Saturday, April 9, 2011

Homework for 2nd, 3rd, & 4th 4/11 to 4/15

Dear Parents,
This Monday there will be Lenten Confessions for 3rd and 4th graders following the 9:00 Mass. This Thursday report cards will be distributed to 2nd, 3rd, and 4th at the 8:30 Assembly. Dismissal will be at 12:00. Parent-Teacher Conferences will be held in the auditorium from 2:00 to 7:00 pm.that same day. This Tuesday, each student from 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade should have their four Religion packets of words and definitions from Units 1, 2, 3, 4 printed from www.sadlierreligion.com. An oral quiz will be given this week to each class on these definitions. Students will check off on the cards any they miss for extra review. This week I will also giving Religion Review Notes to third and fourth grades to prepare for the Archdiocesan Exam both grades will be taking in June. Please keep checking the blog and notebooks for information on how to review for the English Language Arts Exam that will be given in May! It is very important that fourth grade students especially review over Easter vacation since the exam soon after their return to school.

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

FOURTH
4/12 Religion Test Wed. Study Chapter 17, 18, 19.Study all definitions from Unit 4 flip cards on www.sadlierreligion.com
4/14 LA - In LA notebook answer LA Workbook pp. 110 and 112. Study Speller pp. 247 to 252 for test tomorrow.

THIRD
4/12 Religion Test Wed. Study Chapter 8 and 9. Study all definitions from Unit 4 flip cards on www.sadlierreligion.com
4/14 LA - In LA notebook answer LA Workbook pp. 103 and 104. Study Speller pp. 247 to 250 forbtst tomorrow.

SECOND
4/12 Religion Test Fri. Study Chapter 22 and 23. Study all the definitions from Unit 4 flip cards on sadlierreligion.com
4/14 LA - In LA notebook answer LA Workbook p. 201.Study Speller pp.259 to 261 for test Monday.
4/14 Voc. - Study fifteen last definitions for test.

The vocabulary definitions for this week are in Religion:

*covenant - a special agreement between God and his people. God made a covenant with the Israelites in the Old Testament.

*communion of saints - union of baptized members of the Church on earth with those who are in heaven and purgatory

*bishop - successor of the apostles who leads a local area of the Church called a diocese. The bishop of our diocese is Archbishop Timothy Dolan.

*pope - the Bishop of Rome, living in Vatican City, who leads the whole Catholic Church. Our present pope is Pope Benedict XVI.

*pastor - priest who leads the parish in worship, prayer, and teaching
The pastor of our parish is Father Antonio.

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