mrs. Resto in tuition room so you can receive a receipt.
Please check below your child's grade for this week's homework:

FOURTH GRADE
1/25 LA - Study Review notes for Grammar in LA notebook (also listed on blog if you click on 2010) for Mid Term on Wed.
1/27 LA - In LA notebook answer LA Workbook pp. 69-70.

THIRD GRADE
1/25 LA - Study Review notes for Grammar in LA notebook (also listed on blog if you click on 2010) for Mid Term on Wed.
1/27 LA - In LA notebook answer LA Workbook pp. 47-48.

SECOND GRADE
1/25 LA - Study Review notes for Grammar in LA notebook (also listed on blog if you click on 2010) for Mid Term on Wed.
1/27 LA - In LA notebook answer LA Workbook pp. 126 and 129.

*Remember Reading Mid Term is Tuesday, Grammar Mid Term is Wednesday, and Science Mid Term is Thursday. No exams on Monday or Friday!

Second Grade Language Arts 1/17 to 1/21

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Second Grade Religion 1/17 to 1/21

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Third Grade Language Arts 1/17 to 1/21

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Third Grade Religion 1/17 to 1/21

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Fourth Grade Language Arts 1/17 to 1/21

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Fourth Grade Religion 1/17 to 1/21

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Homework for 2nd, 3rd, & 4th Grades 1/18 - 1/21

The schedule for this week' s Mid Term Exams is as follows:
Tues. Jan. 18 - Spelling and Writing Exam. Spelling will cover the first five units in Speller.   Writing will require writing a personal narrative and a friendly letter (thank you or invitation). See LA notebook for review notes.  Correct use of sentence structure, capitalization, and punctuation will be assessed on this exam.  Fourth graders will need to write the entire exam in script. Third graders  need to do only the Spelling in script. Second graders can print. Penmanship counts for all grades on this exam!

Wed. Jan. 19 - Religion Exam - Review all review notes in Religion notebooks.
Thurs. Jan. 20 - Mathematics Exam
Fri. Jan. 21 - Social Studies Exam
**Grammar test for Language Arts will be Wed., Jan. 26.

All exams will be give between 9:00 and 10:15 so the rest of the day can be spent continuing regular school work.

Past test papers in Religion and Language Arts will be sent home this week in a folder and should be returned signed by this Friday in the same folder.

DUE TO MID TERM EXAMS NO ADDITIONAL HOMEWORK WILL BE GIVEN THIS WEEK SO STUDENTS CAN CONTINUE THEIR REVIEW WORK.
HOMEWORK FOR ALL GRADES FOR 1/18 IS TO STUDY ALL LISTED IN REVIEW FOR MID TERM SECTION OF RELIGION NOTEBOOKS AND ALL DEFINITIONS FOR UNITS 1 AND 2 FLIP CARDS. PLEASE REFER TO REVIEW NOTES FOR MID TERMS ON BLOG BY CLICKING ON 2010 AT THE BOTTOM OF LESSON PLANS POSTED.

Second Grade Language Arts 1/10 -1/14

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Second Grade Religion 1/10 to 1/14

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Third Grade Language Arts 1/10 to 1/14

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Third Grade Religion 1/10 to 1/14

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Fourth Grade Language Arts 1/10 to 1/14

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Fourth Grade Religion 1/10 to 1/14

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Homework for 2nd, 3rd, & 4th Grades 1/10 - 1/14

Dear Parents,
Please remember there is 12:00 dismissal this Friday. This week we will be reviewing for Mid Term exams which will begin next week. The first exam (on Jan. 18) will be the Spelling/Writing Exam which will include Spelling words, dictation of sentences, personal narrative writing, letter writing, and penmanship.
Script will be required for fourth grade for ALL areas of the exam. Script will only be required in the spelling portion of the exam for third grade. Neat penmanship will also be required for the second grade exam but no script! The second exam (on Jan. 19) will be in Religion. PLEASE BE SURE TO READ THE REVIEW NOTES FOR EACH SUBJECT FOR EACH GRADE LISTED ON MY BLOG POSTED OVER THE HOLIDAY VACATION.
As you can see I have been adding pictures on the blog of different saints whose feast days occur this month. Since the Archdiocesean exam very often requires students to write about a saint of their choice, I am offering students an opportunity to get extra credit by writing a composition of two paragraphs about one of the saints. This should be done on looseleaf beginning with a full heading and a title (name of the saint). The first paragraph should describe the life of the saint and the second should tell how he or she could be like this saint in living a Christian life. These paragraphs should be written by the student (not copied or done by a anyone else).
Please check below under your child's grade for this week's homework assignment:
FOURTH GRADE
1/11 Rel - Study pp. 108 to 117. Answer all questions on pp.116 and 117 in the book.
1/13 LA - In LA notebook, answer LA Workbook pp. 61-62
THIRD GRADE
1/11 Rel - Study pp. 132 to 140. Answer all questions on pp.137 and 139 in the book.
1/13 LA - In LA notebook, answer LA Workbook pp. 78-79.
SECOND GRADE
1/11 Rel - Study pp. 120 to 129. Answer all questions on pp. 128-129 in the book.
1/13 LA - In LA notebook, answer LA Workbook pp. 122-123.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS FRIDAY,jAN 14TH,ALL CLASSES WILL BE TAKING THE vOCABULARY MID TERM EXAM (also called Word Wall Test). Below is a list of fifty words taken from those listed in the Vocabulary notebooks from September to present. Students should study the definitions of these fifty words ONLY since twenty-five of these will be used on the Vocabulary Mid Term.
vanish,sequence,annual,Savior,Church,continent,sentence,peculiar,height, even number,purpose,minimum,faith,infinite, yearned, estimate, predicate,contraction, bewilder,exclamatory, fiction, hemisphere, sacrament, miracle,remainder, meadow, value,ancestor, parallel, grace, cubed number, biography, adjective,homonyn,predict, vertebrate,century,samaritan,temptation,observe,antonym,previously,classify, repel,manger,mode,precipitation,Advent,symbol
For Language Arts, besides the "Review notes for Mid Term Exams" which all parents should review thorougly with their children, students in 3rd and 4th grades should also study WHAT IS CIRCLED in the Grammar Handbook in the back of the Voyages textbook: 4th grade (pp. 506 to 525) ; 3rd grade (pp. 506 to 520).
Please review LETTER WRITING and PERSONAL NARRATIVE notes in LA notebook since the Spellling/Writing Exam scheduled for next Tuesday will be testing correct use of capital letters, punctuation, and sentence structure to see how students apply the rules of grammar they learned in class.

Second Grade Language Arts 1/4-1/7

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Second Grade Religion 1/4 - 1/7

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Third Grade Language Arts 1/4 - 1/7

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Third Grade Religion 1/4 - 1/7

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Fourth Grade Language Arts 1/4-1/7

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Fourth Grade Religion 1/4 -1/7

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Homework for 2nd, 3rd, & 4th Grades 1/4-1/7

Dear Parents,

I hope you all had a nice holiday! Happy 2011! Thank you very much for your gifts and especially for your thoughtfulness! They are very much appreciated. I hope you had an opportunity to read my previous blog posted during the holidays which explains in detail what each grade needs to review for the Mid Term Exams.

Each student will be receiving a new assignment pad this week but should still keep the same notebooks all year in order to review for Mid Terms and Final Exams.

There will not be any new vocabulary definitions this week since there will be a Quartly Review test next week and students should start reviewing now.

Please check below your child's grade for this week's homework:

*Remember to begin each LA notebook page with LA Workbook , page #, and date.

FOURTH GRADE:
1/4 LA - In LA notebook answer LA Workbook pp. 37 and 40. On a 3x5 index card write the name of a real place you have chosen as a topic and make a five senses chart for it. See p. 140 in LA Workbook for a sample. This will be used for this week's speech and descriptive writing assignment.

1/6 Rel - Answer all questions on p. 105 and study Chapter 8 (pp. 96 to 106) for test.

THIRD GRADE:
1/4 LA - In LA notebook answer LA Workbook pp. 40 and 43. On a 3x5 index card write the name of a real place you have chosen as a topic and make a five senses chart for it. See p. 140 in LA Workbook for a sample. This will be used for this week's speech and descriptive writing assignment.

1/6 Rel - Answer all questions on p. 116 and study Chapter 9 (pp.108 to 118) for test.

SECOND GRADE:
1/4 LA - IN LA notebook answer LA Workbook pp. 135 and 136. On a 3x5 index card write the name of an object or place you have chosen as a topic and make a five senses chart for it. See p. 139 for sample. This wiil be used for this week's speech and descriptive writing assignment.

1/6 Rel - Answer all questions on pp. 116-117 and study pp. 112 and 115 for test.